Female reproduction-specific proteins, origins in marine species, and their evolution in the animal kingdom
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Published:2022-01-12
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ISSN:0219-7200
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Container-title:Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
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language:en
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Short-container-title:J. Bioinform. Comput. Biol.
Author:
Jimenez-Gutierrez Laura Rebeca12ORCID
Affiliation:
1. Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico 82000, Mexico
2. CONACYT, Direccion de Catedras- CONACYT, CDMX, Mexico 03940, Mexico
Abstract
The survival of a species largely depends on the ability of individuals to reproduce, thus perpetuating their life history. The advent of metazoans (i.e. pluricellular animals) brought about the evolution of specialized tissues and organs, which in turn led to the development of complex protein regulatory pathways. This study sought to elucidate the evolutionary relationships between female reproduction-associated proteins by analyzing the transcriptomes of representative species from a selection of marine invertebrate phyla. Our study identified more than 50 reproduction-related genes across a wide evolutionary spectrum, from Porifera to Vertebrata. Among these, a total of 19 sequences had not been previously reported in at least one phylum, particularly in Porifera. Moreover, most of the structural differences between these proteins did not appear to be determined by environmental pressures or reproductive strategies, but largely obeyed a distinguishable evolutionary pattern from sponges to mammals.
Funder
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia
Publisher
World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd
Subject
Computer Science Applications,Molecular Biology,Biochemistry