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Ayala Diego, Zhang S., Chateau M., Fouet C., Morlais Isabelle, Costantini Carlo, Hahn M. W., Besansky N. J. (2019). Association mapping desiccation resistance within chromosomal inversions in the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Molecular Ecology, 28 (6), p. 1333-1342. ISSN 0962-1083.

Titre du document
Association mapping desiccation resistance within chromosomal inversions in the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae
Année de publication
2019
Type de document
Article référencé dans le Web of Science WOS:000465219200010
Auteurs
Ayala Diego, Zhang S., Chateau M., Fouet C., Morlais Isabelle, Costantini Carlo, Hahn M. W., Besansky N. J.
Source
Molecular Ecology, 2019, 28 (6), p. 1333-1342 ISSN 0962-1083
Inversion polymorphisms are responsible for many ecologically important phenotypes and are often found under balancing selection. However, the same features that ensure their large role in local adaptation-especially reduced recombination between alternate arrangements-mean that uncovering the precise loci within inversions that control these phenotypes is unachievable using standard mapping approaches. Here, we take advantage of long-term balancing selection on a pair of inversions in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae to map desiccation tolerance via pool-GWAS. Two polymorphic inversions on chromosome 2 of this species (denoted 2La and 2Rb) are associated with arid and hot conditions in Africa and are maintained in spatially and temporally heterogeneous environments. After measuring thousands of wild-caught individuals for survival under desiccation stress, we used phenotypically extreme individuals homozygous for alternative arrangements at the 2La inversion to construct pools for whole-genome sequencing. Genomewide association mapping using these pools revealed dozens of significant SNPs within both 2La and 2Rb, many of which neighboured genes controlling ion channels or related functions. Our results point to the promise of similar approaches in systems with inversions maintained by balancing selection and provide a list of candidate genes underlying the specific phenotypes controlled by the two inversions studied here.
Plan de classement
Sciences fondamentales / Techniques d'analyse et de recherche [020] ; Entomologie médicale / Parasitologie / Virologie [052]
Description Géographique
CAMEROUN
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010075644]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010075644
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