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CELL
卷 164, 期 1-2, 页码 45-56出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.12.007
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- US National Institutes of Health [R01-AR42236]
- Center of Excellence in Genomic Science [5P50HG2568]
- Medical Research Council [MC_UP_1102/11] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [MC_UP_1102/11] Funding Source: UKRI
Changes in bone size and shape are defining features of many vertebrates. Here we use genetic crosses and comparative genomics to identify specific regulatory DNA alterations controlling skeletal evolution. Armor bone-size differences in sticklebacks map to a major effect locus overlapping BMP family member GDF6. Freshwater fish express more GDF6 due in part to a transposon insertion, and transgenic overexpression of GDF6 phenocopies evolutionary changes in armorplate size. The human GDF6 locus also has undergone distinctive regulatory evolution, including complete loss of an enhancer that is otherwise highly conserved between chimps and other mammals. Functional tests show that the ancestral enhancer drives expression in hindlimbs but not forelimbs, in locations that have been specifically modified during the human transition to bipedalism. Both gain and loss of regulatory elements can localize BMP changes to specific anatomical locations, providing a flexible regulatory basis for evolving species-specific changes in skeletal form.
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