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表型选择对随机基因表达的影响

The effect of phenotypic selection on stochastic gene expression

Thierry Mora, Aleksandra M. Walczak

摘要:

同一群体中遗传相同的细胞可以呈现表型可变的状态,导致对外部信号(如营养和药物诱导的应激)的不同反应。许多模型和实验都集中在基于离散表型状态的描述上。在这里,我们考虑选择作用于单个性状的影响,我们明确地将其与基因表达的蛋白质的可变数量联系起来。考虑到不同的监管模式下选择的基因,我们计算的稳态分布的表达水平,并显示人口如何适应其表达,以提高其适应性。我们定量地将群体的整体适应性与表达水平的遗传力及其在群体中的多样性联系起来。我们展示了如何选择可以增加或减少人口的变异性,改变双峰状态的稳定性,并影响亚稳态吸引子之间的切换率。

英文摘要:

Genetically identical cells in the same population can take on phenotypically variable states, leading to differentiated responses to external signals, such as nutrients and drug-induced stress. Many models and experiments have focused on a description based on discrete phenotypic states. Here we consider the effects of selection acting on a single trait, which we explicitly link to the variable number of proteins expressed by a gene. Considering different regulatory models for the gene under selection, we calculate the steady-state distribution of expression levels and show how the population adapts its expression to enhance its fitness. We quantitatively relate the overall fitness of the population to the heritability of expression levels, and their diversity within the population. We show how selection can increase or decrease the variability in the population, alter the stability of bimodal states, and impact the switching rates between metastable attractors.

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