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Divergence of larval morphology between Drosophila sechellia and its sibling species caused by cis-regulatory evolution of ovo/shaven-baby.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ·Vol. 97 ·No. 9 ·2000-04-25 ·Pages 4530-4

Sucena E, Stern DL

Abstract

We report an extreme morphological difference between Drosophila sechellia and related species of the pattern of hairs on first-instar larvae. On the dorsum of most species, the posterior region of the anterior compartment of most segments is covered by a carpet of fine hairs. In D. sechellia, these hairs have been lost and replaced with naked cuticle. Genetic mapping experiments and interspecific complementation tests indicate that this difference is caused, in its entirety, by evolution at the ovo/shaven-baby locus. The pattern of expression of the ovo/shaven-baby transcript is correlated with this morphological change. The altered dorsal cuticle pattern is probably caused by evolution of the cis-regulatory region of ovo/shaven-baby in the D. sechellia lineage.

MeSH Terms
Animals Biological Evolution Body Patterning Crosses, Genetic DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics Drosophila/anatomy & histology,genetics,growth & development Drosophila Proteins Drosophila melanogaster/genetics Evolution, Molecular Female Genes, Insect Genetic Complementation Test Larva Male Phylogeny Species Specificity Transcription Factors/genetics X Chromosome
Chemicals
DNA-Binding Proteins Drosophila Proteins Transcription Factors ovo protein, Drosophila
Authors & Affiliations
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Sucena E
Laboratory for Development and Evolution, University Museum of Zoology, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, United Kingdom.
Stern D L
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Article Info
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Abbr.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
ISSN
0027-8424
DOI
10.1073/pnas.97.9.4530
Published
2000-04-25
Pages
4530-4
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505876
PMCID
PMC18269
Subset
IM
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PubMed source DOI: 10.1073/pnas.97.9.4530 PMC Full Text View journal details
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