dc.contributor.author | Bravo Núñez, María Angélica | |
dc.contributor.author | Sabbarini, Ibrahim M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Eide, Lauren E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Unckless, Robert L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Zanders, Sarah E. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-10T22:30:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-11-10T22:30:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-08-13 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Bravo Núñez, M. A., Sabbarini, I. M., Eide, L. E., Unckless, R. L., & Zanders, S. E. (2020). Atypical meiosis can be adaptive in outcrossed Schizosaccharomyces pombe due to wtf meiotic drivers. eLife, 9, e57936. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.57936 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/30826 | |
dc.description | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Killer meiotic drivers are genetic parasites that destroy ‘sibling’ gametes lacking the driver allele. The fitness costs of drive can lead to selection of unlinked suppressors. This suppression could involve evolutionary tradeoffs that compromise gametogenesis and contribute to infertility. Schizosaccharomyces pombe, an organism containing numerous gamete (spore)-killing wtf drivers, offers a tractable system to test this hypothesis. Here, we demonstrate that in scenarios analogous to outcrossing, wtf drivers generate a fitness landscape in which atypical spores, such as aneuploids and diploids, are advantageous. In this context, wtf drivers can decrease the fitness costs of mutations that disrupt meiotic fidelity and, in some circumstances, can even make such mutations beneficial. Moreover, we find that S. pombe isolates vary greatly in their ability to make haploid spores, with some isolates generating up to 46% aneuploid or diploid spores. This work empirically demonstrates the potential for meiotic drivers to shape the evolution of gametogenesis. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Stowers Institute for Medical Research | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | March of Dimes Foundation Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Research Award No. 5-FY18-58 | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Kinship Foundation Searle Scholars Award | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Institute of General Medical Sciences R00GM114436 | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Institute of General Medical Sciences DP2GM132936 | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Cancer Institute F99CA234523 | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | University of Kansas | en_US |
dc.publisher | eLife Sciences Publications | en_US |
dc.rights | © 2020, Bravo Núñez et al. | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_US |
dc.title | Atypical meiosis can be adaptive in outcrossed Schizosaccharomyces pombe due to wtf meiotic drivers | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
kusw.kuauthor | Unckless, Robert L. | |
kusw.kudepartment | Molecular Biosciences | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.7554/eLife.57936 | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6554-8814 | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6490-7056 | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8586-7137 | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1867-986X | en_US |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, publisher version | en_US |
kusw.oapolicy | This item meets KU Open Access policy criteria. | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | PMC7426094 | en_US |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | en_US |