Sex-, development-, and nutrition-dependent expression of a major age-at-maturity gene in Atlantic salmon
Asheim, E. R.; Debes, P.; House, A.; Liljestrom, P.; Ruokolainen, A.; Frapin, M.; Donner, I.; Ahi, E. P.; Erkinaro, J.; Verta, J.-P.; Primmer, C. R.
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Sexual maturation is a key process in the life history of an organism and is influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. In Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), alternative alleles at the gene vgll3 have been found to associate with a large proportion of the variation in maturation age, yet the molecular and physiological mechanisms of this association are still largely unknown. Here, we investigated the mechanisms by which genetic variation in this major age-at-maturity gene translated into phenotypic variation. We established a time series of gonadal vgll3 mRNA expression in male and female Atlantic salmon in a common garden setting, starting at the prepubertal stage and spanning multiple spawning seasons. We found that vgll3 mRNA expression is reduced in early-maturing males and females. However, for the second spawning season, vgll3 expression increased with gonadal development in males, but eventually decreased in females. Expression of vgll3 had context-dependent correlations with expression of amh and lhr. We also found signs of reduced testicular vgll3 expression in a low-fat feed treatment. By significantly widening the scope of our knowledge on temporal vgll3 expression dynamics, our results exemplify that major-effect genes may use different pathways in sexes but achieve similar outcomes.
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