Epigenetic mechanisms modulate differences in Drosophila foraging behavior.
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Jg. 114 (2017-11-21), Heft 47, S. 12518-12523
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Little is known about how genetic variation and epigenetic marks interact to shape differences in behavior. The foraging (for) gene regulates behavioral differences between the rover and sitter Drosophila melanogaster strains, but the molecular mechanisms through which it does so have remained elusive. We show that the epigenetic regulator G9a interacts with for to regulate strain-specific adult foraging behavior through allele-specific histone methylation of a for promoter (pr4). Rovers have higher pr4 H3K9me dimethylation, lower pr4 RNA expression, and higher foraging scores than sitters. The rover-sitter differences disappear in the presence of G9a null mutant alleles, showing that G9a is necessary for these differences. Furthermore, rover foraging scores can be phenocopied by transgenically reducing pr4 expression in sitters. This compelling evidence shows that genetic variation can interact with an epigenetic modifier to produce differences in gene expression, establishing a behavioral polymorphism in Drosophila. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Epigenetic mechanisms modulate differences in Drosophila foraging behavior.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Anreiter, Ina ; Kramer, Jamie M. ; Sokolowski, Marla B. |
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Zeitschrift: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Jg. 114 (2017-11-21), Heft 47, S. 12518-12523 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2017 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0027-8424 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1073/pnas.1710770114 |
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