Genetic load of loss-of-function polymorphic variants in great apes

Loss of function (LoF) genetic variants are predicted to disrupt gene function, and are therefore expected to substantially reduce individual's viability. Knowing the genetic burden of LoF variants in endangered species is of interest for a better understanding of the effects of declining p...

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Autores: de Valles-Ibáñez, Guillem, Hernández Rodríguez, Jéssica, 1983-, Prado Martínez, Javier, 1987-, Luisi, Pierre, 1985-, Marquès i Bonet, Tomàs, 1975-, Casals López, Ferran
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Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evw040
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Palabra clave:Goril·les
Genètica animal
Great apes diversity
Comparative genomics
Genetic load
Loss of function
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spelling Genetic load of loss-of-function polymorphic variants in great apesde Valles-Ibáñez, GuillemHernández Rodríguez, Jéssica, 1983-Prado Martínez, Javier, 1987-Luisi, Pierre, 1985-Marquès i Bonet, Tomàs, 1975-Casals López, FerranGoril·lesGenètica animalGreat apes diversityComparative genomicsGenetic loadLoss of functionLoss of function (LoF) genetic variants are predicted to disrupt gene function, and are therefore expected to substantially reduce individual's viability. Knowing the genetic burden of LoF variants in endangered species is of interest for a better understanding of the effects of declining population sizes on species viability. In this study, we have estimated the number of LoF polymorphic variants in six great ape populations, based on whole-genome sequencing data in 79 individuals. Our results show that although the number of functional variants per individual is conditioned by the effective population size, the number of variants with a drastic phenotypic effect is very similar across species. We hypothesize that for those variants with high selection coefficients, differences in effective population size are not important enough to affect the efficiency of natural selection to remove them. We also describe that mostly CpG LoF mutations are shared across species, and an accumulation of LoF variants at olfactory receptor genes in agreement with its pseudogenization in humans and other primate species.The authors thank funding to F.C. by grant SAF2012-35025 from the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Spain) and FEDER and by Direcció General de Recerca, Generalitat de Catalunya (2014SGR-866). T.M.B. is supported by EMBO YIP 2013, MINECO BFU2011-28549, BFU2014-55090-P (FEDER), BFU2015-7116-ERC and BFU2015-6215-ERC (www.mecd.gob.es), NIH U01 MH106874 grant and Fundació Zoo Barcelona.Oxford University Press201620162016info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/26284http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evw040reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésGenome biology and evolution. 2016; 2(1): 871-877info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PN/BFU2011-28549info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/BFU2014-55090-Pinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/BFU2015-7116-ERC© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution./nThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10230/262842026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Genetic load of loss-of-function polymorphic variants in great apes
title Genetic load of loss-of-function polymorphic variants in great apes
spellingShingle Genetic load of loss-of-function polymorphic variants in great apes
de Valles-Ibáñez, Guillem
Goril·les
Genètica animal
Great apes diversity
Comparative genomics
Genetic load
Loss of function
title_short Genetic load of loss-of-function polymorphic variants in great apes
title_full Genetic load of loss-of-function polymorphic variants in great apes
title_fullStr Genetic load of loss-of-function polymorphic variants in great apes
title_full_unstemmed Genetic load of loss-of-function polymorphic variants in great apes
title_sort Genetic load of loss-of-function polymorphic variants in great apes
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv de Valles-Ibáñez, Guillem
Hernández Rodríguez, Jéssica, 1983-
Prado Martínez, Javier, 1987-
Luisi, Pierre, 1985-
Marquès i Bonet, Tomàs, 1975-
Casals López, Ferran
author de Valles-Ibáñez, Guillem
author_facet de Valles-Ibáñez, Guillem
Hernández Rodríguez, Jéssica, 1983-
Prado Martínez, Javier, 1987-
Luisi, Pierre, 1985-
Marquès i Bonet, Tomàs, 1975-
Casals López, Ferran
author_role author
author2 Hernández Rodríguez, Jéssica, 1983-
Prado Martínez, Javier, 1987-
Luisi, Pierre, 1985-
Marquès i Bonet, Tomàs, 1975-
Casals López, Ferran
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Goril·les
Genètica animal
Great apes diversity
Comparative genomics
Genetic load
Loss of function
topic Goril·les
Genètica animal
Great apes diversity
Comparative genomics
Genetic load
Loss of function
description Loss of function (LoF) genetic variants are predicted to disrupt gene function, and are therefore expected to substantially reduce individual's viability. Knowing the genetic burden of LoF variants in endangered species is of interest for a better understanding of the effects of declining population sizes on species viability. In this study, we have estimated the number of LoF polymorphic variants in six great ape populations, based on whole-genome sequencing data in 79 individuals. Our results show that although the number of functional variants per individual is conditioned by the effective population size, the number of variants with a drastic phenotypic effect is very similar across species. We hypothesize that for those variants with high selection coefficients, differences in effective population size are not important enough to affect the efficiency of natural selection to remove them. We also describe that mostly CpG LoF mutations are shared across species, and an accumulation of LoF variants at olfactory receptor genes in agreement with its pseudogenization in humans and other primate species.
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