Hypothesis: gonadal temperature influences sex-specific imprinting

Various explanations have been advanced for the evolution of genomic imprinting, the most popular of these being the parental conflict hypothesis. However, while this theory may explain why there has been selection for imprinting certain genes, it does not explain how the maternal and paternal genom...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Prontera, Paolo, Donti, Emilio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
Materias:
Genetics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4142806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25202325
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2014.00294
_version_ 1782331816439447552
author Prontera, Paolo
Donti, Emilio
author_facet Prontera, Paolo
Donti, Emilio
author_sort Prontera, Paolo
collection PubMed
description Various explanations have been advanced for the evolution of genomic imprinting, the most popular of these being the parental conflict hypothesis. However, while this theory may explain why there has been selection for imprinting certain genes, it does not explain how the maternal and paternal genomes can be distinguished from each other. Here, we hypothesize that the temperature at which male and female gonads are physiologically exposed could be, at least for some loci, the primary factor leading to the different imprinting between the sexes.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-4142806
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2014
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-41428062014-09-08 Hypothesis: gonadal temperature influences sex-specific imprinting Prontera, Paolo Donti, Emilio Front Genet Genetics Various explanations have been advanced for the evolution of genomic imprinting, the most popular of these being the parental conflict hypothesis. However, while this theory may explain why there has been selection for imprinting certain genes, it does not explain how the maternal and paternal genomes can be distinguished from each other. Here, we hypothesize that the temperature at which male and female gonads are physiologically exposed could be, at least for some loci, the primary factor leading to the different imprinting between the sexes. Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-08-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4142806/ /pubmed/25202325 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2014.00294 Text en Copyright © 2014 Prontera and Donti. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Genetics
Prontera, Paolo
Donti, Emilio
Hypothesis: gonadal temperature influences sex-specific imprinting
title Hypothesis: gonadal temperature influences sex-specific imprinting
title_full Hypothesis: gonadal temperature influences sex-specific imprinting
title_fullStr Hypothesis: gonadal temperature influences sex-specific imprinting
title_full_unstemmed Hypothesis: gonadal temperature influences sex-specific imprinting
title_short Hypothesis: gonadal temperature influences sex-specific imprinting
title_sort hypothesis: gonadal temperature influences sex-specific imprinting
topic Genetics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4142806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25202325
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2014.00294
work_keys_str_mv AT pronterapaolo hypothesisgonadaltemperatureinfluencessexspecificimprinting
AT dontiemilio hypothesisgonadaltemperatureinfluencessexspecificimprinting

Ejemplares similares