TY - JOUR A1 - Ren, Li A1 - Li, Wuhui A1 - Qin, Qinbo A1 - Dai, He A1 - Han, Fengming A1 - Xiao, Jun A1 - Gao, Xin A1 - Cui, Jialin A1 - Wu, Chang A1 - Yan, Xiaojing A1 - Wang, Guoliang A1 - Liu, Guiming A1 - Liu, Jia A1 - Li, Jiaming A1 - Wan, Zhong A1 - Yang, Conghui A1 - Zhang, Chun A1 - Tao, Min A1 - Wang, Jing A1 - Luo, Kaikun A1 - Wang, Shi A1 - Hu, Fangzhou A1 - Zhao, Rurong A1 - Li, Xuming A1 - Liu, Min A1 - Zheng, Hongkun A1 - Zhou, Rong A1 - Shu, Yuqin A1 - Wang, Yude A1 - Liu, Qinfeng A1 - Tang, Chenchen A1 - Duan, Wei A1 - Liu, Shaojun T1 - The subgenomes show asymmetric expression of alleles in hybrid lineages of Megalobrama amblycephala × Culter alburnus Y1 - 2019/11/01 JF - Genome Research JO - Genome Research SP - 1805 EP - 1815 DO - 10.1101/gr.249805.119 VL - 29 IS - 11 UR - http://genome.cshlp.org/content/29/11/1805.abstract N2 - Hybridization drives rapid speciation by shaping novel genotypic and phenotypic profiles. Genomic incompatibility and transcriptome shock have been observed in hybrids, although this is rarer in animals than in plants. Using the newly sequenced genomes of the blunt snout bream (Megalobrama amblycephala [BSB]) and the topmouth culter (Culter alburnus [TC]), we focused on the sequence variation and gene expression changes in the reciprocal intergeneric hybrid lineages (F1–F3) of BSB × TC. A genome-wide transcriptional analysis identified 145–974 expressed recombinant genes in the successive generations of hybrid fish, suggesting the rapid emergence of allelic variation following hybridization. Some gradual changes of gene expression with additive and dominance effects and various cis and trans regulations were observed from F1 to F3 in the two hybrid lineages. These asymmetric patterns of gene expression represent the alternative strategies for counteracting deleterious effects of the subgenomes and improving adaptability of novel hybrids. Furthermore, we identified positive selection and additive expression patterns in transforming growth factor, beta 1b (tgfb1b), which may account for the morphological variations of the pharyngeal jaw in the two hybrid lineages. Our current findings provide insights into the evolution of vertebrate genomes immediately following hybridization. ER -