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Rosa, Rafael D.; Alonso, Pascal; Santini, Adrien; Vergnes, Agnes; Bachere, Evelyne. |
We report here the first evidence in an invertebrate, the oyster Crassostrea gigas, of a phenomenon of Presence-Absence Variation (PAV) affecting immune-related genes. We previously evidenced an extraordinary interindividual variability in the basal mRNA abundances of oyster immune genes including those coding for a family of antimicrobial peptides, the big defensins (Cg-BigDef). Cg-BigDef is a diverse family composed of three members: Cg-BigDef1 to -3. Here, we show that besides a high polymorphism in Cg-BigDef mRNA expression, not all individual oysters express simultaneously the three Cg-BigDefs. Moreover, in numerous individuals, no expression of Cg-BigDefs could be detected. Further investigation at the genomic level revealed that in individuals in... |
Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Mollusk bivalve; Antimicrobial peptide; Polymorphism; Gene copy number variation; High-throughput microfluidic RT-qPCR; Vibrio infection. |
Ano: 2015 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00239/35009/33545.pdf |
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