| Literature DB >> 30102725 |
Jean-Noël Hubert1, Tatiana Zerjal1, Frédéric Hospital1.
Abstract
Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD) is an aggressive cancer notorious for its rare etiology and its impact on Tasmanian devil populations. Two regions underlying an evolutionary response to this cancer were recently identified using genomic time-series pre- and post-DTFD arrival. Here, we support that DFTD shaped the genome of the Tasmanian devil in an even more extensive way than previously reported. We detected 97 signatures of selection, including 148 protein coding genes having a human orthologue, linked to DFTD. Most candidate genes are associated with cancer progression, and an important subset of candidate genes has additional influence on social behavior. This confirms the influence of cancer on the ecology and evolution of the Tasmanian devil. Our work also demonstrates the possibility to detect highly polygenic footprints of short-term selection in very small populations.Entities:
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Year: 2018 PMID: 30102725 PMCID: PMC6089428 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201838
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PLoS One ISSN: 1932-6203 Impact factor: 3.240
Fig 1Signatures of selection in the Tasmanian devil genome.
Ninety-seven signatures of selection were identified in the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). Their distribution among the three investigated populations is provided in the form of (A) a Venn diagram and (B) bar plots. Light bars show the total number of signatures of selection identified in each population, among which dark bars (and the proportions between brackets) represent those standing at less than 100 kb from a protein-coding gene having a human orthologue according to Ensembl 90. Populations: FN = Freycinet; NP = Narawntapu; WP = West Pencil Pine.
Genomic time-series investigated to identify signatures of selection in the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii).
| Population | Sampling | DFTD | Nb. of | Nb. of | Prop. of | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FN | Freycinet | 2001 | 34 | 29 (1999) | - | 20 (2012–2013) | 16978 | 210 | 1.2 |
| NP | Narawntapu | 2007 | 37 | 26 (1999) | 26 (2004) | 27 (2009) | 27173 | 104 | 0.4 |
| WP | West Pencil Pine | 2006 | 26 | 21 (2006) | - | 43 (2013–2014) | 5401 | 88 | 1.6 |
N, effective population size
a Time-series include either two (for FN and WP) or three (for NP) temporal samples. N denotes the size of each temporal sample i indexed in chronological order. The year of sampling, t, is provided between brackets.
N.B. Data were made publicly available in [13]. More information about the dataset can be found in [14].
Fig 2Molecular and functional categories associated with protein coding candidate genes.
Representation of overrepresented molecular and functional categories obtained by functional analysis in IPA. Related functional categories are represented with the same color code. Only functions with a -log10(p-value) ≥ 1.3 (orange line in the graph, corresponding to a p-value ≤ 0.05) were considered.