Genetic variation in haemoglobin regulates breathing in high-altitude deer mice
Ivy, C. M.; Wearing, O.; Natarajan, C.; Schweizer, R. M.; Gutierrez-Pinto, N.; Velotta, J. P.; Campbell-Staton, S. C.; Petersen, E. E.; Fago, A.; Cheviron, Z. A.; Storz, J. F.; Scott, G. R.
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Physiological systems often have emergent properties but the effects of genetic variation on physiology are often unknown, which presents a major challenge to understanding the mechanisms of phenotypic evolution. We investigated the in vivo effects on respiratory physiology of genetic variants in haemoglobin (Hb) that contribute to hypoxia adaptation in high-altitude deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus). We created F2 inter-population hybrids of highland and lowland deer mice to test the phenotypic effects of - and {beta}-globin variants on a mixed genetic background. High-altitude genotypes were associated with breathing phenotypes that enhance O2 uptake in hypoxia, including a deeper more effective breathing pattern and an augmented hypoxic ventilatory response. These effects could not be explained by erythrocyte Hb-O2 affinity or globin gene expression in the brainstem. Therefore, adaptive variation in haemoglobin can have unexpected effects on physiology that are distinct from the canonical function of this protein in circulatory O2 transport.
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