disturbance of social hierarchy by an invasive species a gene transcription study干扰社会等级的入侵物种的基因转录的研究.pdfVIP

Disturbance of Social Hierarchy by an Invasive Species: A Gene Transcription Study 1. 1,2. 1 1 1 Christian Roberge *, Simon Blanchet , Julian J. Dodson , Helga Guderley , Louis Bernatchez ´ ´ ´ ´ ´ ´ 1 Departement de biologie, Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada, 2 Laboratoire Evolution et Diversite Biologique, C.N.R.S-Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France Abstract Background: Ecological and evolutionary changes in native populations facing invasion by exotic species are increasingly reported. Recently, it has been shown that competition with exotic rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) disrupts dominance hierarchies within groups of native Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). The genetic and molecular actors underlying phenotypic plasticity are poorly understood. Methodology: Here, we aimed at identifying the genetic and molecular actors contributing to this plastic loss of dominance hierarchies as well as at identifying genes implicated in behaviours related to social dominance. By using microarrays, we compared the genome-wide gene transcription profiles in brains of dominant versus subordinate juvenile Atlantic salmon in presence or absence of a competitive rainbow trout. Principal Findings: Adding the trout competitor resulted in dominant and subordinate salmon being more similar, both behaviourally and at the level of brain gene transcription patterns. Genes for which transcription levels differed between dominant and subordinate salmon in the abs