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Testing the “(Neo-)Darwinian” Principles against Reticulate Evolution: How Variation, Adaptation, Heredity and Fitness, Constraints and Affordances, Speciation, and Extinction Surpass Organisms and Species. INFORMATION 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/info11070352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Variation, adaptation, heredity and fitness, constraints and affordances, speciation, and extinction form the building blocks of the (Neo-)Darwinian research program, and several of these have been called “Darwinian principles”. Here, we suggest that caution should be taken in calling these principles Darwinian because of the important role played by reticulate evolutionary mechanisms and processes in also bringing about these phenomena. Reticulate mechanisms and processes include symbiosis, symbiogenesis, lateral gene transfer, infective heredity mediated by genetic and organismal mobility, and hybridization. Because the “Darwinian principles” are brought about by both vertical and reticulate evolutionary mechanisms and processes, they should be understood as foundational for a more pluralistic theory of evolution, one that surpasses the classic scope of the Modern and the Neo-Darwinian Synthesis. Reticulate evolution moreover demonstrates that what conventional (Neo-)Darwinian theories treat as intra-species features of evolution frequently involve reticulate interactions between organisms from very different taxonomic categories. Variation, adaptation, heredity and fitness, constraints and affordances, speciation, and extinction therefore cannot be understood as “traits” or “properties” of genes, organisms, species, or ecosystems because the phenomena are irreducible to specific units and levels of an evolutionary hierarchy. Instead, these general principles of evolution need to be understood as common goods that come about through interactions between different units and levels of evolutionary hierarchies, and they are exherent rather than inherent properties of individuals.
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Ahmed D, Curk F, Evrard JC, Froelicher Y, Ollitrault P. Preferential Disomic Segregation and C. micrantha/C. medica Interspecific Recombination in Tetraploid 'Giant Key' Lime; Outlook for Triploid Lime Breeding. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:939. [PMID: 32670332 PMCID: PMC7330052 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2019] [Accepted: 06/09/2020] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The triploid 'Tahiti' lime (C. x latifolia (Yu. Tanaka) Tanaka) naturally originated from a merger between a haploid ovule of lemon (C. x limon (L.) Burm) and a diploid pollen from a 'Mexican' lime (C. x aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swing). The very limited natural inter-varietal diversity and gametic sterility of C. latifolia requires a phylogenomic based reconstruction breeding strategy to insure its diversification. We developed a strategy based on interploid hybridization between diploid lemon and the doubled diploid 'Giant Key' lime. This lime is a doubled diploid of 'Mexican' lime, itself a natural interspecific F1 hybrid between C. medica L. and C. micrantha Wester. For an optimized breeding program, we analyzed the meiotic behavior of the allotetraploid lime, the genetic structure of its diploid gametes, the interspecific recombination between C. medica and C. micrantha, and constructed its genetic map. A population of 272 triploid hybrids was generated using 'Giant Key' lime as pollinator. One hundred fifty-eight SNPs diagnostic of C. micrantha, regularly distributed throughout the citrus genome were successfully developed and applied. The genetic structure of the diploid gametes was examined based on C. micrantha doses along the genome. The diploid gametes transmitted in average 91.17% of the parental interspecific C. medica/C. micrantha heterozygosity. Three chromosomes (2, 8, and 9) showed disomic segregation with high preferential pairing values, while the remaining chromosomes showed an intermediate inheritance with a preferential disomic trend. A total of 131 SNPs were assigned to nine linkage groups to construct the genetic map. It spanned 272.8 cM with a low average recombination rate (0.99 cM Mb-1) and high synteny and colinearity with the reference clementine genome. Our results confirmed that an efficient reconstruction breeding strategy for 'Tahiti' lime is possible, based on interploid hybridization using a doubled diploid of C. aurantiifolia. The tetraploid parent should be selected for favorable agronomic traits and its genetic value should be efficiently inherited by the progeny thanks to transmission of the high level of parental heterozygosity. However, it would require developing numerous progeny to overcome the linkage drag caused by the limited interspecific recombination associated with the predominant disomic inheritance.
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- Dalel Ahmed
- UMR AGAP, INRA, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, Univ Montpellier, San Giuliano, France
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- UMR AGAP, INRA, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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Qiu T, Liu Z, Liu B. The effects of hybridization and genome doubling in plant evolution via allopolyploidy. Mol Biol Rep 2020; 47:5549-5558. [PMID: 32572735 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-020-05597-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Polyploidy is a pervasive and recurring phenomenon across the tree of life, which occurred at variable time scales, ecological amplitudes and cell types, and is especially prominent in the evolutionary histories of plants. Importantly, many of the world's most important crops and noxious invasive weeds are recent polyploids. Polyploidy includes two major types, autopolyploidy, referring to doubling of a single species genome, and allopolyploidy referring to doubling of two or more merged genomes via biological hybridization of distinct but related species. The prevalence of both types of polyploidy implies that both genome doubling alone and doubling coupled with hybridization confer selective advantages over their diploid progenitors under specific circumstances. In cases of allopolyploidy, the two events, genome doubling and hybridization, have both advantages and disadvantages. Accumulated studies have established that, in allopolyploidy, some advantage(s) of doubling may compensate for the disadvantage(s) of hybridity and vice versa, although further study is required to validate generality of this trend. Some studies have also revealed a variety of non-Mendelian genetic and genomic consequences induced by doubling and hybridization separately or concertedly in nascent allopolyploidy; however, the significance of which to the immediate establishment and longer-term evolutionary success of allopolyploid species remain to be empirically demonstrated and ecologically investigated. This review aims to summarize recent advances in our understanding of the roles of hybridization and genome doubling, in separation and combination, in the evolution of allopolyploid genomes, as well as fruitful future research directions that are emerging from these studies.
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- Tian Qiu
- School of Life Sciences, Changchun Normal University, Changchun, 130032, China.,Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics, Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- College of Computer Science and Technology, Changchun University, Changchun, 130022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics, Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China.
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Choi IY, Kwon EC, Kim NS. The C- and G-value paradox with polyploidy, repeatomes, introns, phenomes and cell economy. Genes Genomics 2020; 42:699-714. [DOI: 10.1007/s13258-020-00941-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Accepted: 05/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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de Luis M, Álvarez-Jiménez J, Rejos FJ, Bartolomé C. Using species distribution models to locate the potential cradles of the allopolyploid Gypsophila bermejoi G. López (Caryophyllaceae). PLoS One 2020; 15:e0232736. [PMID: 32428047 PMCID: PMC7237017 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2019] [Accepted: 04/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Polyploidy has been an influential force in plant evolution, playing a crucial role in diversification. Differences in polyploid and diploid distributions have been long noted, with polyploid taxa especially abundant in harsh environments. These plants have higher photosynthetic rates and/or higher tolerance to water deficits. Moreover, there is data pointing to an increase in the rate of unreduced gamete formation by plants under conditions of stress. Accordingly, a higher frequency of polyploid individuals would be expected in populations living under extreme environments, a phenomenon that may be relevant when considering the origin of allopolyploid species. Hybridization between distinct autopolyploids is known to produce allopolyploids and hence, a high frequency of compatible autopolyploids in an area could enhance the formation of stable populations of the corresponding allopolyploid hybrid. Here we consider the allopolyploid species Gypsophila bermejoi G. López and its parental taxa G. struthium L. subsp. struthium and G. tomentosa L. We have used Species Distribution Models to locate areas with low bioclimatic suitability for both parental taxa during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), hypothesizing that the rate of tetraploid hybrid formation would be higher than expected where low suitability areas of both parental species overlap. We selected those areas taking into account the strict gypsophyllic nature of these taxa. There is data pointing to a post-glacial origin of the current G. bermejoi populations and according to our hypothesis, such locations could be centers for hybrid tetraploid formation or potential cradles of this species. Indeed, potential Mid-Holocene cradles were also identified in this manner. The evolution of bioclimatic suitability in both LGM and Mid-Holocene cradles was studied to assess the possible survival of the hybrids, and the current distribution of G. bermejoi proved to be consistent with our hypothesis.
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- Miguel de Luis
- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), Spain
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Tan L, Ijaz U, Salih H, Cheng Z, Ni Win Htet N, Ge Y, Azeem F. Genome-Wide Identification and Comparative Analysis of MYB Transcription Factor Family in Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana. PLANTS 2020; 9:plants9040413. [PMID: 32230872 PMCID: PMC7238746 DOI: 10.3390/plants9040413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Revised: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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MYB transcription factors (TFs) make up one of the most important TF families in plants. These proteins play crucial roles in processes related to development, metabolism, and stimulus-response; however, very few studies have been reported for the characterization of MYB TFs from banana. The current study identified 305 and 251 MYB genes from Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana, respectively. Comprehensive details of MYBs are reported in terms of gene structure, protein domain, chromosomal localization, phylogeny, and expression patterns. Based on the exon-intron arrangement, these genes were classified into 12 gene models. Phylogenetic analysis of MYBs involving both species of banana, Oryza sativa, and Arabidopsis thaliana distributed these genes into 27 subfamilies. This highlighted not only the conservation, but also the gain/loss of MYBs in banana. Such genes are important candidates for future functional investigations. The MYB genes in both species exhibited a random distribution on chromosomes with variable densities. Estimation of gene duplication events revealed that segmental duplications represented the major factor behind MYB gene family expansion in banana. Expression profiles of MYB genes were also explored for their potential involvement in acetylene response or development. Collectively, the current comprehensive analysis of MYB genes in both species of banana will facilitate future functional studies.
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- Lin Tan
- Haikou Experimental Station, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS)-Hainan Key Laboratory of Banana Genetic Improvement, Haikou 571101, Hainan, China; (L.T.); (H.S.); (Z.C.); (N.N.W.H.); (Y.G.)
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan;
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- Haikou Experimental Station, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS)-Hainan Key Laboratory of Banana Genetic Improvement, Haikou 571101, Hainan, China; (L.T.); (H.S.); (Z.C.); (N.N.W.H.); (Y.G.)
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- Haikou Experimental Station, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS)-Hainan Key Laboratory of Banana Genetic Improvement, Haikou 571101, Hainan, China; (L.T.); (H.S.); (Z.C.); (N.N.W.H.); (Y.G.)
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- Haikou Experimental Station, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS)-Hainan Key Laboratory of Banana Genetic Improvement, Haikou 571101, Hainan, China; (L.T.); (H.S.); (Z.C.); (N.N.W.H.); (Y.G.)
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- Haikou Experimental Station, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS)-Hainan Key Laboratory of Banana Genetic Improvement, Haikou 571101, Hainan, China; (L.T.); (H.S.); (Z.C.); (N.N.W.H.); (Y.G.)
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- Haikou Experimental Station, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS)-Hainan Key Laboratory of Banana Genetic Improvement, Haikou 571101, Hainan, China; (L.T.); (H.S.); (Z.C.); (N.N.W.H.); (Y.G.)
- Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan;
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Torii K, Kubota A, Araki T, Endo M. Time-Series Single-Cell RNA-Seq Data Reveal Auxin Fluctuation during Endocycle. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 61:243-254. [PMID: 31841158 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcz228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2019] [Accepted: 12/07/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Appropriate cell cycle regulation is crucial for achieving coordinated development and cell differentiation in multicellular organisms. In Arabidopsis, endoreduplication is often observed in terminally differentiated cells and several reports have shown its molecular mechanisms. Auxin is a key factor for the mode transition from mitotic cell cycle to endocycle; however, it remains unclear if and how auxin maintains the endocycle mode. In this study, we reanalyzed root single-cell transcriptome data and reconstructed cell cycle trajectories of the mitotic cell cycle and endocycle. With progression of the endocycle, genes involved in auxin synthesis, influx and efflux were induced at the specific cell phase, suggesting that auxin concentration fluctuated dynamically. Such induction of auxin-related genes was not observed in the mitotic cell cycle, suggesting that the auxin fluctuation plays some roles in maintaining the endocycle stage. In addition, the expression level of CYCB1;1, which is required for cell division in the M phase, coincided with the expected amount of auxin and cell division. Our analysis also provided a set of genes expressed in specific phases of the cell cycle. Taking these findings together, reconstruction of single-cell transcriptome data enables us to identify properties of the cell cycle more accurately.
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- Kotaro Torii
- Division of Integrated Life Science, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8501 Japan
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0192 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0192 Japan
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- Division of Integrated Life Science, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8501 Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0192 Japan
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Lu H, Cui X, Zhao Y, Magwanga RO, Li P, Cai X, Zhou Z, Wang X, Liu Y, Xu Y, Hou Y, Peng R, Wang K, Liu F. Identification of a genome-specific repetitive element in the Gossypium D genome. PeerJ 2020; 8:e8344. [PMID: 31915591 PMCID: PMC6944119 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Accepted: 12/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The activity of genome-specific repetitive sequences is the main cause of genome variation between Gossypium A and D genomes. Through comparative analysis of the two genomes, we retrieved a repetitive element termed ICRd motif, which appears frequently in the diploid Gossypium raimondii (D5) genome but rarely in the diploid Gossypium arboreum (A2) genome. We further explored the existence of the ICRd motif in chromosomes of G. raimondii, G. arboreum, and two tetraploid (AADD) cotton species, Gossypium hirsutum and Gossypium barbadense, by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), and observed that the ICRd motif exists in the D5 and D-subgenomes but not in the A2 and A-subgenomes. The ICRd motif comprises two components, a variable tandem repeat (TR) region and a conservative sequence (CS). The two constituents each have hundreds of repeats that evenly distribute across 13 chromosomes of the D5genome. The ICRd motif (and its repeats) was revealed as the common conservative region harbored by ancient Long Terminal Repeat Retrotransposons. Identification and investigation of the ICRd motif promotes the study of A and D genome differences, facilitates research on Gossypium genome evolution, and provides assistance to subgenome identification and genome assembling.
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- Hejun Lu
- Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Namur, Belgium.,Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China
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- Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China
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- Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China
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- Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China.,School of Biological and Physical Sciences (SBPS), Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST), Bondo-Kenya, Bondo, Kenya
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- Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China
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- Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China
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- Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China
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- Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China
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- Anyang Institute of Technology, Anyang, Henan, China
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- Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China
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- Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China
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- Anyang Institute of Technology, Anyang, Henan, China
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- Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China.,Tarium University, Alar, Xinjiang, China
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- Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China
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Lu H, Cui X, Zhao Y, Magwanga RO, Li P, Cai X, Zhou Z, Wang X, Liu Y, Xu Y, Hou Y, Peng R, Wang K, Liu F. Identification of a genome-specific repetitive element in the Gossypium D genome. PeerJ 2020; 8:e8344. [PMID: 31915591 DOI: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.27806v1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Accepted: 12/04/2019] [Indexed: 05/23/2023] Open
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The activity of genome-specific repetitive sequences is the main cause of genome variation between Gossypium A and D genomes. Through comparative analysis of the two genomes, we retrieved a repetitive element termed ICRd motif, which appears frequently in the diploid Gossypium raimondii (D5) genome but rarely in the diploid Gossypium arboreum (A2) genome. We further explored the existence of the ICRd motif in chromosomes of G. raimondii, G. arboreum, and two tetraploid (AADD) cotton species, Gossypium hirsutum and Gossypium barbadense, by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), and observed that the ICRd motif exists in the D5 and D-subgenomes but not in the A2 and A-subgenomes. The ICRd motif comprises two components, a variable tandem repeat (TR) region and a conservative sequence (CS). The two constituents each have hundreds of repeats that evenly distribute across 13 chromosomes of the D5genome. The ICRd motif (and its repeats) was revealed as the common conservative region harbored by ancient Long Terminal Repeat Retrotransposons. Identification and investigation of the ICRd motif promotes the study of A and D genome differences, facilitates research on Gossypium genome evolution, and provides assistance to subgenome identification and genome assembling.
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- Hejun Lu
- Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Namur, Belgium
- Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China
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- Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China
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- Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China
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- Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China
- School of Biological and Physical Sciences (SBPS), Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST), Bondo-Kenya, Bondo, Kenya
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- Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China
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- Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China
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- Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China
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- Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China
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- Anyang Institute of Technology, Anyang, Henan, China
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- Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China
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- Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China
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- Anyang Institute of Technology, Anyang, Henan, China
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- Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China
- Tarium University, Alar, Xinjiang, China
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- Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China
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Pacey EK, Maherali H, Husband BC. The influence of experimentally induced polyploidy on the relationships between endopolyploidy and plant function in Arabidopsis thaliana. Ecol Evol 2020; 10:198-216. [PMID: 31988723 PMCID: PMC6972801 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2019] [Revised: 10/27/2019] [Accepted: 11/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Whole genome duplication, leading to polyploidy and endopolyploidy, occurs in all domains and kingdoms and is especially prevalent in vascular plants. Both polyploidy and endopolyploidy increase cell size, but it is unclear whether both processes have similar effects on plant morphology and function, or whether polyploidy influences the magnitude of endopolyploidy. To address these gaps in knowledge, fifty-five geographically separated diploid accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana that span a gradient of endopolyploidy were experimentally manipulated to induce polyploidy. Both the diploids and artificially induced tetraploids were grown in a common greenhouse environment and evaluated with respect to nine reproductive and vegetative characteristics. Induced polyploidy decreased leaf endopolyploidy and stem endopolyploidy along with specific leaf area and stem height, but increased days to bolting, leaf size, leaf dry mass, and leaf water content. Phenotypic responses to induced polyploidy varied significantly among accessions but this did not affect the relationship between phenotypic traits and endopolyploidy. Our results provide experimental support for a trade-off between induced polyploidy and endopolyploidy, which caused induced polyploids to have lower endopolyploidy than diploids. Though polyploidy did not influence the relationship between endopolyploidy and plant traits, phenotypic responses to experimental genome duplication could not be easily predicted because of strong cytotype by accession interactions.
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- Evan K. Pacey
- Department of Integrative BiologyUniversity of GuelphGuelphONCanada
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- Department of Integrative BiologyUniversity of GuelphGuelphONCanada
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- Department of Integrative BiologyUniversity of GuelphGuelphONCanada
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Sashidhar N, Harloff HJ, Jung C. Knockout of MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT PROTEIN 5 Genes Lead to Low Phytic Acid Contents in Oilseed Rape. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:603. [PMID: 32528494 PMCID: PMC7264376 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/21/2020] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Understanding phosphate uptake and storage is interesting to optimize the plant performance to phosphorus fluctuations. Phytic acid (PA) is the major source of inorganic phosphorus (Pi) in plants. Genetic analyses of PA pathway transporter genes (BnMRP5) and their functional characterization might provide clues in better utilizing the available phosphate resources. Furthermore, the failure to assimilate PA by monogastric animals results in its excess accumulation in manure, which ultimately causes groundwater eutrophication. As a first step toward breeding low PA mutants in oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.), we identified knockout mutants in PA biosynthesis and transporter genes. The obtained M3 single mutants of Bn.MRP5.A10 and Bn.MRP5.C09 were combined by crossing to produce double mutants. Simultaneously, crosses were performed with the non-mutagenized EMS donor genotype to reduce the background mutation load. Double mutants identified from the F2 progeny of direct M3 crosses and BC1 plants showed 15% reduction in PA contents with no significant differences in Pi. We are discussing the function of BnMRP5 paralogs and the benefits for breeding Bnmrp5 mutants in respect to low PA, yield, and stress tolerances.
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Cavé-Radet A, Rabhi M, Gouttefangeas F, El Amrani A. Do Specialized Cells Play a Major Role in Organic Xenobiotic Detoxification in Higher Plants? FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:1037. [PMID: 32733524 PMCID: PMC7363956 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.01037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2019] [Accepted: 06/24/2020] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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In the present work, we used a double cell screening approach based on phenanthrene (phe) epifluorescence histochemical localization and oxygen radical detection to generate new data about how some specialized cells are involved in tolerance to organic xenobiotics. Thereby, we bring new insights about phe [a common Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH)] cell specific detoxification, in two contrasting plant lineages thriving in different ecosystems. Our data suggest that in higher plants, detoxification may occur in specialized cells such as trichomes and pavement cells in Arabidopsis, and in the basal cells of salt glands in Spartina species. Such features were supported by a survey from the literature, and complementary data correlating the size of basal salt gland cells and tolerance abilities to PAHs previously reported between Spartina species. Furthermore, we conducted functional validation in two independent Arabidopsis trichomeless glabrous T-DNA mutant lines (GLABRA1 mutants). These mutants showed a sensitive phenotype under phe-induced stress in comparison with their background ecotypes without the mutation, indicating that trichomes are key structures involved in the detoxification of organic xenobiotics. Interestingly, trichomes and pavement cells are known to endoreduplicate, and we discussed the putative advantages given by endopolyploidy in xenobiotic detoxification abilities. The same feature concerning basal salt gland cells in Spartina has been raised. This similarity with detoxification in the endopolyploid liver cells of the animal system is included.
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- Armand Cavé-Radet
- Université de Rennes 1, CNRS/OSUR-UMR 6553, Ecosystèmes-Biodiversité-Evolution, Rennes, France
- *Correspondence: Armand Cavé-Radet, ; Mokded Rabhi, ; Abdelhak El Amrani,
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- Department of Plant Production and Protection, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Qassim University, Qassim, Saudi Arabia
- Laboratory of Extremophile Plants, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj Cedria, Hammam-Lif, Tunisia
- *Correspondence: Armand Cavé-Radet, ; Mokded Rabhi, ; Abdelhak El Amrani,
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- Université de Rennes 1, ScanMAT - Synthèse, Caractérisation et ANalyse de la MATière, Rennes, France
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- Université de Rennes 1, CNRS/OSUR-UMR 6553, Ecosystèmes-Biodiversité-Evolution, Rennes, France
- *Correspondence: Armand Cavé-Radet, ; Mokded Rabhi, ; Abdelhak El Amrani,
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The genetic control of the characteristic cell sizes of different species and tissues is a long-standing enigma. Plants are convenient for studying this question in a multicellular context, as their cells do not move and are easily tracked and measured from organ initiation in the meristems to subsequent morphogenesis and differentiation. In this article, we discuss cell size control in plants compared with other organisms. As seen from yeast cells to mammalian cells, size homeostasis is maintained cell autonomously in the shoot meristem. In developing organs, vacuolization contributes to cell size heterogeneity and may resolve conflicts between growth control at the cellular and organ levels. Molecular mechanisms for cell size control have implications for how cell size responds to changes in ploidy, which are particularly important in plant development and evolution. We also discuss comparatively the functional consequences of cell size and their potential repercussions at higher scales, including genome evolution.
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- Marco D'Ario
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom
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Jones AR, Band LR, Murray JAH. Double or Nothing? Cell Division and Cell Size Control. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 24:1083-1093. [PMID: 31630972 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2019.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2019] [Revised: 08/08/2019] [Accepted: 09/06/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Size is a fundamental property that must be tightly regulated to ensure that cells and tissues function efficiently. Dynamic size control allows unicellular organisms to adapt to environmental changes, but cell size is also integral to multicellular development, affecting tissue size and structure. Despite clear evidence for homeostatic cell size maintenance, we are only now beginning to understand cell size regulation in the actively dividing meristematic tissues of higher plants. We discuss here how coupled advances in live cell imaging and modelling are uncovering dynamic mechanisms for size control mediated at the cellular level. We argue that integrated models of cell growth and division will be necessary to predict cell size and fully understand multicellular growth and development.
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- Angharad R Jones
- Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Sir Martin Evans Building, Museum Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3AX, UK.
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- Division of Plant and Crop Science, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington LE12 5RD, UK; Centre for Mathematical Medicine and Biology, School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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- Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Sir Martin Evans Building, Museum Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3AX, UK
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A gene duplication can lead to all sorts of problems in a cell. However, it can also lead to all sorts of benefits. Beneficial or not, the gene duplicates might be kept in the genome because of several different reasons. For instance, if natural selection works towards optimizing one function of a gene at the expense of another, then gene duplication could resolve this conflict by separating the functions in two genes. Here, we outline evolutionary incentives to keep a duplicated gene in the genome, focusing on divergence in expression and trade-off resolution as featured in a new and exciting paper published in this edition of PLOS Biology.
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- Johan Hallin
- Département de biochimie, microbiologie et bio-informatique, Faculté des sciences et de génie, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- Département de biologie, Faculté des sciences et de génie, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- PROTEO, Le réseau québécois de recherche sur la fonction, la structure et l’ingénierie des protéines, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- Centre de Recherche en Données Massives (CRDM), Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Département de biochimie, microbiologie et bio-informatique, Faculté des sciences et de génie, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- Département de biologie, Faculté des sciences et de génie, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- PROTEO, Le réseau québécois de recherche sur la fonction, la structure et l’ingénierie des protéines, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- Centre de Recherche en Données Massives (CRDM), Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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Soundararajan P, Won SY, Park DS, Lee YH, Kim JS. Comparative Analysis of the YABBY Gene Family of Bienertia sinuspersici, a Single-Cell C 4 Plant. PLANTS 2019; 8:plants8120536. [PMID: 31766767 PMCID: PMC6963775 DOI: 10.3390/plants8120536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Revised: 11/20/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The emergence and expression of the YABBY gene family (YGF) coincided with the evolution of leaves in seed plants, and was integral to the early evidence of lamina followed by reproductive development. YGF contains six subclasses, i.e., CRC, INO, FIL, YAB2, YAB3, and YAB5. This study aims to extract the genome sequences of the YGF in Bienertia sinuspersici, an important model plant for single-cell C4 (SCC4), non-Kranz photosynthesis. A comparative genomic analysis was undertaken with Vitis vinefera, Arabidopsis thaliana, Brassica rapa, and Chenopodium quinoa. Six copies of YGF were present in B. sinuspersici and A. thaliana with a single copy of each YGF subgroup. V. vinefera possessed seven copies of YGF with duplicates in FIL and YAB2 subgroups, but no YAB3. B. rapa and C. quinoa after whole genome duplication contained additional copies of YGF. The gene structure and conserved motifs were analyzed among the YGF. In addition, the relative quantification of YGF was analyzed in the leaves, reproductive developmental stages such as the bud, and the pre-anthesis and anthesis stages in B. sinuspersici, A. thaliana, and B. rapa. CRC and INO possessed conserved floral-specific expression. Temporal and perpetual changes in the expression of YGF orthologs were observed in the leaves and reproductive developmental stages. The results of this study provide an overview of YGF evolution, copy number, and its differential expression in B. sinuspersici. Further studies are required to shed light on the roles of YABBY genes in the evolution of SCC4 plants and their distinct physiologies.
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A case of intraspecific euploidy (2x, 4x) and secondary chromosomal associations in wild accessions of Geranium pratense L. from cold deserts of Ladakh (India). THE NUCLEUS 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s13237-019-00299-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Kanesaka Y, Okada M, Ito S, Oyama T. Monitoring single-cell bioluminescence of Arabidopsis leaves to quantitatively evaluate the efficiency of a transiently introduced CRISPR/Cas9 system targeting the circadian clock gene ELF3. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY (TOKYO, JAPAN) 2019; 36:187-193. [PMID: 31768121 PMCID: PMC6854346 DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.19.0531a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Accepted: 05/31/2019] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The rapid assessment of gene function is crucial in biological research. The CRISPR/Cas9 system is widely used as a tool for targeted gene editing in many organisms including plants. Previously, we established a transient gene expression system for investigating cellular circadian rhythms in duckweed. In this system, circadian reporters and clock gene effectors-such as overexpressors, RNA interference (RNAi), and CRISPR/Cas9-were introduced into duckweed cells using a particle bombardment method. In the present study, we applied the CRISPR/Cas9 system at a single cell level to Arabidopsis thaliana, a model organism in plant biology. To evaluate the mutation induction efficiency of the system, we monitored single-cell bioluminescence after application of the CRISPR/Cas9 system targeting the ELF3 gene, which is essential for robust circadian rhythmicity. We evaluated the mutation induction efficiency by determining the proportion of cells with impaired circadian rhythms. Three single guide RNAs (sgRNAs) were designed, and the proportion of arrhythmic cells following their use ranged from 32 to 91%. A comparison of the mutation induction efficiencies of diploid and tetraploid Arabidopsis suggested that endoreduplication had a slight effect on efficiency. Taken together, our results demonstrate that the transiently introduced CRISPR/Cas9 system is useful for rapidly assessing the physiological function of target genes in Arabidopsis cells.
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- Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Wos G, Mořkovská J, Bohutínská M, Šrámková G, Knotek A, Lučanová M, Španiel S, Marhold K, Kolář F. Role of ploidy in colonization of alpine habitats in natural populations of Arabidopsis arenosa. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2019; 124:255-268. [PMID: 31185073 PMCID: PMC6758580 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcz070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2019] [Accepted: 05/17/2019] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Polyploidy is an important driver of plant diversification and adaptation to novel environments. As a consequence of genome doubling, polyploids often exhibit greater colonizing ability or occupy a wider ecological niche than diploids. Although elevation has been traditionally considered as a key driver structuring ploidy variation, we do not know if environmental and phenotypic differentiation among ploidy cytotypes varies along an elevational gradient. Here, we tested for the consequences of genome duplication on genetic diversity, phenotypic variation and habitat preferences on closely related diploid and tetraploid populations that coexist along approx. 2300 m of varying elevation. METHODS We sampled and phenotyped 45 natural diploid and tetraploid populations of Arabidopsis arenosa in one mountain range in Central Europe (Western Carpathians) and recorded abiotic and biotic variables at each collection site. We inferred genetic variation, population structure and demographic history in a sub-set of 29 populations genotyped for approx. 36 000 single nucleotide polymorphisms. KEY RESULTS We found minor effects of polyploidy on colonization of alpine stands and low genetic differentiation between the two cytotypes, mirroring recent divergence of the polyploids from the local diploid lineage and repeated reticulation events among the cytotypes. This pattern was corroborated by the absence of ecological niche differentiation between the two cytotypes and overall phenotypic similarity at a given elevation. CONCLUSIONS The case of A. arenosa contrasts with previous studies that frequently showed clear niche differentiation between cytotypes. Our work stresses the importance of considering genetic structure and past demographic processes when interpreting the patterns of ploidy distributions, especially in species that underwent recent polyploidization events.
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- Guillaume Wos
- Department of Botany, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
- Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
- Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
- Institute of Botany, Plant Science and Biodiversity Centre, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Botany, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
- Institute of Botany, Plant Science and Biodiversity Centre, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Botany, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
- Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czech Republic
- Institute of Botany, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
- For correspondence. E-mail
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Wang X, Lin S, Liu D, Wang Q, McAvoy R, Ding J, Li Y. Characterization and Expression Analysis of ERF Genes in Fragaria vesca Suggest Different Divergences of Tandem ERF Duplicates. Front Genet 2019; 10:805. [PMID: 31572436 PMCID: PMC6752658 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2019] [Accepted: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Ethylene-responsive factors (ERFs) play important roles in plant growth and development and in responses to abiotic stresses. However, little information was available about the ERF genes in woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca), a genetic model plant for the Fragaria genus and Rosaceae family. In this study, 91 FveERF genes were identified, including 35 arrayed in tandem, indicating that tandem duplication is a major mechanism for the expansion of the FveERF family. According to their phylogenetic relationships with AtERFs from Arabidopsis thaliana, the tandem FveERF genes could be grouped into ancestral and lineage-specific tandem ones. The ancestral tandem FveERFs are likely derived from tandem duplications that occurred in the common ancestor of F. vesca and A. thaliana, whereas the lineage-specific ones are specifically present in the F. vesca lineage. The lineage-specific tandem FveERF duplicates are more conserved than the ancestral ones in sequence and structure. However, their expression in flowers and fruits is similarly diversified, indicating that tandem FveERFs have diverged rapidly after duplication in this respect. The lineage-specific tandem FveERFs display the same response patterns with only one exception under drought or cold, whereas the ancestral tandem ones are largely differentially expressed, suggesting that divergence of tandem FveERF expression under stress may have occurred later in the reproductive development. Our results provide evidence that the retention of tandem FveERF duplicates soon after their duplication may be related to their divergence in the regulation of reproductive development. In contrast, their further divergence in expression pattern likely contributes to plant response to abiotic stress.
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- Xiaojing Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Engineering and Technology Center for Modern Horticulture, Jiangsu Vocational College of Agriculture and Forestry, Zhenjiang, China
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- Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.,Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States
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Li L, Zheng T, Zhuo X, Li S, Qiu L, Wang J, Cheng T, Zhang Q. Genome-wide identification, characterization and expression analysis of the HD-Zip gene family in the stem development of the woody plant Prunus mume. PeerJ 2019; 7:e7499. [PMID: 31410318 PMCID: PMC6689393 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2019] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The homeodomain-leucine zipper (HD-Zip) gene family, a group of plant-specific transcriptional factors (TFs), participates in regulating growth, development, and environmental responses. However, the characteristics and biological functions of HD-Zip genes in Prunus mume, which blooms in late winter or early spring, have not been reported. In this study, 32 HD-Zip genes, named PmHB1-PmHB32 based on their chromosomal positions, were identified in the genome of P. mume. These genes are distributed among seven chromosomes and are phylogenetically clustered into four major groups. Gene structure and motif composition were mostly conserved in each group. The Ka/Ks ratios showed that purifying selection has played a leading role in the long-term evolution of the genes, which maintained the function of this family. MicroRNA target site prediction indicated that the genes of the HD-Zip III subfamily may be regulated by miR165/166. Expression pattern analysis showed that the 32 genes were differentially expressed across five different tissues (leaf, flower bud, stem, fruit, and root) and at different stages of stem and leaf-bud development, suggesting that 10 of the genes may play important roles in stem development. Protein-protein interaction predictions showed that the subfamily III genes may regulate vascular development and shoot apical meristem (SAM) maintenance. Promoter analysis showed that the HD-Zip III genes might be involved in responses to light, hormones, and abiotic stressors and stem development. Taken together, our results provide an overview of the HD-Zip family in P. mume and lay the foundation for the molecular breeding of woody ornamental plants.
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- Lulu Li
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Plants Germplasm Innovation & Molecular Breeding, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Laboratory of Urban and Rural Ecological Environment, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,Engineering Research Center of Landscape Environment of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Plants Germplasm Innovation & Molecular Breeding, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Laboratory of Urban and Rural Ecological Environment, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,Engineering Research Center of Landscape Environment of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Plants Germplasm Innovation & Molecular Breeding, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Laboratory of Urban and Rural Ecological Environment, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,Engineering Research Center of Landscape Environment of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Plants Germplasm Innovation & Molecular Breeding, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Laboratory of Urban and Rural Ecological Environment, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,Engineering Research Center of Landscape Environment of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Plants Germplasm Innovation & Molecular Breeding, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Laboratory of Urban and Rural Ecological Environment, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,Engineering Research Center of Landscape Environment of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Plants Germplasm Innovation & Molecular Breeding, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Laboratory of Urban and Rural Ecological Environment, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,Engineering Research Center of Landscape Environment of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Plants Germplasm Innovation & Molecular Breeding, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Laboratory of Urban and Rural Ecological Environment, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,Engineering Research Center of Landscape Environment of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Plants Germplasm Innovation & Molecular Breeding, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Laboratory of Urban and Rural Ecological Environment, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,Engineering Research Center of Landscape Environment of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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De novo European eel transcriptome provides insights into the evolutionary history of duplicated genes in teleost lineages. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0218085. [PMID: 31188893 PMCID: PMC6561569 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Paralogues pairs are more frequently observed in eels (Anguilla sp.) than in other teleosts. The paralogues often show low phylogenetic distances; however, they have been assigned to the third round of whole genome duplication (WGD), shared by all teleosts (3R), due to their conserved synteny. The apparent contradiction of low phylogenetic difference and 3R conserved synteny led us to study the duplicated gene complement of the freshwater eels. With this aim, we assembled de novo transcriptomes of two highly relevant freshwater eel species: The European (Anguilla anguilla) and the Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica). The duplicated gene complement was analysed in these transcriptomes, and in the genomes and transcriptomes of other Actinopterygii species. The study included an assessment of neutral genetic divergence (4dTv), synteny, and the phylogenetic origins and relationships of the duplicated gene complements. The analyses indicated a high accumulation of duplications (1217 paralogue pairs) among freshwater eel genes, which may have originated in a WGD event after the Elopomorpha lineage diverged from the remaining teleosts, and thus not at the 3R. However, very similar results were observed in the basal Osteoglossomorpha and Clupeocephala branches, indicating that the specific genomic regions of these paralogues may still have been under tetrasomic inheritance at the split of the teleost lineages. Therefore, two potential hypotheses may explain the results: i) The freshwater eel lineage experienced an additional WGD to 3R, and ii) Some duplicated genomic regions experienced lineage specific rediploidization after 3R in the ancestor to freshwater eels. The supporting/opposing evidence for both hypotheses is discussed.
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Ciska M, Hikida R, Masuda K, Moreno Díaz de la Espina S. Evolutionary history and structure of nuclear matrix constituent proteins, the plant analogues of lamins. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2019; 70:2651-2664. [PMID: 30828723 PMCID: PMC6506774 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erz102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2018] [Accepted: 02/20/2019] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Nuclear matrix constituent proteins (NMCPs), the structural components of the plant lamina, are considered to be the analogues of lamins in plants based on numerous structural and functional similarities. Current phylogenetic knowledge suggests that, in contrast to lamins, which are widely distributed in eukaryotes, NMCPs are taxonomically restricted to Streptophyta. At present, most information about NMCPs comes from angiosperms, and virtually no data are available from more ancestral groups. In angiosperms, the NMCP family comprises two phylogenetic groups, NMCP1 and NMCP2, which evolved from the NMCP1 and NMCP2 progenitor genes. Based on sequence conservation and the presence of NMCP-specific domains, we determined the structure and number of NMCP genes present in different Streptophyta clades. We analysed 91 species of embryophytes and report additional NMCP sequences from mosses, liverworts, clubmosses, horsetail, ferns, gymnosperms, and Charophyta algae. Our results confirm an origin of NMCPs in Charophyta (the earliest diverging group of Streptophyta), resolve the number and structure of NMCPs in the different clades, and propose the emergence of additional NMCP homologues by whole-genome duplication events. Immunofluorescence microscopy demonstrated localization of a basal NMCP from the moss Physcomitrella patens at the nuclear envelope, suggesting a functional conservation for basal and more evolved NMCPs.
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- Cell and Molecular Biology Department, Centre of Biological Researches, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo Japan
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- Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo Japan
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- Cell and Molecular Biology Department, Centre of Biological Researches, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu, Madrid, Spain
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Liu W, Zhang Z, Zhu W, Ren Z, Jia L, Li W, Ma Z. Evolutionary Conservation and Divergence of Genes Encoding 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl Coenzyme A Synthase in the Allotetraploid Cotton Species Gossypium hirsutum. Cells 2019; 8:cells8050412. [PMID: 31058869 PMCID: PMC6562921 DOI: 10.3390/cells8050412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2019] [Revised: 04/28/2019] [Accepted: 05/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Polyploidization is important for the speciation and subsequent evolution of many plant species. Analyses of the duplicated genes produced via polyploidization events may clarify the origin and evolution of gene families. During terpene biosynthesis, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A synthase (HMGS) functions as a key enzyme in the mevalonate pathway. In this study, we first identified a total of 53 HMGS genes in 23 land plant species, while no HMGS genes were detected in three green algae species. The phylogenetic analysis suggested that plant HMGS genes may have originated from a common ancestral gene before clustering in different branches during the divergence of plant lineages. Then, we detected six HMGS genes in the allotetraploid cotton species (Gossypium hirsutum), which was twice that of the two diploid cotton species (Gossypium raimondii and Gossypium arboreum). The comparison of gene structures and phylogenetic analysis of HMGS genes revealed conserved evolution during polyploidization in Gossypium. Moreover, the expression patterns indicated that six GhHMGS genes were expressed in all tested tissues, with most genes considerably expressed in the roots, and they were responsive to various phytohormone treatments and abiotic stresses. The sequence and expression divergence of duplicated genes in G. hirsutum implied the sub-functionalization of GhHMGS1A and GhHMGS1D as well as GhHMGS3A and GhHMGS3D, whereas it implied the pseudogenization of GhHMGS2A and GhHMGS2D. Collectively, our study unraveled the evolutionary history of HMGS genes in green plants and from diploid to allotetraploid in cotton and illustrated the different evolutionary fates of duplicated HMGS genes resulting from polyploidization.
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- Wei Liu
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops/Agronomy College, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops/Agronomy College, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops/Agronomy College, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology/Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, China.
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops/Agronomy College, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology/Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, China.
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops/Agronomy College, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
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Long YL, Qiao F, Jiang XF, Cong HQ, Sun ML, Xu ZJ. Screening and analysis on the differentially expression genes between diploid and autotetraploid watermelon by using of digital gene expression profile. BRAZ J BIOL 2019; 79:180-190. [DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.174475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2017] [Accepted: 12/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Abstract Synthetic polyploids are key breeding materials for watermelon. Compared with diploid watermelon, the tetraploid watermelon often exhibit wide phenotypic differences and differential gene expression. Digital gene expression (DGE) profile technique was performed in this study to present gene expression patterns in an autotetraploid and its progenitor diploid watermelon, and deferentially expressed genes (DEGs) related to the abiotic and biotic stress were also addressed. Altogether, 4,985 DEGs were obtained in the autotetraploid against its progenitor diploid, and 66.02% DEGs is up-regulated. GO analysis shows that these DEGs mainly distributed in ‘metabolic process’, ‘cell’ and ‘catalytic activity’. KEGG analysis revealed that these DEGs mainly cover ‘metabolic pathways’, ‘secondary metabolites’ and ‘ribosome’. Moreover, 134 tolerance related DEGs were identified which cover osmotic adjustment substance, protective enzymes/protein, signaling proteins and pathogenesis-related proteins. This study present the differential expression of stress related genes and global gene expression patterns at background level in autotetraploid watermelons. These new evidences could supplement the molecular theoretical basis for the better resistance after the genome doubling in the gourd family.
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- Y. L. Long
- Hainan University, China; Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, China
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- Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, China
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- Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, China
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Riveros-Rosas H, Julián-Sánchez A, Moreno-Hagelsieb G, Muñoz-Clares RA. Aldehyde dehydrogenase diversity in bacteria of the Pseudomonas genus. Chem Biol Interact 2019; 304:83-87. [PMID: 30862475 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2019.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2018] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Aldehyde dehydrogenases (ALDHs) comprise one of the most ancient protein superfamilies widely distributed in the three domains of life. Their members have been extensively studied in animals and plants, sorted out in different ALDH protein families and their participation in a broad variety of metabolic pathways has been documented. Paradoxically, no systematic studies comprising ALDHs from bacteria have been performed so far. Among bacteria, the genus Pseudomonas occupies numerous ecological niches, and is one of the most complex bacterial genera with the largest number of known species. For these reasons, we selected Pseudomonas as a paradigm to analyze the diversity of ALDHs in bacteria. With this aim, complete Pseudomonas genome sequences and annotations were retrieved from NCBI's RefSeq genome database. The 258 Pseudomonas strains belong to 46 different species, along with 23 with no species designation. The genomes of these Pseudomonas contain from 3,315 to 6,825 annotated protein coding genes. A total of 6,510 ALDH sequences were found in the selected Pseudomonas, with a median of 24 ALDH-coding genes per strain (by comparison humans possess only 19 different ALDH loci). Pseudomonas saudiphocaensis possesses the lowest number of aldh genes (9), while Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes KF707 NBRC110670 possesses the maximum number of aldh genes (49). The ALDHs found in Pseudomonas can be sorted out into 42 protein families, with a predominance of 14 families, which contained 76% of all ALDHs found. In this regard, it is important to note that many Pseudomonas genomes have multiple aldh genes coding for proteins belonging to the same family. Given that all strains contained members of families ALDH4, ALDH5, ALDH6, ALDH14, ALDH18 and ALDH27, we consider these families to be part of the core Pseudomonas genome.
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- Héctor Riveros-Rosas
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, CdMx, 04510, México; Department of Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3C5, Canada.
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, CdMx, 04510, México
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, CdMx, 04510, México
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Li Z, Shen J, Liang J. Genome-Wide Identification, Expression Profile, and Alternative Splicing Analysis of the Brassinosteroid-Signaling Kinase (BSK) Family Genes in Arabidopsis. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20051138. [PMID: 30845672 PMCID: PMC6429265 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20051138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2019] [Revised: 03/01/2019] [Accepted: 03/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Brassinosteroids (BRs) are steroid hormones essential for different biological processes, ranging from growth to environmental adaptation in plants. The plant brassinosteroid-signaling kinase (BSK) proteins belong to a family of receptor-like cytoplasmic kinases, which have been reported to play an important role in BR signal transduction. However, the knowledge of BSK genes in plants is still quite limited. In the present study, a total of 143 BSK proteins were identified by a genome-wide search in 17 plant species. A phylogenetic analysis showed that the BSK gene originated in embryophytes, with no BSK found in green algae, and these BSK genes were divided into six groups by comparison with orthologs/paralogs. A further study using comparative analyses of gene structure, expression patterns and alternative splicing of BSK genes in Arabidopsis revealed that all BSK proteins shared similar protein structure with some exception and post-translation modifications including sumolyation and ubiquitination. An expression profile analysis showed that most Arabidopsis BSK genes were constitutively expressed in different tissues; of these, several BSK genes were significantly expressed in response to some hormones or abiotic stresses. Furthermore, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assays showed that BSK5, BSK7, and BSK9 underwent alternative splicing in specific stress induced and tissue-dependent patterns. Collectively, these results lay the foundation for further functional analyses of these genes in plants.
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- Zhiyong Li
- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen 518055, China.
- Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen 518055, China.
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- Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crop, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225000, China.
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- Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen 518055, China.
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Vedalankar P, Tripathy BC. Evolution of light-independent protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase. PROTOPLASMA 2019; 256:293-312. [PMID: 30291443 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-018-1317-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2018] [Accepted: 09/27/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The nonhomologous enzymes, the light-independent protochlorophyllide reductase (DPOR) and the light-dependent protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (LPOR), catalyze the reduction of protochlorophyllide (Pchlide) to chlorophyllide (Chlide) in the penultimate step of biosynthesis of chlorophyll (Chl) required for photosynthetic light absorption and energy conversion. The two enzymes differ with respect to the requirement of light for catalysis and oxygen sensitivity. DPOR and LPOR initially evolved in the ancestral prokaryotic genome perhaps at different times. DPOR originated in the anoxygenic environment of the Earth from nitrogenase-like enzyme of methanogenic archaea. Due to the transition from anoxygenic to oxygenic photosynthesis in the prokaryote, the DPOR was mostly inactivated in the daytime by photosynthetic O2 leading to the evolution of oxygen-insensitive LPOR that could function in the light. The primary endosymbiotic event transferred the DPOR and LPOR genes to the eukaryotic phototroph; the DPOR remained in the genome of the ancestor that turned into the plastid, whereas LPOR was transferred to the host nuclear genome. From an evolutionary point of view, several compelling theories that explain the disappearance of DPOR from several species cutting across different phyla are as follows: (i) pressure of the oxygenic environment; (ii) change in the light conditions and temperature; and (iii) lineage-specific gene losses, RNA editing, and nonsynonymous substitution. Certain primary amino acid sequence and the physiochemical properties of the ChlL subunit of DPOR have similarity with that of LPOR suggesting a convergence of these two enzymes in certain evolutionary event. The newly obtained sequence data from different phototrophs will further enhance the width of the phylogenetic information on DPOR.
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- School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India.
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Liu Y, Yu Y, Sun J, Cao Q, Tang Z, Liu M, Xu T, Ma D, Li Z, Sun J. Root-zone-specific sensitivity of K+-and Ca2+-permeable channels to H2O2 determines ion homeostasis in salinized diploid and hexaploid Ipomoea trifida. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2019; 70:1389-1405. [PMID: 30689932 PMCID: PMC6382330 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ery461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2018] [Revised: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 12/19/2018] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Polyploids generally possess superior K+/Na+ homeostasis under saline conditions compared with their diploid progenitors. In this study, we identified the physiological mechanisms involved in the ploidy-related mediation of K+/Na+ homeostasis in the roots of diploid (2x) and hexaploid (6x; autohexaploid) Ipomoea trifida, which is the closest relative of cultivated sweet potato. Results showed that 6x I. trifida retained more K+ and accumulated less Na+ in the root and leaf tissues under salt stress than 2x I. trifida. Compared with its 2x ancestor, 6x I. trifida efficiently prevents K+ efflux from the meristem root zone under salt stress through its plasma membrane (PM) K+-permeable channels, which have low sensitivity to H2O2. Moreover, 6x I. trifida efficiently excludes Na+ from the elongation and mature root zones under salt stress because of the high sensitivity of PM Ca2+-permeable channels to H2O2. Our results suggest the root-zone-specific sensitivity to H2O2 of PM K+- and Ca2+-permeable channels in the co-ordinated control of K+/Na+ homeostasis in salinized 2x and 6x I. trifida. This work provides new insights into the improved maintenance of K+/Na+ homeostasis of polyploids under salt stress.
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- Yang Liu
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomics, School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomics, School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomics, School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Sweet Potato Research Institute (CAAS), Jiangsu Xuzhou Sweet Potato Research Institute, MOA Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Sweet Potato, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Sweet Potato Research Institute (CAAS), Jiangsu Xuzhou Sweet Potato Research Institute, MOA Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Sweet Potato, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomics, School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomics, School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Sweet Potato Research Institute (CAAS), Jiangsu Xuzhou Sweet Potato Research Institute, MOA Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Sweet Potato, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomics, School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomics, School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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Yang Y, Li Y, Chen Q, Sun Y, Lu Z. WGDdetector: a pipeline for detecting whole genome duplication events using the genome or transcriptome annotations. BMC Bioinformatics 2019; 20:75. [PMID: 30760221 PMCID: PMC6375192 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-019-2670-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2018] [Accepted: 02/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND With the availability of well-assembled genomes of a growing number of organisms, identifying the bioinformatic basis of whole genome duplication (WGD) is a growing field of genomics. The most extant software for detecting footprints of WGDs has been restricted to a well-assembled genome. However, the massive poor quality genomes and the more accessible transcriptomes have been largely ignored, and in theoretically they are also likely to contribute to detect WGD using dS based method. Here, to resolve these problems, we have designed a universal and simple technical tool WGDdetector for detecting WGDs using either genome or transcriptome annotations in different organisms based on the widely used dS based method. RESULTS We have constructed WGDdetector pipeline that integrates all analyses including gene family constructing, dS estimating and phasing, and outputting the dS values of each paralogs pairs processed with only one command. We further chose four species (Arabidopsis thaliana, Juglans regia, Populus trichocarpa and Xenopus laevis) representing herb, wood and animal, to test its practicability. Our final results showed a high degree of accuracy with the previous studies using both genome and transcriptome data. CONCLUSION WGDdetector is not only reliable and stable for genome data, but also a new way to using the transcriptome data to obtain the correct dS distribution for detecting WGD. The source code is freely available, and is implemented in Windows and Linux operation system.
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- Yongzhi Yang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, 666303, Yunnan, China.,State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-Ecosystem, College of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-Ecosystem, College of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-Ecosystem, College of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, 666303, Yunnan, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, 666303, Yunnan, China.
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Čertner M, Sudová R, Weiser M, Suda J, Kolář F. Ploidy-altered phenotype interacts with local environment and may enhance polyploid establishment in Knautia serpentinicola (Caprifoliaceae). THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2019; 221:1117-1127. [PMID: 30221362 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2018] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Whole genome duplication is a key process in plant evolution and has direct phenotypic consequences. However, it remains unclear whether ploidy-related phenotypic changes can significantly alter the fitness of polyploids in nature and thus contribute to establishment of new polyploid mutants in diploid populations. We addressed this question using a unique natural system encompassing a diploid and its sympatric locally established autotetraploid derivative. By setting a common garden experiment with two manipulated environmental factors (presence/absence of serpentine substrate and competition), we tested whether these two locally important factors differently shape the phenotypic response of the two ploidy levels. Tetraploids attained significantly higher values of both above- and below-ground biomass, and root : shoot ratio compared to their diploid progenitors. Tetraploid superiority in vegetative fitness indicators was most prominent when they were cultivated together with a competitor in nutrient-rich nonserpentine substrate. We show that even genetically very closely related diploids and tetraploids can respond differently to key environmental factors. Provided there are sufficient nutrients, tetraploids can be more successful in tolerating interspecific competition than their diploid progenitors. Such superior performance might have provided an adaptive advantage for the newly established tetraploid promoting colonisation of new (micro-)habitats, which was indeed observed at the natural site.
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- Martin Čertner
- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, CZ-128 00, Prague, Czech Republic
- Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, CZ-252 43, Průhonice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, CZ-252 43, Průhonice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, CZ-128 00, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, CZ-128 00, Prague, Czech Republic
- Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, CZ-252 43, Průhonice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, CZ-128 00, Prague, Czech Republic
- Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Zámek 1, CZ-252 43, Průhonice, Czech Republic
- Institute of Botany, University of Innsbruck, AT-6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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Effect of Hybridization on Somatic Mutations and Genomic Rearrangements in Plants. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19123758. [PMID: 30486351 PMCID: PMC6320998 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19123758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2018] [Revised: 11/19/2018] [Accepted: 11/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Hybridization has been routinely practiced in agriculture to enhance the crop yield. Principally, it can cause hybrid vigor where hybrid plants display increased size, biomass, fertility, and resistance to diseases, when compared to their parents. During hybridization, hybrid offspring receive a genomic shock due to mixing of distant parental genomes, which triggers a myriad of genomic rearrangements, e.g., transpositions, genome size changes, chromosomal rearrangements, and other effects on the chromatin. Recently, it has been reported that, besides genomic rearrangements, hybridization can also alter the somatic mutation rates in plants. In this review, we provide in-depth insights about hybridization triggered genomic rearrangements and somatic mutations in plants.
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Liu B, Sun G. Transcriptome and miRNAs analyses enhance our understanding of the evolutionary advantages of polyploidy. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2018; 39:173-180. [PMID: 30372634 DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2018.1524824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Polyploid organisms have more than two sets of chromosomes, including autopolyploid via intraspecific genome doubling, and allopolyploid via merging genomes of distinct species by hybridization. Polyploid organisms are widespread in plants, indicating that polyploidy has some evolutionary advantages over its diploid ancestor. Actually, polyploidy is always tightly associated with hybrid vigor and adaptation to adverse environmental conditions. However, why polyploidy can develop such advantages is poorly known. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous ∼21 nt small RNAs which can play important regulatory roles in animals and plants by targeting mRNAs for cleavage or translational repression. MicroRNAs are essential for cell development, differentiation, signal transduction, and show an adaptive response to biotic and abiotic stresses. Environmental stresses cause plants to over- or under-express certain miRNAs or synthesize new miRNAs to cope with stress. We have here reviewed our current knowledge on the molecular mechanisms, which can account for the evolutionary advantages of polyploidy over its diploid ancestor from genome-wide gene expression and microRNAs expression perspectives.
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- Beibei Liu
- a Biology Department , Saint Mary's University , Halifax , Canada
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- a Biology Department , Saint Mary's University , Halifax , Canada
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Yruela I, Contreras-Moreira B, Dunker AK, Niklas KJ. Evolution of Protein Ductility in Duplicated Genes of Plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:1216. [PMID: 30177944 PMCID: PMC6109787 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Previous work has shown that ductile/intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) and residues (IDRs) are found in all unicellular and multicellular organisms, wherein they are essential for basic cellular functions and complement the function of rigid proteins. In addition, computational studies of diverse phylogenetic lineages have revealed: (1) that protein ductility increases in concert with organismic complexity, and (2) that distributions of IDPs and IDRs along the chromosomes of plant species are non-random and correlate with variations in the rates of the genetic recombination and chromosomal rearrangement. Here, we show that approximately 50% of aligned residues in paralogs across a spectrum of algae, bryophytes, monocots, and eudicots are IDRs and that a high proportion (ca. 60%) are in disordered segments greater than 30 residues. When three types of IDRs are distinguished (i.e., identical, similar and variable IDRs) we find that species with large numbers of chromosome and endoduplicated genes exhibit paralogous sequences with a higher frequency of identical IDRs, whereas species with small chromosomes numbers exhibit paralogous sequences with a higher frequency of similar and variable IDRs. These results are interpreted to indicate that genome duplication events influence the distribution of IDRs along protein sequences and likely favor the presence of identical IDRs (compared to similar IDRs or variable IDRs). We discuss the evolutionary implications of gene duplication events in the context of ductile/disordered residues and segments, their conservation, and their effects on functionality.
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- Inmaculada Yruela
- Estación Experimental de Aula Dei, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Zaragoza, Spain
- Group of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Computational Biology, Joint Unit to CSIC, Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Estación Experimental de Aula Dei, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Zaragoza, Spain
- Group of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Computational Biology, Joint Unit to CSIC, Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- Fundación Agencia Aragonesa para la Investigación y el Desarrollo (ARAID), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States
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- Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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Bateman RM, Guy JJ, Rudall PJ, Leitch IJ, Pellicer J, Leitch AR. Evolutionary and functional potential of ploidy increase within individual plants: somatic ploidy mapping of the complex labellum of sexually deceptive bee orchids. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2018; 122:133-150. [PMID: 29672665 PMCID: PMC6025197 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcy048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2017] [Accepted: 03/15/2018] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Background and Aims Recent tissue-level observations made indirectly via flow cytometry suggest that endoreplication (duplication of the nuclear genome within the nuclear envelope in the absence of subsequent cell division) is widespread within the plant kingdom. Here, we also directly observe ploidy variation among cells within individual petals, relating size of nucleus to cell micromorphology and (more speculatively) to function. Methods We compared the labella (specialized pollinator-attracting petals) of two European orchid genera: Dactylorhiza has a known predisposition to organismal polyploidy, whereas Ophrys exhibits exceptionally complex epidermal patterning that aids pseudocopulatory pollination. Confocal microscopy using multiple staining techniques allowed us to observe directly both the sizes and the internal structures of individual nuclei across each labellum, while flow cytometry was used to test for progressively partial endoreplication. Key Results In Dactylorhiza, endoreplication was comparatively infrequent, reached only low levels, and appeared randomly located across the labellum, whereas in Ophrys endoreplication was commonplace, being most frequent in large peripheral trichomes. Endoreplicated nuclei reflected both endomitosis and endocycling, the latter reaching the third round of genome doubling (16C) to generate polytene nuclei. All Ophrys individuals studied exhibited progressively partial endoreplication. Conclusions Comparison of the two genera failed to demonstrate the hypothesized pattern of frequent polyploid speciation in genera showing extensive endoreplication. Endoreplication in Ophrys appears more strongly positively correlated with cell size/complexity than with cell location or secretory role. Epigenetic control of gene overexpression by localized induction of endoreplication within individual plant organs may represent a significant component of a plant's developmental programme, contributing substantially to organ plasticity.
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK
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- Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, UK
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- Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, UK
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- Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, UK
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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Xu C, Fu X, Liu R, Guo L, Ran L, Li C, Tian Q, Jiao B, Wang B, Luo K. PtoMYB170 positively regulates lignin deposition during wood formation in poplar and confers drought tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 37:1713-1726. [PMID: 28985414 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpx093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2017] [Accepted: 06/22/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Wood formation is a complex developmental process under multi-level transcriptional control executed by a large set of transcription factors. However, only limited members have been characterized to be key regulators of lignin biosynthesis in poplar. Here we report the conserved and unique functions of PtoMYB170, a transcription factor identified from Populus tomentosa (Chinese white poplar), in lignin deposition and drought tolerance in comparison with its duplicate paralog PtoMYB216. PtoMYB170 is preferentially expressed in young leaves and xylem tissues. Overexpression of PtoMYB170 in transgenic poplar plants resulted in stronger lignification and more thickened secondary wall in xylem compared with wild-type plants, whereas the CRISPR/Cas9-generated mutation of PtoMYB170 weakened lignin deposition, thereby leading to a more flexible and collapsed xylem phenotype. Transient expression experiments demonstrated that PtoMYB170 specifically activated the expression of lignin biosynthetic genes, consistent with the function of PtoMYB216. However, GUS staining assays revealed that PtoMYB170 was specifically expressed in guard cells of transgenic Arabidopsis while PtoMYB216 was not. Heterologous expression of PtoMYB170 in Arabidopsis enhanced stomatal closure in the dark and resulted in drought tolerance of the transgenic plants through reduced water loss, indicating a diversified role from PtoMYB216. These results revealed the PtoMYB170-dependent positive transcriptional regulation on lignin deposition in poplar and its coordinated function in enhancing drought tolerance by promoting dark-induced stomatal closure.
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- Changzheng Xu
- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments of Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Transgenic Plant and Safety Control, Institute of Resources Botany, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, 400715 Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments of Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Transgenic Plant and Safety Control, Institute of Resources Botany, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, 400715 Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments of Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Transgenic Plant and Safety Control, Institute of Resources Botany, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, 400715 Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments of Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Transgenic Plant and Safety Control, Institute of Resources Botany, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, 400715 Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments of Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Transgenic Plant and Safety Control, Institute of Resources Botany, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, 400715 Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 810008 Xining, China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments of Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Transgenic Plant and Safety Control, Institute of Resources Botany, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, 400715 Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments of Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Transgenic Plant and Safety Control, Institute of Resources Botany, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, 400715 Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments of Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Transgenic Plant and Safety Control, Institute of Resources Botany, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, 400715 Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments of Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Transgenic Plant and Safety Control, Institute of Resources Botany, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, 400715 Chongqing, China
- Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 810008 Xining, China
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Pavlíková Z, Holá D, Vlasáková B, Procházka T, Münzbergová Z. Physiological and fitness differences between cytotypes vary with stress in a grassland perennial herb. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0188795. [PMID: 29190749 PMCID: PMC5708818 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2017] [Accepted: 11/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Understanding the consequences of polyploidization is a major step towards assessing the importance of this mode of speciation. Most previous studies comparing different cytotypes, however, did so only within a single environment and considered only one group of traits. To take a step further, we need to explore multiple environments and a wide range of traits. The aim of this study was to assess response of diploid and autotetraploid individuals of Knautia arvensis (Dipsacaceae) to two stress conditions, shade or drought. METHODS We studied eleven photosynthetic, morphological and fitness parameters of the plants over three years in a common garden under ambient conditions and two types of stress. KEY RESULTS The results indicate strong differences in performance and physiology between cytotypes in ambient conditions. Interestingly, higher fitness in diploids contrasted with more efficient photosynthesis in tetraploids in ambient conditions. However, stress, especially drought, strongly reduced fitness and disrupted function of the photosystems in both cytotypes reducing the between cytotype differences. The results indicate that drought stress reduced function of the photosynthetic processes in both cytotypes but particularly in tetraploids, while fitness reduction was stronger in diploids. CONCLUSIONS The photosynthesis related traits show higher plasticity in polyploids as theoretically expected, while the fitness related traits show higher plasticity in diploids especially in response to drought. This suggests that between cytotype comparisons need to consider multiple traits and multiple environments to understand the breath of possible responses of different cytotypes to stress. They also show that integrating results based on different traits is not straightforward and call for better mechanistic understanding of the relationships between species photosynthetic activity and fitness. Still, considering multiple environments and multiple species traits is crucial for understanding the drivers of niche differentiation between cytotypes in future studies.
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- Zuzana Pavlíková
- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
- Department of Population Ecology, Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Průhonice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
- Department of Population Ecology, Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Průhonice, Czech Republic
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Komaki S, Schnittger A. The Spindle Assembly Checkpoint in Arabidopsis Is Rapidly Shut Off during Severe Stress. Dev Cell 2017; 43:172-185.e5. [PMID: 29065308 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2017.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2016] [Revised: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 09/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) in animals and yeast assures equal segregation of chromosomes during cell division. The prevalent occurrence of polyploidy in flowering plants together with the observation that many plants can be readily forced to double their genomes by application of microtubule drugs raises the question of whether plants have a proper SAC. Here, we provide a functional framework of the core SAC proteins in Arabidopsis. We reveal that Arabidopsis will delay mitosis in a SAC-dependent manner if the spindle is perturbed. However, we also show that the molecular architecture of the SAC is unique in plants. Moreover, the SAC is short-lived and cannot stay active for more than 2 hr, after which the cell cycle is reset. This resetting opens the possibility for genome duplications and raises the hypothesis that a rapid termination of a SAC-induced mitotic arrest provides an adaptive advantage for plants impacting plant genome evolution.
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- Shinichiro Komaki
- University of Hamburg, Biozentrum Klein Flottbek, Department of Developmental Biology, Ohnhorststrasse 18, D-22609 Hamburg, Germany
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- University of Hamburg, Biozentrum Klein Flottbek, Department of Developmental Biology, Ohnhorststrasse 18, D-22609 Hamburg, Germany.
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Neu E, Featherston J, Rees J, Debener T. A draft genome sequence of the rose black spot fungus Diplocarpon rosae reveals a high degree of genome duplication. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0185310. [PMID: 28981525 PMCID: PMC5628827 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2017] [Accepted: 09/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Black spot is one of the most severe and damaging diseases of garden roses. We present the draft genome sequence of its causative agent Diplocarpon rosae as a working tool to generate molecular markers and to analyze functional and structural characteristics of this fungus. RESULTS The isolate DortE4 was sequenced with 191x coverage of different read types which were assembled into 2457 scaffolds. By evidence supported genome annotation with the MAKER pipeline 14,004 gene models were predicted and transcriptomic data indicated that 88.5% of them are expressed during the early stages of infection. Analyses of k-mer distributions resulted in unexpectedly large genome size estimations between 72.5 and 91.4 Mb, which cannot be attributed to its repeat structure and content of transposable elements alone, factors explaining such differences in other fungal genomes. In contrast, different lines of evidences demonstrate that a huge proportion (approximately 80%) of genes are duplicated, which might indicate a whole genome duplication event. By PCR-RFLP analysis of six paralogous gene pairs of BUSCO orthologs, which are expected to be single copy genes, we could show experimentally that the duplication is not due to technical error and that not all isolates tested possess all of the paralogs. CONCLUSIONS The presented genome sequence is still a fragmented draft but contains almost the complete gene space. Therefore, it provides a useful working tool to study the interaction of D. rosae with the host and the influence of a genome duplication outside of the model yeast in the background of a phytopathogen.
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- Enzo Neu
- Institute for Plant Genetics, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Agricultural Research Council, Biotechnology Platform, Onderstepoort, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Agricultural Research Council, Biotechnology Platform, Onderstepoort, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Institute for Plant Genetics, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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Li M, Xu G, Xia X, Wang M, Yin X, Zhang B, Zhang X, Cui Y. Deciphering the physiological and molecular mechanisms for copper tolerance in autotetraploid Arabidopsis. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2017; 36:1585-1597. [PMID: 28685360 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-017-2176-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2017] [Accepted: 06/29/2017] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Autotetraploid Arabidopsis line esd and 4COL exhibit enhanced tolerance to Cu stress by enhancing activation of antioxidative defenses, altering expression of genes related to Cu transport, chelation, and ABA-responsive. Autopolyploidy is ubiquitous among angiosperms and often results in better adaptation to stress conditions. Although copper (Cu) is an essential trace element, excess amounts can inhibit plant growth and even result in death. Here, we report that autotetraploid Arabidopsis thaliana esd and 4COL exhibit higher tolerance to Cu stress. Under such conditions, tetraploid plants had lower Cu contents and significantly more biomass compared with diploid plants. When exposed to excess Cu for 24 h, levels of superoxide anions, hydrogen peroxide, and malondialdehyde were lower in tetraploids than in diploids. Moreover, activities of the antioxidant enzymes superoxide dismutase and peroxidase were stimulated and glutathione content was maintained at a relative higher level in the tetraploids. The expression of genes related to Cu transport and chelation was altered in autotetraploid Arabidopsis under Cu stress, and several key genes involved in the response to abscisic acid (ABA) were significantly up-regulated. Our results indicate that tetraploid Arabidopsis esd and 4COL acquire improved tolerance to Cu stress through enhanced activation of antioxidative defense mechanisms, altered expression of genes related to Cu transport and chelation, and positive regulation of expression for ABA-responsive genes.
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- Mingjuan Li
- Key Laboratory for Agro-ecological Process in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, 410125, Hunan, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of China National Tobacco Corporation, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- Key Laboratory for Agro-ecological Process in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, 410125, Hunan, China
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- Key Laboratory for Agro-ecological Process in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, 410125, Hunan, China
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- Key Laboratory for Agro-ecological Process in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, 410125, Hunan, China
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- Key Laboratory for Agro-ecological Process in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, 410125, Hunan, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory for Agro-ecological Process in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, 410125, Hunan, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory for Agro-ecological Process in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, 410125, Hunan, China.
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Insight into the Recent Genome Duplication of the Halophilic Yeast Hortaea werneckii: Combining an Improved Genome with Gene Expression and Chromatin Structure. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2017; 7:2015-2022. [PMID: 28500048 PMCID: PMC5499112 DOI: 10.1534/g3.117.040691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Extremophilic organisms demonstrate the flexibility and adaptability of basic biological processes by highlighting how cell physiology adapts to environmental extremes. Few eukaryotic extremophiles have been well studied and only a small number are amenable to laboratory cultivation and manipulation. A detailed characterization of the genome architecture of such organisms is important to illuminate how they adapt to environmental stresses. One excellent example of a fungal extremophile is the halophile Hortaea werneckii (Pezizomycotina, Dothideomycetes, Capnodiales), a yeast-like fungus able to thrive at near-saturating concentrations of sodium chloride and which is also tolerant to both UV irradiation and desiccation. Given its unique lifestyle and its remarkably recent whole genome duplication, H. werneckii provides opportunities for testing the role of genome duplications and adaptability to extreme environments. We previously assembled the genome of H. werneckii using short-read sequencing technology and found a remarkable degree of gene duplication. Technology limitations, however, precluded high-confidence annotation of the entire genome. We therefore revisited the H. wernickii genome using long-read, single-molecule sequencing and provide an improved genome assembly which, combined with transcriptome and nucleosome analysis, provides a useful resource for fungal halophile genomics. Remarkably, the ∼50 Mb H. wernickii genome contains 15,974 genes of which 95% (7608) are duplicates formed by a recent whole genome duplication (WGD), with an average of 5% protein sequence divergence between them. We found that the WGD is extraordinarily recent, and compared to Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the majority of the genome’s ohnologs have not diverged at the level of gene expression of chromatin structure.
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Autopolyploidy leads to rapid genomic changes in Arabidopsis thaliana. Theory Biosci 2017; 136:199-206. [PMID: 28612184 DOI: 10.1007/s12064-017-0252-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2016] [Accepted: 06/09/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Polyploidy is a widespread feature of plant genomes. As a typical model of polyploidy, autopolyploidy has been postulated evolutionary dead ends and received little attention compared with allopolyploidy. For the limited data available so far, the evolutionary outcome of genome diversity in autopolyploids remains controversial in comparison with its diploid ancestors. In the present study, the effects of autopolyploidy on genome diversity were revealed at a genome-wide scale by comparative analyses of polymorphism between Arabidopsis autopolyploids (autotetraploids and autotriploids) and related diploids within the first ten successive inbred generations using amplified fragment length polymorphism. The results showed that in contrast with diploids, the rapid genomic changes (including gain and loss of DNA sequences) in autopolyploids were definitely found within the first generations after autopolyploidization, but slow down and probably stabilized in the higher generations as a source of genetic diversity in the long term. The sequencing of these DNA fragments indicated that these changes occurred both on genic and inter-genic (or intronic) regions, and quantitative PCR showed that the expression of some corresponding genes in the genic regions was obviously affected (including upregulation, downregulation and silencing) in autopolyploids. Therefore, this study demonstrated that autopolyploidy could lead to rapid genomic changes and probably influence expression and function of certain genes within the first generations, giving rising to genetic diversification after polyploidization.
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Snodgrass SJ, Jareczek J, Wendel JF. An examination of nucleotypic effects in diploid and polyploid cotton. AOB PLANTS 2017; 9:plw082. [PMID: 28013252 PMCID: PMC5234348 DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plw082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2016] [Accepted: 11/15/2016] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Nucleotypic effects are phenotypic changes related to the total nuclear DNA amount per cell. These effects are commonly observed among and within genera for certain cell types, and the generality of the positive correlation between genome size and cell size has been well established. However, there are few studies of nucleotypic effects which incorporate into the analysis both ploidy level and genome size (given as Mbp determined by 2C values). To test the hypothesis that cell size scales with genome size and ploidy, we measured the guard cell length, epidermal pavement cell surface area, and pollen grain diameter using individuals of multiple species and accessions of the cotton genus (Gossypium), in which different species exhibit three-fold variation in genome size. We measured cell sizes using calibrated microscopic image analysis. Significant relationships were found between genome size and cell size, with stronger correlations between guard cell length and genome size than with epidermal pavement cell surface area. We also found a relationship between pollen grain diameter and genome size. These results indicate that nucleotypic effects occur within Gossypium, scale with ploidy level, and are stronger in less variable cell types.
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- Department of Biology, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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Mishra BS, Jamsheer K M, Singh D, Sharma M, Laxmi A. Genome-Wide Identification and Expression, Protein-Protein Interaction and Evolutionary Analysis of the Seed Plant-Specific BIG GRAIN and BIG GRAIN LIKE Gene Family. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:1812. [PMID: 29118774 PMCID: PMC5660992 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2017] [Accepted: 10/05/2017] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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BIG GRAIN1 (BG1) is an auxin-regulated gene which functions in auxin pathway and positively regulates biomass, grain size and yield in rice. However, the evolutionary origin and divergence of these genes are still unknown. In this study, we found that BG genes are probably originated in seed plants. We also identified that seed plants evolved a class of BIG GRAIN LIKE (BGL) genes which share conserved middle and C-terminal motifs with BG. The BG genes were present in all monocot and eudicot species analyzed; however, the BGL genes were absent in few monocot lineages. Both BG and BGL were found to be serine-rich proteins; however, differences in expansion and rates of retention after whole genome duplication events were observed. Promoters of BG and BGL genes were found to be enriched with auxin-responsive elements and the Arabidopsis thaliana BG and BGL genes were found to be auxin-regulated. The auxin-induced expression of AthBG2 was found to be dependent on the conserved ARF17/19 module. Protein-protein interaction analysis identified that AthBG2 interact with regulators of splicing, transcription and chromatin remodeling. Taken together, this study provides interesting insights about BG and BGL genes and incentivizes future work in this gene family which has the potential to be used for crop manipulation.
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Pan L, Zhang X, Wang J, Ma X, Zhou M, Huang L, Nie G, Wang P, Yang Z, Li J. Transcriptional Profiles of Drought-Related Genes in Modulating Metabolic Processes and Antioxidant Defenses in Lolium multiflorum. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:519. [PMID: 27200005 PMCID: PMC4842912 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2015] [Accepted: 04/01/2016] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Drought is a major environmental stress that limits growth and development of cool-season annual grasses. Drought transcriptional profiles of resistant and susceptible lines were studied to understand the molecular mechanisms of drought tolerance in annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum L.). A total of 4718 genes exhibited significantly differential expression in two L. multiflorum lines. Additionally, up-regulated genes associated with drought response in the resistant lines were compared with susceptible lines. Gene ontology enrichment and pathway analyses revealed that genes partially encoding drought-responsive proteins as key regulators were significantly involved in carbon metabolism, lipid metabolism, and signal transduction. Comparable gene expression was used to identify the genes that contribute to the high drought tolerance in resistant lines of annual ryegrass. Moreover, we proposed the hypothesis that short-term drought have a beneficial effect on oxidation stress, which may be ascribed to a direct effect on the drought tolerance of annual ryegrass. Evidence suggests that some of the genes encoding antioxidants (HPTs, GGT, AP, 6-PGD, and G6PDH) function as antioxidant in lipid metabolism and signal transduction pathways, which have indispensable and promoting roles in drought resistance. This study provides the first transcriptome data on the induction of drought-related gene expression in annual ryegrass, especially via modulation of metabolic homeostasis, signal transduction, and antioxidant defenses to improve drought tolerance response to short-term drought stress.
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- Ling Pan
- Department of Grassland Science, Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChengdu, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChengdu, China
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- Agronomy Department, University of FloridaGainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Grassland Science, Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChengdu, China
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- Department of Crop Molecular Breeding, Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijing, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChengdu, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChengdu, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChengdu, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChengdu, China
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- Department of Grassland Science, Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChengdu, China
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