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Title: Mitochondria-encoded genes contribute to evolution of heat and cold tolerance in yeast

Abstract

Genetic analysis of phenotypic differences between species is typically limited to interfertile species. Here, we conducted a genome-wide noncomplementation screen to identify genes that contribute to a major difference in thermal growth profile between two reproductively isolated yeast species,Saccharomyces cerevisiaeandSaccharomyces uvarum. The screen identified only a single nuclear-encoded gene with a moderate effect on heat tolerance, but, on the other hand, revealed a large effect of mitochondrial DNA (mitotype) on both heat and cold tolerance. Recombinant mitotypes indicate that multiple genes contribute to thermal divergence, and we show that protein divergence inCOX1affects both heat and cold tolerance. Our conclusions point to the yeast mitochondrial genome as an evolutionary hotspot for thermal divergence.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [4]; ORCiD logo [5]
  1. Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (United States)
  2. University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI (United States); USDOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Madison, WI (United States); Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Valencia (Spain)
  3. University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI (United States); USDOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Madison, WI (United States)
  4. Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States)
  5. Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (United States); Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States)
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Research Org.:
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC), Madison, WI (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); National Institutes of Health (NIH)
OSTI Identifier:
1547395
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0018409
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Science Advances
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher:
AAAS
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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Li, Xueying C., Peris, David, Hittinger, Chris Todd, Sia, Elaine A., and Fay, Justin C. Mitochondria-encoded genes contribute to evolution of heat and cold tolerance in yeast. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aav1848.
Li, Xueying C., Peris, David, Hittinger, Chris Todd, Sia, Elaine A., & Fay, Justin C. Mitochondria-encoded genes contribute to evolution of heat and cold tolerance in yeast. United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aav1848
Li, Xueying C., Peris, David, Hittinger, Chris Todd, Sia, Elaine A., and Fay, Justin C. Wed . "Mitochondria-encoded genes contribute to evolution of heat and cold tolerance in yeast". United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aav1848. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1547395.
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title = {Mitochondria-encoded genes contribute to evolution of heat and cold tolerance in yeast},
author = {Li, Xueying C. and Peris, David and Hittinger, Chris Todd and Sia, Elaine A. and Fay, Justin C.},
abstractNote = {Genetic analysis of phenotypic differences between species is typically limited to interfertile species. Here, we conducted a genome-wide noncomplementation screen to identify genes that contribute to a major difference in thermal growth profile between two reproductively isolated yeast species,Saccharomyces cerevisiaeandSaccharomyces uvarum. The screen identified only a single nuclear-encoded gene with a moderate effect on heat tolerance, but, on the other hand, revealed a large effect of mitochondrial DNA (mitotype) on both heat and cold tolerance. Recombinant mitotypes indicate that multiple genes contribute to thermal divergence, and we show that protein divergence inCOX1affects both heat and cold tolerance. Our conclusions point to the yeast mitochondrial genome as an evolutionary hotspot for thermal divergence.},
doi = {10.1126/sciadv.aav1848},
journal = {Science Advances},
number = 1,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 30 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Wed Jan 30 00:00:00 EST 2019}
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