Temporal flexibility of gene regulatory network underlies a novel wing pattern in flies
Dufour, Héloïse D Koshikawa, Shigeyuki Finet, Cédric
Dufour, Héloïse D
Koshikawa, Shigeyuki
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<jats:p>Organisms have evolved endless morphological, physiological, and behavioral novel traits during the course of evolution. Novel traits were proposed to evolve mainly by orchestration of preexisting genes. Over the past two decades, biologists have shown that cooption of gene regulatory networks (GRNs) indeed underlies numerous evolutionary novelties. However, very little is known about the actual GRN properties that allow such redeployment. Here we have investigated the generation and evolution of the complex wing pattern of the fly<jats:italic>Samoaia leonensis</jats:italic>. We show that the transcription factor Engrailed is recruited independently from the other players of the anterior–posterior specification network to generate a new wing pattern. We argue that partial cooption is made possible because 1) the anterior–posterior specification GRN is flexible over time in the developing wing and 2) this flexibility results from the fact that every single gene of the GRN possesses its own functional time window. We propose that the temporal flexibility of a GRN is a general prerequisite for its possible cooption during the course of evolution.</jats:p>
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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2020-05-26
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10.1073/pnas.2002092117
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