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Y-linked iDmrt1 paralogue (iDMY) in the Eastern spiny lobster, Sagmariasus verreauxi: the first invertebrate sex-linked Dmrt

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posted on 2023-05-19, 12:28 authored by Chandler, JC, Quinn FitzgibbonQuinn Fitzgibbon, Gregory SmithGregory Smith, Elizur, A, Ventura, T
Sex determination pathways are extensively diverse across species, with the master sex-determinants being the most variable element. Despite this, there is a family of DM-domain transcription factors (Dmrts), which hold a highly conserved function in sexual development. This work is the first to describe a heterogametic sex-linked Dmrt in an invertebrate species, the Eastern spiny lobster, Sagmariasus verreauxi. We have termed the Ylinked, truncated paralogue of the autosomal iDmrt1, Sv-iDMY. Considering the master sex-determining function of both DMY in medaka and DM-W in frog, we hypothesised a similar function of Sv-iDMY. By conducting temporal expression analyses during embryogenesis we have identified a putative male sexdetermining period during which iDMY > iDmrt1. Employing a GAL4-transactivation assay we then demonstrate the dominant negative suppression of iDMY over its autosomal iDmrt1 paralogue, suggesting the mechanism with which iDMY determines sex. Comparative analyses of Sv-iDMY, DM-W and medaka DMY, highlight the C′-mediated features of oligomerisation and transactivation as central to the mechanism that each exerts. Indeed, these features may underpin the plasticity facilitating the convergent emergence of these three sporadic sex-linked master-Dmrts.

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Australian Research Council

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Publication title

Developmental Biology

Volume

430

Pagination

337-345

ISSN

0012-1606

Department/School

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies

Publisher

Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science

Place of publication

525 B St, Ste 1900, San Diego, USA, Ca, 92101-4495

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Copyright 2017 Elsevier Inc.

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Fisheries - aquaculture not elsewhere classified

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