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X hyperactivation notes
editX hyperactivation refers to the process in Drosophila by which genes on the X chromosome in male flies become twice as activate as genes on the X chromosome in female flies. Because male flies have a single X chromosome and female flies have two X chromosomes, the higher level of activation in males ensures that X chromosome genes are overall expressed at the same level in males and females. X hyperactivation is one mechanism of dosage compensation, whereby organisms that use genetic sex determination systems balance the gene dosage from the sex chromosomes between males and females[1]. X hyperactivation is regulated by the alternative splicing of a gene called sex-lethal. The gene was named sex-lethal due to its mutant phenotype which has little to no effect on male flies but results in the death of females due to X hyperactivation of the two X chromosomes. In female Drosophila, the sex-lethal protein causes the female-specific splicing of the sex-lethal gene to produce more of the sex-lethal protein. This produces a positive feedback loop as the sex-lethal protein splices the sex-lethal gene to produce more of the sex-lethal protein. In male Drosophila, there isn’t enough sex-lethal to activate the female-specific splicing of the sex-lethal gene, and it goes through the "default" splicing. This means that section of the gene that is spliced out in females remains in males. This portion contains an early stop codon resulting in no protein being made from it[2]. In females, the sex-lethal protein inhibits the male-specific lethal (msl) gene complex that would normally activate X-linked genes that result in an increase in the male transcription rate. The msl gene complex was named due to the loss-of-function mutant that results in the improper increase in the male transcription rate that results in the death of males[3]. In males, the absence of the necessary amount of sex-lethal allows for the increase in the male transcription rate due to the msl gene complex no longer being inhibited. This allows the expression of the X chromosome to be "doubled," or hyperactivated, to match the amount that females have with two X chromosomes[4].
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Polyspermy notes
editIn some species, polyspermy is allowed to happen resulting in more than one sperm entering the egg creating viable offspring without detrimental effects.[5]
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References
edit- ^ Birchler, James A.; Pal-Bhadra, Manika; Bhadra, Utpal (March 2003). "Dosage dependent gene regulation and the compensation of the X chromosome in Drosophila males". Genetica. 117 (2–3): 179–190. ISSN 0016-6707. PMID 12723697.
- ^ 1949-, Gilbert, Scott F.,. Developmental biology. Barresi, Michael J. F., 1974- (Eleventh edition ed.). Sunderland, Massachusetts. ISBN 9781605354705. OCLC 945169933.
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: CS1 maint: PMC format (link) - ^ Gorman, M.; Baker, B. S. (October 1994). "How flies make one equal two: dosage compensation in Drosophila". Trends in genetics: TIG. 10 (10): 376–380. ISSN 0168-9525. PMID 7985243.
- ^ Snook, Rhonda R.; Hosken, David J.; Karr, Timothy L. (2011-12-01). "The biology and evolution of polyspermy: insights from cellular and functional studies of sperm and centrosomal behavior in the fertilized egg". Reproduction. 142 (6): 779–792. doi:10.1530/REP-11-0255. ISSN 1470-1626. PMID 21964827.