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Coltman DW, Pilkington JG, Smith JA, Pemberton JM. PARASITE-MEDIATED SELECTION AGAINST INBRED SOAY SHEEP IN A FREE-LIVING ISLAND POPULATON. Evolution 2017; 53:1259-1267. [PMID: 28565537 DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb04538.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/1998] [Accepted: 02/24/1999] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Parasites are thought to provide a selective force capable of promoting genetic variation in natural populations. One rarely considered pathway for this action is via parasite-mediated selection against inbreeding. If parasites impose a fitness cost on their host and the offspring of close relatives have greater susceptibility to parasites due to the increased homozygosity that results from inbreeding, then parasite-mediated mortality may select against inbred individuals. This hypothesis has not yet been tested within a natural vertebrate population. Here we show that relatively inbred Soay sheep (Ovis aries), as assessed by microsatellite heterozygosity, are more susceptible to parasitism by gastrointestinal nematodes, with interactions indicating greatest susceptibility among adult sheep at high population density. During periods of high overwinter mortality on the island of Hirta, St. Kilda, Scotland, highly parasitised individuals were less likely to survive. More inbred individuals were also less likely to survive, which is due to their increased susceptibility to parasitism, because survival was random with respect to inbreeding among sheep that were experimentally cleared of their gastrointestinal parasite burden by anthelminthic treatment. As a consequence of this selection, average microsatellite heterozygosity increases with age in St. Kildan Soay sheep. We suggest that parasite-mediated selection acts to maintain genetic variation in this small island population by removing less heterozygous individuals.
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- David W Coltman
- Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JT, U.K
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- Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JT, U.K
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- Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JT, U.K
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- Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JT, U.K
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Overall ADJ, Byrne KA, Pilkington JG, Pemberton JM. Heterozygosity, inbreeding and neonatal traits in Soay sheep on St Kilda. Mol Ecol 2005; 14:3383-93. [PMID: 16156810 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2005.02682.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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We investigated whether birth weight and neonatal survival, a period within which 24% of all mortalities occur, were correlated with levels of inbreeding in St Kilda Soay sheep, using pedigree inbreeding coefficients and four marker-based estimators of inbreeding. None of the inbreeding estimators, either of the offspring, or of their mothers, explained significant variation in a lamb's birth weight or probability of surviving the neonatal period, suggesting low inbreeding depression for these traits. We evaluated the correlation between the marker-based measures of inbreeding and inbreeding coefficients obtained from the Soay pedigree, where paternal links were inferred using the same panel of microsatellite markers. Even when using a relatively complete portion of the pedigree, in which all individuals had known maternal and paternal grandparents, the correlation was found to be weak (r = -0.207, where mean f = 0.0168). These results add support to the recent prediction that when the mean and variance in inbreeding are low in a population, heterozygosity-fitness correlations can be very weak or even undetectable. The pursuit of more detailed pedigrees offers the best prospect for identifying inbreeding depression within this study population.
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- A D J Overall
- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JT.
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Marshall TC, Sunnucks P, Spalton JA, Greth A, Pemberton JM. Use of genetic data for conservation management: the case of the Arabian oryx. Anim Conserv 1999. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.1999.tb00073.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Coltman DW, Bancroft DR, Robertson A, Smith JA, Clutton-Brock TH, Pemberton JM. Male reproductive success in a promiscuous mammal: behavioural estimates compared with genetic paternity. Mol Ecol 1999; 8:1199-209. [PMID: 10447860 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1999.00683.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Molecular techniques have enabled behavioural ecologists to reassess mating systems from a genetic perspective. Studies of paternity frequently reveal that mating behaviour does not always reflect parentage, and may bring to light alternative mating tactics. Here we present a comparison of behavioural and genetic measures of male reproductive success in a mammalian mating system in which both sexes are highly promiscuous. Rather than having a stable harem social structure, Soay rams (Ovis aries) on the island of Hirta, St Kilda, UK usually consort with individual oestrous ewes sequentially. Not all matings occur between consort pairs, however, and ewes have been seen to mate with up to 10 different rams on the same day. Using locus-specific polymorphism at five protein and 10 microsatellite DNA loci, we determined paternity for 236 lambs born into three cohorts, and compared paternity with estimates of mating success derived from more than one census of rutting behaviour. The correlation between the number of ewes with which each ram was witnessed in consort and the number of paternities assigned was positive and statistically significant, and rams that were observed in consort with a ewe were 18 times more likely to have sired her offspring than other candidate rams. However, most lambs (73%) were not sired by a ram seen in consort with the oestrous mother. Many juveniles, yearlings and some adult rams were rarely seen in consort with ewes, yet were assigned a significant number of paternities. These results suggest that mating tactics differ between age groups, and that alternative mating strategies among adults that do not involve forming consorts with many females also confer mating success. For these reasons, census-based observations of consort associations between individuals cannot be used to accurately estimate individual male reproductive success in this population.
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- D W Coltman
- Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, UK.
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Hagemann LJ, Peterson AJ, Weilert LL, Lee RS, Tervit HR. In vitro and early in vivo development of sheep gynogenones and putative androgenones. Mol Reprod Dev 1998; 50:154-62. [PMID: 9590531 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2795(199806)50:2<154::aid-mrd5>3.0.co;2-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Genomic imprinting, where only one of the two parental genes is expressed, occurs in many phyla. In mammals, however, this phenomenon has been primarily studied in mice, and to a lesser extent, in humans. To understand how genomic imprinting may affect development in other species, particularly those with a different mode of placental development from mice and humans, 339 sheep zygotes were micromanipulated to contain either 2 large (presumptive male) or 2 small (presumptive female) pronuclei. One hundred and twenty-seven of these embryos and 86 manipulated and nonmanipulated control embryos were transferred to recipient ewes over 3 breeding seasons. Twenty-one control and 7 experimental conceptuses were recovered on day 21. Four of these conceptuses derived from zygotes with 2 small pronuclei were identified by karyotyping to be gynogenones (maternal-derived genome). While the gross morphology of the embryos appeared no different to those of normal controls, the extra-embryonic tissue from the conceptuses showed some hypertrophy and hypervascularization. Preliminary Northern blots of mRNA from allantoic and trophoblast tissue showed an overexpression of H19 and an underexpression of IGF2. Although the sheep gynogenetic phenotype contrasts with that seen in mice, these two genes appear to be similarly differentially expressed.
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- L J Hagemann
- AgResearch, Dairy and Beef Division, Ruakura Research Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand
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Hassanane MS, Chaudhary R, Chowdhary BP. Microdissected bovine X chromosome segment delineates homoeologous chromosomal regions in sheep, goat and buffalo. Chromosome Res 1998; 6:213-7. [PMID: 9609665 DOI: 10.1023/a:1009263718667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The terminal part of the long arm of the bovine X chromosome (bands Xq41-q43) was microdissected. The DNA thus obtained was PCR amplified, labelled and used as painting probe on cattle, sheep, goat and buffalo chromosomes. In cattle, as expected, distinct hybridization signals were observed on bands Xq41-q43. In sheep and goat, the painting signals were observed on the proximal part of the long arm of the X chromosome, adjacent to the centromere (Xp12-q12). In buffalo, however, the terminal part of the X chromosome involving bands q44-q47 was painted. The findings contribute towards developing a better understanding of the comparative organization of the X chromosome in the four bovidae species. Proposed models of evolutionary rearrangements within the X chromosome of the four species are examined in light of the results obtained.
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- M S Hassanane
- Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala
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Galloway SM, Hanrahan V, Dodds KG, Potts MD, Crawford AM, Hill DF. A linkage map of the ovine X chromosome. Genome Res 1996; 6:667-77. [PMID: 8858342 DOI: 10.1101/gr.6.8.667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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A genetic linkage map of the ovine X chromosome containing type I and type II markers has been constructed. The map contains 7 known gene markers and 14 microsatellite markers with a recombination length of 141.9 cM. Segregation of polymorphic markers was observed in a three-generation pedigree containing 480 animals. The maximum number of informative meioses was 912. Additional information was obtained for some markers by following segregation in the AgResearch International Mapping Flock, consisting of nine three-generation full-sib pedigrees. A pseudoautosomal region containing two markers has been identified at one end of the linkage map. Comparisons with mouse and human X chromosomes confirms the observation of Ohno (1973) that the gene content of the mammalian X chromosome is retained. In particular, the conserved grouping of the genes PHKA1, ATP7A, and XIST observed in both the human and the mouse X chromosome appears to be conserved in the sheep X chromosome, and XIST has been mapped to near the center of the chromosome. This study provides the first reported genetic linkage map combining both type I and type II markers for any ruminant X chromosome.
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- S M Galloway
- AgResearch Molecular Biology Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
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Bancroft DR, Pemberton JM, King P. Extensive protein and microsatellite variability in an isolated, cyclic ungulate population. Heredity (Edinb) 1995; 74 ( Pt 3):326-36. [PMID: 7706117 DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1995.47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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We investigated polymorphism at protein and microsatellite DNA loci in an isolated, unmanaged and cyclic population of Soay sheep on the island of Hirta, St. Kilda. Extensive molecular variation was revealed at both protein loci (mean heterozygosity 7.78 per cent) and microsatellite loci (mean heterozygosity 50.93 per cent). Typically, large mammals possess limited protein variation and we were surprised to observe such a level of protein heterozygosity, particularly considering the genetic history of the Hirta population. Indeed, compared to other mammals, Soay sheep lie within the top 17 per cent of the distribution of average protein heterozygosities. We discuss the level of protein heterozygosity in the context of other mammalian species, other breeds of sheep and the genetic history of Soay sheep. Possible explanations for a large average and interlocus variance in protein heterozygosity are proposed. Although little data are available from other studies to compare with microsatellite DNA variability in this population, we discuss the potential application of microsatellite markers to interpopulation and interspecific genetic studies.
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- D R Bancroft
- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, U.K
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Bancroft DR, Pemberton JM, Albon SD, Robertson A, Maccoll AD, Smith JA, Stevenson IR, Clutton-Brock TH. Molecular genetic variation and individual survival during population crashes of an unmanaged ungulate population. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 1995; 347:263-73. [PMID: 7777592 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1995.0026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Theoretical models of the effect of population bottlenecks on genetic variation assume that individuals are removed at random from the population. We investigated this assumption in a naturally regulated, unstable population of Soay sheep (Ovis aries). During rapid population declines or 'crashes', individuals were not removed at random with respect to genotype: we found associations between individual survival and certain genotypes at five polymorphic protein or microsatellite DNA loci (Ada, Got, Tf, MAF18 and OPACAP). Some loci appeared to show simple associations with survival whereas others had more complex interactions with crash year or age: all displayed different patterns of association between the sexes. Simple overdominance was not a general feature of our data; it seems likely that fluctuating selecting, countervailing selection in different fitness components or frequency-dependent selection may explain the pattern and complexity of the associations shown at different loci. Our study cannot distinguish between selection acting at these loci or at other, closely linked loci. However, our empirical study implies that the molecular genetic outcome of population bottlenecks in natural populations does not always follow theoretical expectations based on the random removal of genotypes. Bottlenecks in which individuals are removed at random are distinct from bottlenecks in which there is scope for selection via non-random survival of individuals.
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- D R Bancroft
- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, U.K
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Echard G, Broad TE, Hill D, Pearce P. Present status of the ovine gene map (Ovis aries); comparison with the bovine map (Bos taurus). Mamm Genome 1994; 5:324-32. [PMID: 8043945 DOI: 10.1007/bf00356549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The status of the sheep map to the end of June 1993 is presented. Mapping information is available for a total of 107 loci comprising 16 anonymous DNA segments. This is an increase of 66 loci since 1990. No loci have been mapped on 10 of the 26 autosomes. Comparison of the cattle (350 loci) and sheep maps confirms their close evolutionary and genetic relationship and will reduce the effort required for their gene mapping.
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- G Echard
- Laboratoire de Génétique Cellulaire, INRA, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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Dietz AB, Womack JE, Swarbrick PA, Crawford AM. Assignment of five polymorphic ovine microsatellites to bovine syntenic groups. Anim Genet 1993; 24:433-6. [PMID: 7903848 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.1993.tb00357.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A panel of bovine somatic cell hybrids was used to map ovine microsatellites. Five of seven microsatellites were assigned to five bovine syntenic groups. These microsatellites were designated D5S10 (MAF23), D1S4 (MAF46), D13S1 (MAF18), D4S3 (MAF50), and DXS2 (MAF45), mapped to syntenic groups U3 (chromosome 5), U10 (chromosome 1), U11, U13, and the X chromosome, respectively. Two remaining sheep microsatellites amplified rodent DNA in the hybrid somatic cell panel, and were not assigned to bovine syntenic groups. Assignment of ovine-derived microsatellites to bovine syntenic groups provides additional evidence of the usefulness of microsatellites for mapping closely related species. The use of ovine and bovine microsatellites will aid in development of comparative genomic maps for these two species.
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- A B Dietz
- Texas A&M University, College Station
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- R Fries
- Department of Animal Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
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Buchanan FC, Littlejohn RP, Galloway SM, Crawford AM. Microsatellites and associated repetitive elements in the sheep genome. Mamm Genome 1993; 4:258-64. [PMID: 8507980 DOI: 10.1007/bf00417432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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To determine the frequency and clustering of a variety of simple di- and trinucleotide repeats, an Artiodactyl short interspersed element (SINE), an ovine satellite repeat, and a human Alu 1 repeat were used to screen a random selection of cosmids containing inserts of ovine genomic DNA. In total, 197 individual cosmids were digested with EcoRI and the fragments separated on 0.7% agarose gels. Southern blots of these gels were then sequentially probed with (AC)7, (CT)9, and (CAC)6 oligonucleotides, and the repeats described above. The frequency at which (AC)n, (CT)n, and (CAC)n repeats were found in the cosmids indicated that they occurred at average intervals of 65 kb, 367 kb, and 213 kb respectively within the ovine genome. The Artiodactyl SINE was the most common, occurring at an average interval of 20 kb. No human Alu 1 sequences were detected. There was a significant positive association between the (AC)n and the Artiodactyl SINE. This association is quite strong as there was significant clustering of the two repeats both within cosmids and also within the EcoRI fragments of the digested genomic fragments. With the exception of the sheep satellite sequence, which occurs in tandem arrays, none of the other repeats showed significant clustering within the 41-kb (average size) cosmid inserts. The first 25 ovine microsatellites we characterized had an average polymorphic information content (PIC) of 0.65. The different microsatellite types, containing either perfect, imperfect, or compound repeats, had similar average PICs of 0.64, 0.65, and 0.66 respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- F C Buchanan
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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