A large gene family in fission yeast encodes spore killers that subvert Mendel's law.

Abstract:

:Spore killers in fungi are selfish genetic elements that distort Mendelian segregation in their favor. It remains unclear how many species harbor them and how diverse their mechanisms are. Here, we discover two spore killers from a natural isolate of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Both killers belong to the previously uncharacterized wtf gene family with 25 members in the reference genome. These two killers act in strain-background-independent and genome-location-independent manners to perturb the maturation of spores not inheriting them. Spores carrying one killer are protected from its killing effect but not that of the other killer. The killing and protecting activities can be uncoupled by mutation. The numbers and sequences of wtf genes vary considerably between S. pombe isolates, indicating rapid divergence. We propose that wtf genes contribute to the extensive intraspecific reproductive isolation in S. pombe, and represent ideal models for understanding how segregation-distorting elements act and evolve.

journal_name

Elife

journal_title

eLife

authors

Hu W,Jiang ZD,Suo F,Zheng JX,He WZ,Du LL

doi

10.7554/eLife.26057

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-06-20 00:00:00

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2050-084X

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6

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