lecture 8. Epistasis and Pathways
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lecture 8. Epistasis and Pathways. Interactions of null alleles Additivity of nulls implies distinct pathways. Epistasis of nulls implies common pathway. Synergism of null alleles implies parallel pathways with a common target. Additivity of hypomorphs is consistent with anything. 1. 3. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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lecture 8. Epistasis and Pathwayslecture 8. Epistasis and Pathways
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Interactions of null allelesInteractions of null alleles
Additivity of nulls implies distinct pathwaysAdditivity of nulls implies distinct pathways
Epistasis of nulls implies common pathway Epistasis of nulls implies common pathway
Additivity of hypomorphs is consistent with anythingAdditivity of hypomorphs is consistent with anything
Synergism of null alleles implies parallel pathways Synergism of null alleles implies parallel pathways with a common targetwith a common target
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X Y Z1 2 3
Substrate Dependent Pathway
X Y1 2
Z
X Y1 2 3
Z
3Y Z
1 X
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A B
outcome 1
outcome 2
condition
Switch Regulation Pathway
Yes ON ON outcome 1
outcome 2OFFOFFNo
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A B
outcome 1
outcome 2
condition
Switch Regulation Pathway
Yes OFF ON outcome 1
outcome 2OFFONNo
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Male tail
Hermaphrodite vulva
spicules
1°
2°
Some C. elegans sexual specializations
1°: the openingvulval muscle-1 insertioncues to male
2°: vulval muscle-2 insertioncues to male
sensory structures that locate the vulvalopening
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spermathecauterus ovary
oocyteegg
vas deferens
vulvaspiculehook
p.c.s.
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somatic sex determination in C. elegans
genotype XX XO
+ f mtra-1(lf) m mtra-1(gf) f fher-1(lf) f fher-1(gf) ~m m
f, female somatic tissues; m, male somatic tissues.lf, loss-of-function; gf, gain-of-function
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somatic sex determination in C. elegans
genotype XX XO
+ f mtra-1(lf) m mtra-1(gf) f fher-1(lf) f fher-1(gf) ~m m
tra-1(lf); her-1(lf) m mtra-1(gf); her-1(gf) f f
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her-1low X:A tra-1
female
soma
male
soma
her-1(lf)
tra-1(lf)
female
soma
male
soma
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
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egl-1(sd) + + ced-9(gf)egl-1(sd) + + ced-9(gf)
egl-1(sd) ced-9(gf) + +
egl-1(sd) ced-9(gf+lf) + +
CommonNon-Egl
Rare Egl
mutagen
Intragenic revertant of a dominant
In egl-1(sd) mutants, the HSN dies, and hence the hemaphrodites cannot lay eggs
x
OR
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"Switch genes"
lf and gf mutations have opposite effectsThe gene controls a binary outcome
gene
A
B
or
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ced-3(lf) NO cell deathced-4(lf) NO cell deathced-1(lf), 2, etc No engulfmentced-9(gf) NO cell deathced-9(gf+lf) EXTRA cell deathnuc-1 No DNA degradationced-3(lf) ced-9(lf) NO cell deathced-3 (lf) nuc-1(lf) NO cell death
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