Evolution of flower color pattern through selection on regulatory small RNAs

Bradley D, Xu P, Mohorianu I, Whibley A, Field D, Tavares H, Couchman M, Copsey L, Carpenter R, Li M, Li Q, Xue Y, Dalmay T, Coen E. 2017. Evolution of flower color pattern through selection on regulatory small RNAs. Science. 358(6365), 925–928.

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Bradley, Desmond; Xu, Ping; Mohorianu, Irina; Whibley, Annabel; Field, DavidISTA ; Tavares, Hugo; Couchman, Matthew; Copsey, Lucy; Carpenter, Rosemary; Li, Miaomiao; Li, Qun; Xue, Yongbiao
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Small RNAs (sRNAs) regulate genes in plants and animals. Here, we show that population-wide differences in color patterns in snapdragon flowers are caused by an inverted duplication that generates sRNAs. The complexity and size of the transcripts indicate that the duplication represents an intermediate on the pathway to microRNA evolution. The sRNAs repress a pigment biosynthesis gene, creating a yellow highlight at the site of pollinator entry. The inverted duplication exhibits steep clines in allele frequency in a natural hybrid zone, showing that the allele is under selection. Thus, regulatory interactions of evolutionarily recent sRNAs can be acted upon by selection and contribute to the evolution of phenotypic diversity.
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2017-11-17
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Science
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
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358
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6365
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925 - 928
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611

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Bradley D, Xu P, Mohorianu I, et al. Evolution of flower color pattern through selection on regulatory small RNAs. Science. 2017;358(6365):925-928. doi:10.1126/science.aao3526
Bradley, D., Xu, P., Mohorianu, I., Whibley, A., Field, D., Tavares, H., … Coen, E. (2017). Evolution of flower color pattern through selection on regulatory small RNAs. Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aao3526
Bradley, Desmond, Ping Xu, Irina Mohorianu, Annabel Whibley, David Field, Hugo Tavares, Matthew Couchman, et al. “Evolution of Flower Color Pattern through Selection on Regulatory Small RNAs.” Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aao3526.
D. Bradley et al., “Evolution of flower color pattern through selection on regulatory small RNAs,” Science, vol. 358, no. 6365. American Association for the Advancement of Science, pp. 925–928, 2017.
Bradley D, Xu P, Mohorianu I, Whibley A, Field D, Tavares H, Couchman M, Copsey L, Carpenter R, Li M, Li Q, Xue Y, Dalmay T, Coen E. 2017. Evolution of flower color pattern through selection on regulatory small RNAs. Science. 358(6365), 925–928.
Bradley, Desmond, et al. “Evolution of Flower Color Pattern through Selection on Regulatory Small RNAs.” Science, vol. 358, no. 6365, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2017, pp. 925–28, doi:10.1126/science.aao3526.

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