The Wright stuff: reimagining path analysis reveals novel components of the sex determination hierarchy in Drosophila melanogaster

BMC Systems Biology
Justin M FearLauren M McIntyre

Abstract

The Drosophila sex determination hierarchy is a classic example of a transcriptional regulatory hierarchy, with sex-specific isoforms regulating morphology and behavior. We use a structural equation modeling approach, leveraging natural genetic variation from two studies on Drosophila female head tissues--DSPR collection (596 F1-hybrids from crosses between DSPR sub-populations) and CEGS population (75 F1-hybrids from crosses between DGRP/Winters lines to a reference strain w1118)--to expand understanding of the sex hierarchy gene regulatory network (GRN). This approach is completely generalizable to any natural population, including humans. We expanded the sex hierarchy GRN adding novel links among genes, including a link from fruitless (fru) to Sex-lethal (Sxl) identified in both populations. This link is further supported by the presence of fru binding sites in the Sxl locus. 754 candidate genes were added to the pathway, including the splicing factors male-specific lethal 2 and Rm62 as downstream targets of Sxl which are well-supported links in males. Independent studies of doublesex and transformer mutants support many additions, including evidence for a link between the sex hierarchy and metabolism, via Insulin-like recep...Continue Reading

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May 14, 2016·G3 : Genes - Genomes - Genetics·Michelle N ArbeitmanRita M Graze
Jun 6, 2020·Journal of Forensic Sciences·Michelle M JonikaAaron M Tarone
Jun 27, 2018·Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience·Anna A IgolkinaMaria G Samsonova
May 20, 2016·Genetics·Justin M FearLauren M McIntyre

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Methods Mentioned

BETA
RNA-seq
PCR

Software Mentioned

MMC
SAS
R package GeneNet
R package simsem
CALIS
SEMNET
GeneNet
CEGS
R package lavaan

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