Genome architecture and selective signals compensatorily shape plastic response to a new environment

Transcriptional plasticity interacts with natural selection in complex ways and is crucial for the survival of species under rapid climate change. How 3D genome architecture affects transcriptional plasticity and its interaction with genetic adaptation are unclear. We transplanted estuarine oysters to a new environment and found that genes located in active chromatin regions exhibited greater transcriptional plasticity, and changes in these regions were negatively correlated with selective signals. This indicates a trade-off be- tween 3D active regions and selective signals in shaping plastic responses to a new environment. Specifically, a mutation, lincRNA, and changes in the accessibility of a distal enhancer potentially affect its interaction with the ManIIa gene, which regulates the muscle function and survival of oysters. Our findings reveal that 3D genome architecture compensates for the role of genetic adaptation in environmental response to new environments and provide insights into synergetic genetic and epigenetic interactions critical for fitness-related trait and survival in a model marine species.

Zhao, Mingjie (författare)
Wang, Chaogang (författare)
Zhang, Kexin (författare)
Zhang, Xu (författare)
De Wit, Pierre,1978Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för marina vetenskaper, Tjärnö marinlaboratoriet,Department of marine sciences, Tjärnö Marine Laboratory(Swepub:gu)xdewpi (författare)
Wang, Wei (författare)
Gao, Juntao (författare)
Guo, Ximing (författare)
Zhang, Guofan (författare)
Li, Li (författare)
Göteborgs universitetInstitutionen för marina vetenskaper, Tjärnö marinlaboratoriet (creator_code:org_t)

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