The Evolution of the DLK1-DIO3 Imprinted Domain in Mammals

@article{citeulike:2860179, abstract = {A comprehensive, domain-wide comparative analysis of genomic imprinting between mammals that imprint and those that do not can provide valuable information about how and why imprinting evolved. The imprinting status, DNA methylation, and genomic landscape of the Dlk1-Dio3 cluster were determined in eutherian, metatherian, and prototherian mammals including tammar wallaby and platypus. Imprinting across the whole domain evolved after the divergence of eutherian from marsupial mammals and in eutherians is under strong purifying selection. The marsupial locus at 1.6 megabases, is double that of eutherians due to the accumulation of LINE repeats. Comparative sequence analysis of the domain in seven vertebrates determined evolutionary conserved regions common to particular sub-groups and to all vertebrates. The emergence of Dlk1-Dio3 imprinting in eutherians has occurred on the maternally inherited chromosome and is associated with region-specific resistance to expansion by repetitive elements and the local introduction of noncoding transcripts including microRNAs and C/D small nucleolar RNAs. A recent mammal-specific retrotransposition event led to the formation of a completely new gene only in the eutherian domain, which may have driven imprinting at the cluster.}, author = {Edwards, Carol A. and Mungall, Andrew J. and Matthews, Lucy and Ryder, Edward and Gray, Dionne J. and Pask, Andrew J. and Shaw, Geoffrey and Graves, Jennifer A. and Rogers, Jane and Dunham, Ian and Renfree, Marilyn B. and Ferguson-Smith, Anne C. }, citeulike-article-id = {2860179}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pbio.0060135}, journal = {PLoS Biology}, keywords = {evolution, imprinting, monotremes}, month = {June}, number = {6}, pages = {e135+}, posted-at = {2008-07-22 21:02:03}, priority = {2}, title = {The Evolution of the DLK1-DIO3 Imprinted Domain in Mammals}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060135}, volume = {6}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2860179 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2860179 TI - The Evolution of the DLK1-DIO3 Imprinted Domain in Mammals JF - PLoS Biology VL - 6 IS - 6 SP - e135 N2 - A comprehensive, domain-wide comparative analysis of genomic imprinting between mammals that imprint and those that do not can provide valuable information about how and why imprinting evolved. The imprinting status, DNA methylation, and genomic landscape of the Dlk1-Dio3 cluster were determined in eutherian, metatherian, and prototherian mammals including tammar wallaby and platypus. Imprinting across the whole domain evolved after the divergence of eutherian from marsupial mammals and in eutherians is under strong purifying selection. The marsupial locus at 1.6 megabases, is double that of eutherians due to the accumulation of LINE repeats. Comparative sequence analysis of the domain in seven vertebrates determined evolutionary conserved regions common to particular sub-groups and to all vertebrates. The emergence of Dlk1-Dio3 imprinting in eutherians has occurred on the maternally inherited chromosome and is associated with region-specific resistance to expansion by repetitive elements and the local introduction of noncoding transcripts including microRNAs and C/D small nucleolar RNAs. A recent mammal-specific retrotransposition event led to the formation of a completely new gene only in the eutherian domain, which may have driven imprinting at the cluster. KW - evolution KW - imprinting KW - monotremes AU - Edwards, Carol AU - Mungall, Andrew AU - Matthews, Lucy AU - Ryder, Edward AU - Gray, Dionne AU - Pask, Andrew AU - Shaw, Geoffrey AU - Graves, Jennifer AU - Rogers, Jane AU - Dunham, Ian AU - Renfree, Marilyn AU - Ferguson-Smith, Anne PY - 2008/06/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060135 ER -