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Sci Adv 2023 Apr 07;914:eadd8343. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.add8343.
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Modification of maternally defined H3K4me3 regulates the inviability of interspecific Xenopus hybrids.

Long Q , Yan K , Wang C , Wen Y , Qi F , Wang H , Shi P , Liu X , Chan WY , Lu X , Zhao H .


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Increasing evidence suggests that interspecific hybridization is crucial to speciation. However, chromatin incompatibility during interspecific hybridization often renders this process. Genomic imbalances such as chromosomal DNA loss and rearrangements leading to infertility have been commonly noted in hybrids. The mechanism underlying reproductive isolation of interspecific hybridization remains elusive. Here, we identified that modification of maternally defined H3K4me3 in Xenopus laevis and Xenopus tropicalis hybrids determines the different fates of the two types of hybrids as te×ls with developmental arrest and viable le×ts. Transcriptomics highlighted that the P53 pathway was overactivated, and the Wnt signaling pathway was suppressed in te×ls hybrids. Moreover, the lack of maternal H3K4me3 in te×ls disturbed the balance of gene expression between the L and S subgenomes in this hybrid. Attenuation of p53 can postpone the arrested development of te×ls. Our study suggests an additional model of reproductive isolation based on modifications of maternally defined H3K4me3.

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