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Abstract Whole-genome duplication (WGD) can have large impacts on genome evolution, and much remains unknown about these impacts. This includes the mechanisms of coping with a duplicated sex determination system and whether this has an impact on increasing the diversity of sex determination mechanisms. Other impacts include sexual conflict, where alleles having different optimums in each sex can result in sequestration of genes into nonrecombining sex chromosomes. Sex chromosome development itself may involve sex-specific recombination rate (i.e., heterochiasmy), which is also poorly understood. The family Salmonidae is a model system for these phenomena, having undergone autotetraploidization and subsequent rediploidization in most of the genome at the base of the lineage. The salmonid master sex determining gene is known, and many species have nonhomologous sex chromosomes, putatively due to transposition of this gene. In this study, we identify the sex chromosome of Brook Charr Salvelinus fontinalis and compare sex chromosome identities across the lineage (eight species and four genera). Although nonhomology is frequent, homologous sex chromosomes and other consistencies are present in distantly related species, indicating probable convergence on specific sex and neo-sex chromosomes. We also characterize strong heterochiasmy with 2.7-fold more crossovers in maternal than paternal haplotypes with paternal crossovers biased to chromosome ends. When considering only rediploidized chromosomes, the overall heterochiasmy trend remains, although with only 1.9-fold more recombination in the female than the male. Y chromosome crossovers are restricted to a single end of the chromosome, and this chromosome contains a large interspecific inversion, although its status between males and females remains unknown. Finally, we identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) for 21 unique growth, reproductive, and stress-related phenotypes to improve knowledge of the genetic architecture of these traits important to aquaculture and evolution.
Male, QTL, Genetic Linkage, Quantitative Trait Loci, QH426-470, Chromosomes, Genetic of sex, Evolution, Molecular, Salmon, Stress, Physiological, Genetics, Animals, Crossing Over, Genetic, Whole-genome duplication, Recombination, Genetic, Sex Chromosomes, sex chromosomes, Reproduction, Chromosome Mapping, salmon, Genetics of Sex, heterochiasmy, whole-genome duplication, Heterochiasmy, Sex, Female, Salmonidae
Male, QTL, Genetic Linkage, Quantitative Trait Loci, QH426-470, Chromosomes, Genetic of sex, Evolution, Molecular, Salmon, Stress, Physiological, Genetics, Animals, Crossing Over, Genetic, Whole-genome duplication, Recombination, Genetic, Sex Chromosomes, sex chromosomes, Reproduction, Chromosome Mapping, salmon, Genetics of Sex, heterochiasmy, whole-genome duplication, Heterochiasmy, Sex, Female, Salmonidae
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