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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
卷 38, 期 8, 页码 3093-3110出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msab078
关键词
cold adaptation; Yakut cattle; convergent evolution; NRAP; Kholmogory cattle; resequencing
资金
- Russian Foundation for Basic Researches (RFBR) [18-016-00185]
- Kurchatov Genomics Center of ICG [075-15-2019-1662]
- Marie Sklodowska-Curie [703376]
- Marie Curie Actions (MSCA) [703376] Funding Source: Marie Curie Actions (MSCA)
Native cattle breeds, such as Yakut and Kholmogory, represent an important cultural heritage and reservoir of genetic variation for addressing agricultural needs in the face of climate change. The evolutionary history of these breeds reveals distinct genetic adaptations for surviving in harsh conditions, with common gene pathways related to adaptation to extreme climates but mostly different genes affected by selection. Additionally, a unique missense mutation in the NRAP gene of Yakut cattle suggests convergent evolution with hibernating/cold-adapted mammals and rapid fixation in response to harsh climate conditions.
Native cattle breeds represent an important cultural heritage. They are a reservoir of genetic variation useful for properly responding to agriculture needs in the light of ongoing climate changes. Evolutionary processes that occur in response to extreme environmental conditions could also be better understood using adapted local populations. Herein, different evolutionary histories of the world northernmost native cattle breeds from Russia were investigated. They highlighted Kholmogory as a typical taurine cattle, whereas Yakut cattle separated from European taurines approximately 5,000 years ago and contain numerous ancestral and some novel genetic variants allowing their adaptation to harsh conditions of living above the Polar Circle. Scans for selection signatures pointed to several common gene pathways related to adaptation to harsh climates in both breeds. But genes affected by selection from these pathways were mostly different. A Yakut cattle breed-specific missense mutation in a highly conserved NRAP gene represents a unique example of a young amino acid residue convergent change shared with at least 16 species of hibernating/cold-adapted mammals from six distinct phylogenetic orders. This suggests a convergent evolution event along the mammalian phylogenetic tree and fast fixation in a single isolated cattle population exposed to a harsh climate.
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