Optional Endoreplication and Selective Elimination of Parental Genomes during Oogenesis in Diploid and Triploid Hybrid European Water Frogs

PLoS One. 2015 Apr 20;10(4):e0123304. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123304. eCollection 2015.

Abstract

Incompatibilities between parental genomes decrease viability of interspecific hybrids; however, deviations from canonical gametogenesis such as genome endoreplication and elimination can rescue hybrid organisms. To evaluate frequency and regularity of genome elimination and endoreplication during gametogenesis in hybrid animals with different ploidy, we examined genome composition in oocytes of di- and triploid hybrid frogs of the Pelophylax esculentus complex. Obtained results allowed us to suggest that during oogenesis the endoreplication involves all genomes occurring before the selective genome elimination. We accepted the hypothesis that only elimination of one copied genome occurs premeiotically in most of triploid hybrid females. At the same time, we rejected the hypothesis stating that the genome of parental species hybrid frogs co-exist with is always eliminated during oogenesis in diploid hybrids. Diploid hybrid frogs demonstrate an enlarged frequency of deviations in oogenesis comparatively to triploid hybrids. Typical for hybrid frogs deviations in gametogenesis increase variability of produced gametes and provide a mechanism for appearance of different forms of hybrids.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Chromosomes / genetics
  • Diploidy*
  • Endoreduplication / genetics*
  • Female
  • Genome*
  • Genotype
  • Hybridization, Genetic*
  • Oocytes / metabolism
  • Oogenesis / genetics*
  • Ranidae / genetics*
  • Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / genetics
  • Triploidy*
  • Water

Substances

  • Water

Grants and funding

This work was funded in part by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (http://www.rfbr.ru/rffi/eng) grant 12-04-01277 to SL and JR and by the grants of the President of Russia (https://grants.extech.ru/) NS-3553.2014.4 to AK, DD and AS and JC-3609.2014.4 to AK and DD. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.