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Parra-Nunez P, Pradillo M, Santos JL. Competition for Chiasma Formation Between Identical and Homologous (But Not Identical) Chromosomes in Synthetic Autotetraploids of Arabidopsis thaliana. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:1924. [PMID: 30687342 PMCID: PMC6333688 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Polyploid organisms provide additional opportunities to study meiosis in a more complex context since more than two potential homologous chromosomes are available. When the chromosome complement of a diploid individual is duplicated, each chromosome is accompanied by one identical and two homologous chromosomes within the same nucleus. In this situation, a competition in pairing/synapsis/chiasma formation between identical and homologous (but not necessarily identical) chromosomes can occur. Several studies have been conducted in different species to address whether there are preferences in crossover formation between identical rather than homologous chromosomes. In this study, multivalent and chiasma frequencies were cytologically analyzed in synthetic autotetraploids of Arabidopsis thaliana including the accessions Col, Ler, and the Col/Ler hybrid. Fluorescence in situ hybridization was conducted to identify each chromosome at metaphase I. The new Col and Ler tetraploids showed high multivalent frequencies, exceeding the theoretical 66.66% expected on a simple random end-pairing model, thus indicating that there are more than two autonomous synaptic sites per chromosome despite their small size. However, a significant excess of bivalent pairs was found in the Col/Ler hybrid, mainly due to the contribution of chromosomes 2 and 3. The mean chiasma frequencies of the three artificial autotetraploids were about twofold the corresponding mean cell chiasma frequencies of their diploid counterparts. The relative contribution of each chromosome to the total chiasma frequency was similar in the three genotypes, with the exception of a lower contribution of chromosome 3 in the hybrid. Preferences for chiasma formation between identical and homologous chromosomes were analyzed in Col/Ler 4x, taking advantage of the cytological differences between the accessions: variations in the size of the 45S rDNA region on the short arm of chromosome 2 and changes in the size and localization of the 5S rDNA region in chromosome 3. We observed a different behavior of chromosomes 2 and 3, i.e., random chiasma formation between identical and homologous chromosomes 2, and preferences for chiasma formation between homologous chromosomes 3. Hence, our results reveal the existence of chromosome-specific mechanisms responsible for these preferences.
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Li Y, Luo X, Wu C, Cao S, Zhou Y, Jie B, Cao Y, Meng H, Wu G. Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Genes Involved in Anthocyanin Biosynthesis in Red and Green Walnut (Juglans regia L.). Molecules 2017; 23:E25. [PMID: 29271948 PMCID: PMC5943948 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23010025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2017] [Revised: 12/18/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Fruit color is an important economic trait. The color of red walnut cultivars is mainly attributed to anthocyanins. The aim of this study was to explore the differences in the molecular mechanism of leaf and peel color change between red and green walnut. A reference transcriptome of walnut was sequenced and annotated to identify genes related to fruit color at the ripening stage. More than 290 million high-quality reads were assembled into 39,411 genes using a combined assembly strategy. Using Illumina digital gene expression profiling, we identified 4568 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between red and green walnut leaf and 3038 DEGs between red and green walnut peel at the ripening stage. We also identified some transcription factor families (MYB, bHLH, and WD40) involved in the control of anthocyanin biosynthesis. The trends in the expression levels of several genes encoding anthocyanin biosynthetic enzymes and transcription factors in the leaf and peel of red and green walnut were verified by quantitative real-time PCR. Together, our results identified the genes involved in anthocyanin accumulation in red walnut. These data provide a valuable resource for understanding the coloration of red walnut.
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- Yongzhou Li
- College of Horticultural Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
- Institute of Fruit Science, China Academy of Agricultural Science, Zhengzhou 450009, China.
- Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps Key Laboratory of Protection and Utilization of Biological Resources in Tarim Basin, Alar 843300, China.
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- Institute of Fruit Science, China Academy of Agricultural Science, Zhengzhou 450009, China.
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- Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps Key Laboratory of Protection and Utilization of Biological Resources in Tarim Basin, Alar 843300, China.
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- Institute of Fruit Science, China Academy of Agricultural Science, Zhengzhou 450009, China.
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- College of Horticultural Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
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- College of Horticultural Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
- Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps Key Laboratory of Protection and Utilization of Biological Resources in Tarim Basin, Alar 843300, China.
- Henan Key Laboratory of fruit and Cucurbit Biology, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
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- College of Horticultural Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
- Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps Key Laboratory of Protection and Utilization of Biological Resources in Tarim Basin, Alar 843300, China.
- Henan Key Laboratory of fruit and Cucurbit Biology, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
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- College of Horticultural Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
- Henan Key Laboratory of fruit and Cucurbit Biology, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
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- College of Horticultural Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
- Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps Key Laboratory of Protection and Utilization of Biological Resources in Tarim Basin, Alar 843300, China.
- Henan Key Laboratory of fruit and Cucurbit Biology, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
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Grover CE, Arick MA, Conover JL, Thrash A, Hu G, Sanders WS, Hsu CY, Naqvi RZ, Farooq M, Li X, Gong L, Mudge J, Ramaraj T, Udall JA, Peterson DG, Wendel JF. Comparative Genomics of an Unusual Biogeographic Disjunction in the Cotton Tribe (Gossypieae) Yields Insights into Genome Downsizing. Genome Biol Evol 2017; 9:3328-3344. [PMID: 29194487 PMCID: PMC5737505 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evx248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Long-distance insular dispersal is associated with divergence and speciation because of founder effects and strong genetic drift. The cotton tribe (Gossypieae) has experienced multiple transoceanic dispersals, generating an aggregate geographic range that encompasses much of the tropics and subtropics worldwide. Two genera in the Gossypieae, Kokia and Gossypioides, exhibit a remarkable geographic disjunction, being restricted to the Hawaiian Islands and Madagascar/East Africa, respectively. We assembled and use de novo genome sequences to address questions regarding the divergence of these two genera from each other and from their sister-group, Gossypium. In addition, we explore processes underlying the genome downsizing that characterizes Kokia and Gossypioides relative to other genera in the tribe. Using 13,000 gene orthologs and synonymous substitution rates, we show that the two disjuncts last shared a common ancestor ∼5 Ma, or half as long ago as their divergence from Gossypium. We report relative stasis in the transposable element fraction. In comparison to Gossypium, there is loss of ∼30% of the gene content in the two disjunct genera and a history of genome-wide accumulation of deletions. In both genera, there is a genome-wide bias toward deletions over insertions, and the number of gene losses exceeds the number of gains by ∼2- to 4-fold. The genomic analyses presented here elucidate genomic consequences of the demographic and biogeographic history of these closest relatives of Gossypium, and enhance their value as phylogenetic outgroups.
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- Corrinne E Grover
- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
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- Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing, and Biotechnology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
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- Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing, and Biotechnology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
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- Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing, and Biotechnology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
- Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
- The Jackson Laboratory, Connecticut, Farmington, CT
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- Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing, and Biotechnology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of the Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun, P.R. China
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- National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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- Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo
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- Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing, and Biotechnology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
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Causier B, Li Z, De Smet R, Lloyd JPB, Van de Peer Y, Davies B. Conservation of Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay Complex Components Throughout Eukaryotic Evolution. Sci Rep 2017; 7:16692. [PMID: 29192227 PMCID: PMC5709506 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-16942-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is an essential eukaryotic process regulating transcript quality and abundance, and is involved in diverse processes including brain development and plant defenses. Although some of the NMD machinery is conserved between kingdoms, little is known about its evolution. Phosphorylation of the core NMD component UPF1 is critical for NMD and is regulated in mammals by the SURF complex (UPF1, SMG1 kinase, SMG8, SMG9 and eukaryotic release factors). However, since SMG1 is reportedly missing from the genomes of fungi and the plant Arabidopsis thaliana, it remains unclear how UPF1 is activated outside the metazoa. We used comparative genomics to determine the conservation of the NMD pathway across eukaryotic evolution. We show that SURF components are present in all major eukaryotic lineages, including fungi, suggesting that in addition to UPF1 and SMG1, SMG8 and SMG9 also existed in the last eukaryotic common ancestor, 1.8 billion years ago. However, despite the ancient origins of the SURF complex, we also found that SURF factors have been independently lost across the Eukarya, pointing to genetic buffering within the essential NMD pathway. We infer an ancient role for SURF in regulating UPF1, and the intriguing possibility of undiscovered NMD regulatory pathways.
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- Barry Causier
- Centre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, B-9052, Gent, Belgium.,VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 927, B-9052, Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, B-9052, Gent, Belgium.,VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 927, B-9052, Gent, Belgium
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- Centre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, B-9052, Gent, Belgium.,VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Technologiepark 927, B-9052, Gent, Belgium.,Department of Genetics, Genomics Research Institute, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Pretoria, 0028, South Africa
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- Centre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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Mandáková T, Pouch M, Harmanová K, Zhan SH, Mayrose I, Lysak MA. Multispeed genome diploidization and diversification after an ancient allopolyploidization. Mol Ecol 2017; 26:6445-6462. [PMID: 29024107 DOI: 10.1111/mec.14379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2017] [Revised: 08/16/2017] [Accepted: 08/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Hybridization and genome doubling (allopolyploidy) have led to evolutionary novelties as well as to the origin of new clades and species. Despite the importance of allopolyploidization, the dynamics of postpolyploid diploidization (PPD) at the genome level has been only sparsely studied. The Microlepidieae (MICR) is a crucifer tribe of 17 genera and c. 56 species endemic to Australia and New Zealand. Our phylogenetic and cytogenomic analyses revealed that MICR originated via an intertribal hybridization between ancestors of Crucihimalayeae (n = 8; maternal genome) and Smelowskieae (n = 7; paternal genome), both native to the Northern Hemisphere. The reconstructed ancestral allopolyploid genome (n = 15) originated probably in northeastern Asia or western North America during the Late Miocene (c. 10.6-7 million years ago) and reached the Australian mainland via long-distance dispersal. In Australia, the allotetraploid genome diverged into at least three main subclades exhibiting different levels of PPD and diversity: 1.25-fold descending dysploidy (DD) of n = 15 → n = 12 (autopolyploidy → 24) in perennial Arabidella (3 species), 1.5-fold DD of n = 15 → n = 10 in the perennial Pachycladon (11 spp.) and 2.1-3.75-fold DD of n = 15 → n = 7-4 in the largely annual crown-group genera (42 spp. in 15 genera). These results are among the first to demonstrate multispeed genome evolution in taxa descending from a common allopolyploid ancestor. It is suggested that clade-specific PPD can operate at different rates and efficacies and can be tentatively linked to life histories and the extent of taxonomic diversity.
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- Terezie Mandáková
- RG Plant Cytogenomics, CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- RG Plant Cytogenomics, CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- RG Plant Cytogenomics, CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plants, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- RG Plant Cytogenomics, CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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Wang Q, Yin X, Chen Q, Xiang N, Sun X, Yang Y, Yang Y. Genome-wide survey indicates diverse physiological roles of the turnip (Brassica rapa var. rapa) calcium-dependent protein kinase genes. Sci Rep 2017; 7:15803. [PMID: 29150669 PMCID: PMC5693941 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-16102-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2017] [Accepted: 11/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs) as crucial sensors of calcium concentration changes play important roles in responding to abiotic and biotic stresses. In this study, 55 BrrCDPK genes, which were phylogenetically clustered into four subfamilies, were identified. Chromosome locations indicated that the CDPK family in turnip expanded by segmental duplication and genome rearrangement. Moreover, gene expression profiles showed that different BrrCDPKs were expressed in specific tissues or stages. Transcript levels of BrrCDPKs indicated that they were involved in abiotic and biotic stresses and that paralogs exhibited functional divergence. Additionally, we identified 15 Rboh genes in turnip; the results of yeast two-hybrid analysis suggested that BrrRbohD1 interacted only with BrrCDPK10 and that BrrRbohD2 interacted with BrrCDPK4/7/9/10/17/22/23. Most of the genes play an important role in pst DC3000 defense by regulating the accumulation of H2O2 and stomatal closure. Our study may provide an important foundation for future functional analysis of BrrCDPKs and reveal further biological roles.
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- Qiuli Wang
- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming, 650204, China
- Plant Germplasm and Genomics Center, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, China
- Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research at Kunming, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, China
- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, China
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- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming, 650204, China
- Plant Germplasm and Genomics Center, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, China
- Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research at Kunming, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming, 650204, China
- Plant Germplasm and Genomics Center, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, China
- Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research at Kunming, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, China
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- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming, 650204, China
- Plant Germplasm and Genomics Center, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, China
- Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research at Kunming, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, China
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- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming, 650204, China
- Plant Germplasm and Genomics Center, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, China
- Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research at Kunming, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, China
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- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming, 650204, China.
- Plant Germplasm and Genomics Center, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, China.
- Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research at Kunming, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming, 650204, China.
- Plant Germplasm and Genomics Center, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, China.
- Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research at Kunming, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, China.
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Kayum MA, Park JI, Nath UK, Saha G, Biswas MK, Kim HT, Nou IS. Genome-wide characterization and expression profiling of PDI family gene reveals function as abiotic and biotic stress tolerance in Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis). BMC Genomics 2017; 18:885. [PMID: 29145809 PMCID: PMC5691835 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-4277-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2017] [Accepted: 11/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) and PDI-like proteins contain thioredoxin domains that catalyze protein disulfide bond, inhibit aggregation of misfolded proteins, and function in isomerization during protein folding in endoplasmic reticulum and responses during abiotic stresses.Chinese cabbage is widely recognized as an economically important, nutritious vegetable, but its yield is severely hampered by various biotic and abiotic stresses. Because of, it is prime need to identify those genes whose are responsible for biotic and abiotic stress tolerance. PDI family genes are among of them. Results We have identified 32 PDI genes from the Br135K microarray dataset, NCBI and BRAD database, and in silico characterized their sequences. Expression profiling of those genes was performed using cDNA of plant samples imposed to abiotic stresses; cold, salt, drought and ABA (Abscisic Acid) and biotic stress; Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. conglutinans infection. The Chinese cabbage PDI genes were clustered in eleven groups in phylogeny. Among them, 15 PDI genes were ubiquitously expressed in various organs, while 24 PDI genes were up-regulated under salt and drought stress. By contrast, cold and ABA stress responsive gene number were ten and nine, respectively. In case of F. oxysporum f. sp. conglutinans infection 14 BrPDI genes were highly up-regulated. Interestingly, BrPDI1–1 gene was identified as putative candidate against abiotic (salt and drought) and biotic stresses, BrPDI5–2 gene for ABA stress, and BrPDI1–4, 6–1 and 9–2 were putative candidate genes for both cold and chilling injury stresses. Conclusions Our findings help to elucidate the involvement of PDI genes in stress responses, and they lay the foundation for functional genomics in future studies and molecular breeding of Brassica rapa crops. The stress-responsive PDI genes could be potential resources for molecular breeding of Brassica crops resistant to biotic and abiotic stresses. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12864-017-4277-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Md Abdul Kayum
- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 255 Jungang-ro, Suncheon, Jeonnam, 57922, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 255 Jungang-ro, Suncheon, Jeonnam, 57922, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 255 Jungang-ro, Suncheon, Jeonnam, 57922, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 255 Jungang-ro, Suncheon, Jeonnam, 57922, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 255 Jungang-ro, Suncheon, Jeonnam, 57922, Republic of Korea
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- University-Industry Cooperation Foundation, Sunchon National University, 255 Jungang-ro, Suncheon, Jeonnam, 57922, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 255 Jungang-ro, Suncheon, Jeonnam, 57922, Republic of Korea.
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Pectin methylesterase inhibitor (PMEI) family can be related to male sterility in Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis). Mol Genet Genomics 2017; 293:343-357. [DOI: 10.1007/s00438-017-1391-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2017] [Accepted: 10/31/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Islam S, Rahman IA, Islam T, Ghosh A. Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of glutathione S-transferase gene family in tomato: Gaining an insight to their physiological and stress-specific roles. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0187504. [PMID: 29095889 PMCID: PMC5667761 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2017] [Accepted: 10/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Glutathione S-transferase (GST) refers to one of the major detoxifying enzymes that plays an important role in different abiotic and biotic stress modulation pathways of plant. The present study aimed to a comprehensive genome-wide functional characterization of GST genes and proteins in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.). The whole genome sequence analysis revealed the presence of 90 GST genes in tomato, the largest GST gene family reported till date. Eight segmental duplicated gene pairs might contribute significantly to the expansion of SlGST gene family. Based on phylogenetic analysis of tomato, rice, and Arabidopsis GST proteins, GST family members could be further divided into ten classes. Members of each orthologous class showed high conservancy among themselves. Tau and lambda are the major classes of tomato; while tau and phi are the major classes for rice and Arabidopsis. Chromosomal localization revealed highly uneven distribution of SlGST genes in 13 different chromosomes, where chromosome 9 possessed the highest number of genes. Based on publicly available microarray data, expression analysis of 30 available SlGST genes exhibited a differential pattern in all the analyzed tissues and developmental stages. Moreover, most of the members showed highly induced expression in response to multiple biotic and abiotic stress inducers that could be harmonized with the increase in total GST enzyme activity under several stress conditions. Activity of tomato GST could be enhanced further by using some positive modulators (safeners) that have been predicted through molecular docking of SlGSTU5 and ligands. Moreover, tomato GST proteins are predicted to interact with a lot of other glutathione synthesizing and utilizing enzymes such as glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase, glutathione synthetase and γ-glutamyltransferase. This comprehensive genome-wide analysis and expression profiling would provide a rational platform and possibility to explore the versatile role of GST genes in crop engineering.
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- Shiful Islam
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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- Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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Won SY, Kwon SJ, Lee TH, Jung JA, Kim JS, Kang SH, Sohn SH. Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals whole-genome duplications and gene selection patterns in cultivated and wild Chrysanthemum species. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 95:451-461. [PMID: 29052098 PMCID: PMC5727146 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-017-0663-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2017] [Accepted: 09/25/2017] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Comparative transcriptome analysis of wild and cultivated chrysanthemums provides valuable genomic resources and helps uncover common and divergent patterns of genome and gene evolution in these species. Plants are unique in that they employ polyploidy (or whole-genome duplication, WGD) as a key process for speciation and evolution. The Chrysanthemum genus is closely associated with hybridization and polyploidization, with Chrysanthemum species exhibiting diverse ploidy levels. The commercially important species, C. morifolium is an allohexaploid plant that is thought to have originated via the hybridization of several Chrysanthemum species, but the genomic and molecular evolutionary mechanisms remain poorly understood. In the present study, we sequenced and compared the transcriptomes of C. morifolium and the wild Korean diploid species, C. boreale. De novo transcriptome assembly revealed 11,318 genes in C. morifolium and 10,961 genes in C. boreale, whose functions were annotated by homology searches. An analysis of synonymous substitution rates (Ks) of paralogous and orthologous genes suggested that the two Chrysanthemum species commonly experienced the Asteraceae paleopolyploidization and recent genome duplication or triplication before the divergence of these species. Intriguingly, C. boreale probably underwent rapid diploidization, with a reduction in chromosome number, whereas C. morifolium maintained the original chromosome number. Analysis of the ratios of non-synonymous to synonymous nucleotide substitutions (Ka/Ks) between orthologous gene pairs indicated that 107 genes experienced positive selection, which may have been crucial for the adaptation, domestication, and speciation of Chrysanthemum.
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- So Youn Won
- Genomics Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju, 54874, Republic of Korea.
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- Research Policy Bureau, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju, 54874, Republic of Korea
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- Genomics Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju, 54874, Republic of Korea
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- Floriculture Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Rural Development Administration, Wanju, 55365, Republic of Korea
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- Genomics Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju, 54874, Republic of Korea
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- Genomics Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju, 54874, Republic of Korea
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- Genomics Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju, 54874, Republic of Korea
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Zhou Y, Massonnet M, Sanjak JS, Cantu D, Gaut BS. Evolutionary genomics of grape ( Vitis vinifera ssp. vinifera) domestication. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:11715-11720. [PMID: 29042518 PMCID: PMC5676911 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1709257114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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We gathered genomic data from grapes (Vitis vinifera ssp. vinifera), a clonally propagated perennial crop, to address three ongoing mysteries about plant domestication. The first is the duration of domestication; archaeological evidence suggests that domestication occurs over millennia, but genetic evidence indicates that it can occur rapidly. We estimated that our wild and cultivated grape samples diverged ∼22,000 years ago and that the cultivated lineage experienced a steady decline in population size (Ne ) thereafter. The long decline may reflect low-intensity management by humans before domestication. The second mystery is the identification of genes that contribute to domestication phenotypes. In cultivated grapes, we identified candidate-selected genes that function in sugar metabolism, flower development, and stress responses. In contrast, candidate-selected genes in the wild sample were limited to abiotic and biotic stress responses. A genomic region of high divergence corresponded to the sex determination region and included a candidate male sterility factor and additional genes with sex-specific expression. The third mystery concerns the cost of domestication. Annual crops accumulate putatively deleterious variants, in part due to strong domestication bottlenecks. The domestication of perennial crops differs from that of annuals in several ways, including the intensity of bottlenecks, and it is not yet clear if they accumulate deleterious variants. We found that grape accessions contained 5.2% more deleterious variants than wild individuals, and these were more often in a heterozygous state. Using forward simulations, we confirm that clonal propagation leads to the accumulation of recessive deleterious mutations but without decreasing fitness.
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- Yongfeng Zhou
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697
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- Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697
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- Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697;
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Hohmann N, Koch MA. An Arabidopsis introgression zone studied at high spatio-temporal resolution: interglacial and multiple genetic contact exemplified using whole nuclear and plastid genomes. BMC Genomics 2017; 18:810. [PMID: 29058582 PMCID: PMC5651623 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-4220-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 10/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Background Gene flow between species, across ploidal levels, and even between evolutionary lineages is a common phenomenon in the genus Arabidopsis. However, apart from two genetically fully stabilized allotetraploid species that have been investigated in detail, the extent and temporal dynamics of hybridization are not well understood. An introgression zone, with tetraploid A. arenosa introgressing into A. lyrata subsp. petraea in the Eastern Austrian Forealps and subsequent expansion towards pannonical lowlands, was described previously based on morphological observations as well as molecular data using microsatellite and plastid DNA markers. Here we investigate the spatio-temporal context of this suture zone, making use of the potential of next-generation sequencing and whole-genome data. By utilizing a combination of nuclear and plastid genomic data, the extent, direction and temporal dynamics of gene flow are elucidated in detail and Late Pleistocene evolutionary processes are resolved. Results Analysis of nuclear genomic data significantly recognizes the clinal structure of the introgression zone, but also reveals that hybridization and introgression is more common and substantial than previously thought. Also tetraploid A. lyrata and A. arenosa subsp. borbasii from outside the previously defined suture zone show genomic signals of past introgression. A. lyrata is shown to serve usually as the maternal parent in these hybridizations, but one exception is identified from plastome-based phylogenetic reconstruction. Using plastid phylogenomics with secondary time calibration, the origin of A. lyrata and A. arenosa lineages is pre-dating the last three glaciation complexes (approx. 550,000 years ago). Hybridization and introgression followed during the last two glacial-interglacial periods (since approx. 300,000 years ago) with later secondary contact at the northern and southern border of the introgression zone during the Holocene. Conclusions Footprints of adaptive introgression in the Northeastern Forealps are older than expected and predate the Last Glaciation Maximum. This correlates well with high genetic diversity found within areas that served as refuge area multiple times. Our data also provide some first hints that early introgressed and presumably preadapted populations account for successful and rapid postglacial re-colonization and range expansion. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi: 10.1186/s12864-017-4220-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Nora Hohmann
- Center for Organismal Studies (COS) Heidelberg/Botanic Garden and Herbarium Heidelberg (HEID), University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 345, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany.,Present address: Department of Environmental Sciences, Botany, University of Basel, Hebelstrasse 1, CH-4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Center for Organismal Studies (COS) Heidelberg/Botanic Garden and Herbarium Heidelberg (HEID), University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 345, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Comparative analysis of molecular and physiological traits between perennial Arabis alpina Pajares and annual Arabidopsis thaliana Sy-0. Sci Rep 2017; 7:13348. [PMID: 29042663 PMCID: PMC5645391 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-13606-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2017] [Accepted: 09/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Annual plants complete life cycle in a year while perennial plants maintain growth for several years. Arabis alpina, a polycarpic perennial, is a close relative of monocarpic annual Arabidopsis. Pajares is an accession of A. alpina requiring vernalization, a long-term cold for flowering. Arabidopsis shows holistic flowering whereas Pajares shows idiographic flowering, producing axillary branches under variable developmental phases from juvenile, adult vegetative to reproductive phases. To understand the molecular mechanism behind diverse phases of axillary branches, we analyzed the levels of primary miR156 expressions because miR156-SPL module is a key regulator for developmental phase transition. We found that in Pajares, miR156 levels were highly variable among the axillary branches, which causes differential sensitivity to vernalization. Thus, the axillary branches expressing high levels of miR156 remain in juvenile phase even after vernalization, whereas the axillary branches expressing low levels of miR156 produce flowers after vernalization. In contrast, every axillary branches of Arabidopsis winter annual Sy-0 expressed similar levels of miR156 and synchronously responded to vernalization, which causes holistic flowering. Therefore, we suggest that variable miR156 expression levels and the resulting differential response to vernalization among axillary branches are distinctive features determining polycarpic perenniality of A. alpina Pajares.
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Jayaswal PK, Dogra V, Shanker A, Sharma TR, Singh NK. A tree of life based on ninety-eight expressed genes conserved across diverse eukaryotic species. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0184276. [PMID: 28922368 PMCID: PMC5603157 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2017] [Accepted: 08/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Rapid advances in DNA sequencing technologies have resulted in the accumulation of large data sets in the public domain, facilitating comparative studies to provide novel insights into the evolution of life. Phylogenetic studies across the eukaryotic taxa have been reported but on the basis of a limited number of genes. Here we present a genome-wide analysis across different plant, fungal, protist, and animal species, with reference to the 36,002 expressed genes of the rice genome. Our analysis revealed 9831 genes unique to rice and 98 genes conserved across all 49 eukaryotic species analysed. The 98 genes conserved across diverse eukaryotes mostly exhibited binding and catalytic activities and shared common sequence motifs; and hence appeared to have a common origin. The 98 conserved genes belonged to 22 functional gene families including 26S protease, actin, ADP–ribosylation factor, ATP synthase, casein kinase, DEAD-box protein, DnaK, elongation factor 2, glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate, phosphatase 2A, ras-related protein, Ser/Thr protein phosphatase family protein, tubulin, ubiquitin and others. The consensus Bayesian eukaryotic tree of life developed in this study demonstrated widely separated clades of plants, fungi, and animals. Musa acuminata provided an evolutionary link between monocotyledons and dicotyledons, and Salpingoeca rosetta provided an evolutionary link between fungi and animals, which indicating that protozoan species are close relatives of fungi and animals. The divergence times for 1176 species pairs were estimated accurately by integrating fossil information with synonymous substitution rates in the comprehensive set of 98 genes. The present study provides valuable insight into the evolution of eukaryotes.
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- Pawan Kumar Jayaswal
- National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, IARI, Pusa, New Delhi, India
- Banasthali University, Banasthali, Rajasthan, India
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- National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, IARI, Pusa, New Delhi, India
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- Bioinformatics Programme, Centre for Biological Sciences, Central University of South Bihar, Patna, Bihar, India
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- National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, IARI, Pusa, New Delhi, India
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- National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, IARI, Pusa, New Delhi, India
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Khatun K, Nath UK, Robin AHK, Park JI, Lee DJ, Kim MB, Kim CK, Lim KB, Nou IS, Chung MY. Genome-wide analysis and expression profiling of zinc finger homeodomain (ZHD) family genes reveal likely roles in organ development and stress responses in tomato. BMC Genomics 2017; 18:695. [PMID: 28874115 PMCID: PMC5585987 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-4082-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2017] [Accepted: 08/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Background Zinc finger homeodomain proteins (ZHD) constitute a plant-specific transcription factor family with a conserved DNA binding homeodomain and a zinc finger motif. Members of the ZHD protein family play important roles in plant growth, development, and stress responses. Genome-wide characterization of ZHD genes has been carried out in several model plants, including Arabidopsis thaliana and Oryza sativa, but not yet in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Results In this study, we performed the first comprehensive genome-wide characterization and expression profiling of the ZHD gene family in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). We identified 22 SlZHD genes and classified them into six subfamilies based on phylogeny. The SlZHD genes were generally conserved in each subfamily, with minor variations in gene structure and motif distribution. The 22 SlZHD genes were distributed on six of the 12 tomato chromosomes, with segmental duplication detected in four genes. Analysis of Ka/Ks ratios revealed that the duplicated genes are under negative or purifying selection. Comprehensive expression analysis revealed that the SlZHD genes are widely expressed in various tissues, with most genes preferentially expressed in flower buds compared to other tissues. Moreover, many of the genes are responsive to abiotic stress and phytohormone treatment. Conclusion Systematic analysis revealed structural diversity among tomato ZHD proteins, which indicates the possibility for diverse roles of SlZHD genes in different developmental stages as well as in response to abiotic stresses. Our expression analysis of SlZHD genes in various tissues/organs and under various abiotic stress and phytohormone treatments sheds light on their functional divergence. Our findings represent a valuable resource for further analysis to explore the biological functions of tomato ZHD genes. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12864-017-4082-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Khadiza Khatun
- Department of Agricultural Industry Economy and Education, Sunchon National University, 413 Jungangno, Suncheon, Jeonnam, 57922, South Korea
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- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 413 Jungangno, Suncheon, Jeonnam, 57922, South Korea
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- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 413 Jungangno, Suncheon, Jeonnam, 57922, South Korea
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- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 413 Jungangno, Suncheon, Jeonnam, 57922, South Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Industry Economy and Education, Sunchon National University, 413 Jungangno, Suncheon, Jeonnam, 57922, South Korea.,Department of Agricultural Education, Sunchon National University, 413 Jungangno, Suncheon, Jeonnam, 57922, South Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Industry Economy and Education, Sunchon National University, 413 Jungangno, Suncheon, Jeonnam, 57922, South Korea.,Department of Agricultural Education, Sunchon National University, 413 Jungangno, Suncheon, Jeonnam, 57922, South Korea
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- Department of Horticultural Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 702-701, South Korea
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- Department of Horticultural Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 702-701, South Korea
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- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 413 Jungangno, Suncheon, Jeonnam, 57922, South Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Industry Economy and Education, Sunchon National University, 413 Jungangno, Suncheon, Jeonnam, 57922, South Korea. .,Department of Agricultural Education, Sunchon National University, 413 Jungangno, Suncheon, Jeonnam, 57922, South Korea.
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Lightfoot DJ, Jarvis DE, Ramaraj T, Lee R, Jellen EN, Maughan PJ. Single-molecule sequencing and Hi-C-based proximity-guided assembly of amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus) chromosomes provide insights into genome evolution. BMC Biol 2017; 15:74. [PMID: 28854926 PMCID: PMC5577786 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-017-0412-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2017] [Accepted: 08/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus) was a food staple among the ancient civilizations of Central and South America that has recently received increased attention due to the high nutritional value of the seeds, with the potential to help alleviate malnutrition and food security concerns, particularly in arid and semiarid regions of the developing world. Here, we present a reference-quality assembly of the amaranth genome which will assist the agronomic development of the species. Results Utilizing single-molecule, real-time sequencing (Pacific Biosciences) and chromatin interaction mapping (Hi-C) to close assembly gaps and scaffold contigs, respectively, we improved our previously reported Illumina-based assembly to produce a chromosome-scale assembly with a scaffold N50 of 24.4 Mb. The 16 largest scaffolds contain 98% of the assembly and likely represent the haploid chromosomes (n = 16). To demonstrate the accuracy and utility of this approach, we produced physical and genetic maps and identified candidate genes for the betalain pigmentation pathway. The chromosome-scale assembly facilitated a genome-wide syntenic comparison of amaranth with other Amaranthaceae species, revealing chromosome loss and fusion events in amaranth that explain the reduction from the ancestral haploid chromosome number (n = 18) for a tetraploid member of the Amaranthaceae. Conclusions The assembly method reported here minimizes cost by relying primarily on short-read technology and is one of the first reported uses of in vivo Hi-C for assembly of a plant genome. Our analyses implicate chromosome loss and fusion as major evolutionary events in the 2n = 32 amaranths and clearly establish the homoeologous relationship among most of the subgenome chromosomes, which will facilitate future investigations of intragenomic changes that occurred post polyploidization. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12915-017-0412-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- D J Lightfoot
- Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KAUST Environmental Epigenetic Program (KEEP), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, NM, 87505, USA
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- Department of Plant & Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, 5144 LSB, Provo, UT, 84602, USA
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- Department of Plant & Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, 5144 LSB, Provo, UT, 84602, USA
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- Department of Plant & Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, 5144 LSB, Provo, UT, 84602, USA.
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Lei L, Steffen JG, Osborne EJ, Toomajian C. Plant organ evolution revealed by phylotranscriptomics in Arabidopsis thaliana. Sci Rep 2017; 7:7567. [PMID: 28790409 PMCID: PMC5548721 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-07866-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2017] [Accepted: 07/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The evolution of phenotypes occurs through changes both in protein sequence and gene expression levels. Though much of plant morphological evolution can be explained by changes in gene expression, examining its evolution has challenges. To gain a new perspective on organ evolution in plants, we applied a phylotranscriptomics approach. We combined a phylostratigraphic approach with gene expression based on the strand-specific RNA-seq data from seedling, floral bud, and root of 19 Arabidopsis thaliana accessions to examine the age and sequence divergence of transcriptomes from these organs and how they adapted over time. Our results indicate that, among the sense and antisense transcriptomes of these organs, the sense transcriptomes of seedlings are the evolutionarily oldest across all accessions and are the most conserved in amino acid sequence for most accessions. In contrast, among the sense transcriptomes from these same organs, those from floral bud are evolutionarily youngest and least conserved in sequence for most accessions. Different organs have adaptive peaks at different stages in their evolutionary history; however, all three show a common adaptive signal from the Magnoliophyta to Brassicale stage. Our research highlights how phylotranscriptomic analyses can be used to trace organ evolution in the deep history of plant species.
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- Li Lei
- Kansas State University, Department of Plant Pathology, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA.
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- Colby-Sawyer College, Natural Sciences Department, New London, NH, 03257, USA
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- University of Utah, Department of Biology, Salt Lake City, UT, 84111, USA
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Genome-wide Analysis and Expression Divergence of the Trihelix family in Brassica Rapa: Insight into the Evolutionary Patterns in Plants. Sci Rep 2017; 7:6463. [PMID: 28743951 PMCID: PMC5526864 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-06935-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2017] [Accepted: 06/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Trihelix gene family is an important transcription factor (TF) family involved in plants' growth and development. This extensive study of trihelix genes from Arabidopsis thaliana to Brassica rapa could shed light on the evolution in plants and support crop breeding. In this study, a total of 52 trihelix genes were identified in B.rapa. Whole-genome annotation, molecular-evolution and gene-expression analyses of all known trihelix genes were conducted. By statistics of the number of trihelix genes in each species, we found the expansion of trihelix gene family started with angiosperm evolution. And SIP1 was more preferentially retained than other subgroups (GT-1, GT-2, GTγ, SH4), consistent with the gene dosage hypothesis. Then we investigated the evolutionary patterns, footprints and conservation of trihelix genes in selected plants. The putative trihelix proteins were highly conserved, but their expression patterns varied. Half of these genes were highly expressed in all the selected organs but some showed tissue-specific expression patterns. Furthermore, among six abiotic stresses (Cold, Heat, PEG, NaCl, ABA and GA), most trihelix genes were activated by salt and ABA treatment. In summary, the phylogenetic, evolution and expression analyses of trihelix gene family in B.rapa establish a solid foundation for future comprehensive functional analysis of BraTHs.
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Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Adaptive Evolution of Notopterygium incisum and Notopterygium franchetii, Two High-Alpine Herbal Species Endemic to China. Molecules 2017; 22:molecules22071158. [PMID: 28696392 PMCID: PMC6152189 DOI: 10.3390/molecules22071158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2017] [Revised: 07/07/2017] [Accepted: 07/07/2017] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The extreme conditions (e.g., cold, low oxygen, and strong ultraviolet radiation) of the high mountains provide an ideal natural laboratory for studies on speciation and the adaptive evolution of organisms. Up to now, few genome/transcriptome-based studies have been carried out on how plants adapt to conditions at extremely high altitudes. Notopterygium incisum and Notopterygiumfranchetii (Notopterygium, Apiaceae) are two endangered high-alpine herbal plants endemic to China. To explore the molecular genetic mechanisms of adaptation to high altitudes, we performed high-throughput RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) to characterize the transcriptomes of the two species. In total, more than 130 million sequence reads, 81,446 and 63,153 unigenes with total lengths of 86,924,837 and 62,615,693 bp, were generated for the two herbal species, respectively. OrthoMCL analysis identified 6375 single-copy orthologous genes between N. incisum and N. franchetii. In total, 381 positively-selected candidate genes were identified for both plants by using estimations of the non-synonymous to synonymous substitution rate. At least 18 of these genes potentially participate in RNA splicing, DNA repair, glutathione metabolism and the plant–pathogen interaction pathway, which were further enriched in various functional gene categories possibly responsible for environment adaptation in high mountains. Meanwhile, we detected various transcription factors that regulated the material and energy metabolism in N. incisum and N. franchetii, which probably play vital roles in the tolerance to stress in surroundings. In addition, 60 primer pairs based on orthologous microsatellite-containing sequences between the both Notopterygium species were determined. Finally, 17 polymorphic microsatellite markers (SSR) were successfully characterized for the two endangered species. Based on these candidate orthologous and SSR markers, we detected that the adaptive evolution and species divergence of N. incisum and N. franchetii were significantly associated with the extremely heterogeneous environments and climatic oscillations in high-altitude areas. This work provides important insights into the molecular mechanisms of adaptation to high-altitudes in alpine herbal plants.
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Kiefer C, Severing E, Karl R, Bergonzi S, Koch M, Tresch A, Coupland G. Divergence of annual and perennial species in the Brassicaceae and the contribution of cis-acting variation at FLC orthologues. Mol Ecol 2017; 26:3437-3457. [PMID: 28261921 PMCID: PMC5485006 DOI: 10.1111/mec.14084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2015] [Revised: 02/15/2017] [Accepted: 02/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Variation in life history contributes to reproductive success in different environments. Divergence of annual and perennial angiosperm species is an extreme example that has occurred frequently. Perennials survive for several years and restrict the duration of reproduction by cycling between vegetative growth and flowering, whereas annuals live for 1 year and flower once. We used the tribe Arabideae (Brassicaceae) to study the divergence of seasonal flowering behaviour among annual and perennial species. In perennial Brassicaceae, orthologues of FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC), a floral inhibitor in Arabidopsis thaliana, are repressed by winter cold and reactivated in spring conferring seasonal flowering patterns, whereas in annuals, they are stably repressed by cold. We isolated FLC orthologues from three annual and two perennial Arabis species and found that the duplicated structure of the A. alpina locus is not required for perenniality. The expression patterns of the genes differed between annuals and perennials, as observed among Arabidopsis species, suggesting a broad relevance of these patterns within the Brassicaceae. Also analysis of plants derived from an interspecies cross of A. alpina and annual A. montbretiana demonstrated that cis-regulatory changes in FLC orthologues contribute to their different transcriptional patterns. Sequence comparisons of FLC orthologues from annuals and perennials in the tribes Arabideae and Camelineae identified two regulatory regions in the first intron whose sequence variation correlates with divergence of the annual and perennial expression patterns. Thus, we propose that related cis-acting changes in FLC orthologues occur independently in different tribes of the Brassicaceae during life history evolution.
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- C Kiefer
- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Plant Developmental Biology, Carl-von-Linné Weg 10, 50829, Cologne, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Plant Developmental Biology, Carl-von-Linné Weg 10, 50829, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Biodiversity and Plant Systematics, Centre for Organismal Studies, INF 345, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biodiversity and Plant Systematics, Centre for Organismal Studies, INF 345, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Plant Developmental Biology, Carl-von-Linné Weg 10, 50829, Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Biocenter, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Str. 47b, 50674, Cologne, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Plant Developmental Biology, Carl-von-Linné Weg 10, 50829, Cologne, Germany
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Jung HJ, Kayum MA, Thamilarasan SK, Nath UK, Park JI, Chung MY, Hur Y, Nou IS. Molecular characterisation and expression profiling of calcineurin B-like (CBL) genes in Chinese cabbage under abiotic stresses. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2017; 44:739-750. [PMID: 32480603 DOI: 10.1071/fp16437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2016] [Accepted: 04/28/2017] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Calcium signals act as a second messenger in plant responses to various abiotic stresses, which regulate a range of physiological processes. Calcium-binding proteins, like calcineurin B-like (CBL) proteins, belong to a unique group of calcium sensors that play a role in calcium signalling. However, their identities and functions are unknown in Chinese cabbage. In this study, 17 CBL genes were identified from the Brassica rapa L. (Chinese cabbage) database and Br135K microarray datasets. They were used to construct a phylogenetic tree with known CBL proteins of other species. Analysis of genomic distribution and evolution revealed different gene duplication in Chinese cabbage compared to Arabidopsis. The microarray expression analysis showed differential expression of BrCBL genes at various temperatures. Organ-specific expression was observed by RT-PCR, and qRT-PCR analyses revealed responsiveness of BrCBL genes to cold, drought and salt stresses. Our findings confirm that CBL genes are involved in calcium signalling and regulate responses to environmental stimuli, suggesting this family gene have crucial role to play in plant responses to abiotic stresses. The results facilitate selection of candidate genes for further functional characterisation. In addition, abiotic stress-responsive genes reported in this study might be exploited for marker-aided backcrossing of Chinese cabbage.
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- Hee-Jeong Jung
- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 255 Jungang-ro, Suncheon, Jeonnam 57922, South Korea
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- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 255 Jungang-ro, Suncheon, Jeonnam 57922, South Korea
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- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 255 Jungang-ro, Suncheon, Jeonnam 57922, South Korea
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- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 255 Jungang-ro, Suncheon, Jeonnam 57922, South Korea
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- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 255 Jungang-ro, Suncheon, Jeonnam 57922, South Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Education, Sunchon National University, 255 Jungang-ro, Suncheon, Jeonnam 57922, South Korea
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- Department of Biology, College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 255 Jungang-ro, Suncheon, Jeonnam 57922, South Korea
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Nagano S, Shirasawa K, Hirakawa H, Maeda F, Ishikawa M, Isobe SN. Discrimination of candidate subgenome-specific loci by linkage map construction with an S 1 population of octoploid strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa). BMC Genomics 2017; 18:374. [PMID: 28499415 PMCID: PMC5429521 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-3762-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2016] [Accepted: 05/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Background The strawberry, Fragaria × ananassa, is an allo-octoploid (2n = 8x = 56) and outcrossing species. Although it is the most widely consumed berry crop in the world, its complex genome structure has hindered its genetic and genomic analysis, and thus discrimination of subgenome-specific loci among the homoeologous chromosomes is needed. In the present study, we identified candidate subgenome-specific single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and simple sequence repeat (SSR) loci, and constructed a linkage map using an S1 mapping population of the cultivar ‘Reikou’ with an IStraw90 Axiom® SNP array and previously published SSR markers. Results The ‘Reikou’ linkage map consisted of 11,574 loci (11,002 SNPs and 572 SSR loci) spanning 2816.5 cM of 31 linkage groups. The 11,574 loci were located on 4738 unique positions (bin) on the linkage map. Of the mapped loci, 8999 (8588 SNPs and 411 SSR loci) showed a 1:2:1 segregation ratio of AA:AB:BB allele, which suggested the possibility of deriving loci from candidate subgenome-specific sequences. In addition, 2575 loci (2414 SNPs and 161 SSR loci) showed a 3:1 segregation of AB:BB allele, indicating they were derived from homoeologous genomic sequences. Comparative analysis of the homoeologous linkage groups revealed differences in genome structure among the subgenomes. Conclusions Our results suggest that candidate subgenome-specific loci are randomly located across the genomes, and that there are small- to large-scale structural variations among the subgenomes. The mapped SNPs and SSR loci on the linkage map are expected to be seed points for the construction of pseudomolecules in the octoploid strawberry. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-017-3762-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Soichiro Nagano
- Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kazusa-Kamatari 2-6-7, Kisarazu, Chiba, 292-0818, Japan
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- Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kazusa-Kamatari 2-6-7, Kisarazu, Chiba, 292-0818, Japan
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- Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kazusa-Kamatari 2-6-7, Kisarazu, Chiba, 292-0818, Japan
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- Chiba Prefectural Agriculture and Forestry Research Center, Chousei, Daizenno-Cyou 808, Midori, Chiba, 299-4335, Japan
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- Chiba Prefectural Agriculture and Forestry Research Center, Chousei, Daizenno-Cyou 808, Midori, Chiba, 299-4335, Japan.,Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding, Kamishiki 2-5-1, Matsudo, Chiba, 270-2221, Japan
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- Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kazusa-Kamatari 2-6-7, Kisarazu, Chiba, 292-0818, Japan.
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Qi X, An H, Ragsdale AP, Hall TE, Gutenkunst RN, Chris Pires J, Barker MS. Genomic inferences of domestication events are corroborated by written records in Brassica rapa. Mol Ecol 2017; 26:3373-3388. [PMID: 28371014 DOI: 10.1111/mec.14131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2016] [Revised: 03/15/2017] [Accepted: 03/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Demographic modelling is often used with population genomic data to infer the relationships and ages among populations. However, relatively few analyses are able to validate these inferences with independent data. Here, we leverage written records that describe distinct Brassica rapa crops to corroborate demographic models of domestication. Brassica rapa crops are renowned for their outstanding morphological diversity, but the relationships and order of domestication remain unclear. We generated genomewide SNPs from 126 accessions collected globally using high-throughput transcriptome data. Analyses of more than 31,000 SNPs across the B. rapa genome revealed evidence for five distinct genetic groups and supported a European-Central Asian origin of B. rapa crops. Our results supported the traditionally recognized South Asian and East Asian B. rapa groups with evidence that pak choi, Chinese cabbage and yellow sarson are likely monophyletic groups. In contrast, the oil-type B. rapa subsp. oleifera and brown sarson were polyphyletic. We also found no evidence to support the contention that rapini is the wild type or the earliest domesticated subspecies of B. rapa. Demographic analyses suggested that B. rapa was introduced to Asia 2,400-4,100 years ago, and that Chinese cabbage originated 1,200-2,100 years ago via admixture of pak choi and European-Central Asian B. rapa. We also inferred significantly different levels of founder effect among the B. rapa subspecies. Written records from antiquity that document these crops are consistent with these inferences. The concordance between our age estimates of domestication events with historical records provides unique support for our demographic inferences.
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- Xinshuai Qi
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MI, USA.,National Key Lab of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Program in Applied Mathematics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MI, USA
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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Huang D, Feurtado JA, Smith MA, Flatman LK, Koh C, Cutler AJ. Long noncoding miRNA gene represses wheat β-diketone waxes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:E3149-E3158. [PMID: 28351975 PMCID: PMC5393243 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1617483114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The cuticle of terrestrial plants functions as a protective barrier against many biotic and abiotic stresses. In wheat and other Triticeae, β-diketone waxes are major components of the epicuticular layer leading to the bluish-white glaucous trait in reproductive-age plants. Glaucousness in durum wheat is controlled by a metabolic gene cluster at the WAX1 (W1) locus and a dominant suppressor INHIBITOR of WAX1 (Iw1) on chromosome 2B. The wheat D subgenome from progenitor Aegilops tauschii contains W2 and Iw2 paralogs on chromosome 2D. Here we identify the Iw1 gene from durum wheat and demonstrate the unique regulatory mechanism by which Iw1 acts to suppress a carboxylesterase-like protein gene, W1-COE, within the W1 multigene locus. Iw1 is a long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) containing an inverted repeat (IR) with >80% identity to W1-COE The Iw1 transcript forms a miRNA precursor-like long hairpin producing a 21-nt predominant miRNA, miRW1, and smaller numbers of related sRNAs associated with the nonglaucous phenotype. When Iw1 was introduced into glaucous bread wheat, miRW1 accumulated, W1-COE and its paralog W2-COE were down-regulated, and the phenotype was nonglaucous and β-diketone-depleted. The IR region of Iw1 has >94% identity to an IR region on chromosome 2 in Ae. tauschii that also produces miRW1 and lies within the marker-based location of Iw2 We propose the Iw loci arose from an inverted duplication of W1-COE and/or W2-COE in ancestral wheat to form evolutionarily young miRNA genes that act to repress the glaucous trait.
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- Daiqing Huang
- Wheat Improvement Flagship Program, National Research Council of Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, SK S7N 0W9, Canada
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- Wheat Improvement Flagship Program, National Research Council of Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, SK S7N 0W9, Canada
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- Wheat Improvement Flagship Program, National Research Council of Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, SK S7N 0W9, Canada
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- Wheat Improvement Flagship Program, National Research Council of Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, SK S7N 0W9, Canada
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- Wheat Improvement Flagship Program, National Research Council of Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, SK S7N 0W9, Canada
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- Wheat Improvement Flagship Program, National Research Council of Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, SK S7N 0W9, Canada
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Wu P, Wang W, Duan W, Li Y, Hou X. Comprehensive Analysis of the CDPK-SnRK Superfamily Genes in Chinese Cabbage and Its Evolutionary Implications in Plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:162. [PMID: 28239387 PMCID: PMC5301275 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2016] [Accepted: 01/25/2017] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The CDPK-SnRK (calcium-dependent protein kinase/Snf1-related protein kinase) gene superfamily plays important roles in signaling pathways for disease resistance and various stress responses, as indicated by emerging evidence. In this study, we constructed comparative analyses of gene structure, retention, expansion, whole-genome duplication (WGD) and expression patterns of CDPK-SnRK genes in Brassica rapa and their evolution in plants. A total of 49 BrCPKs, 14 BrCRKs, 3 BrPPCKs, 5 BrPEPRKs, and 56 BrSnRKs were identified in B. rapa. All BrCDPK-SnRK proteins had highly conserved kinase domains. By statistical analysis of the number of CDPK-SnRK genes in each species, we found that the expansion of the CDPK-SnRK gene family started from angiosperms. Segmental duplication played a predominant role in CDPK-SnRK gene expansion. The analysis showed that PEPRK was more preferentially retained than other subfamilies and that CPK was retained similarly to SnRK. Among the CPKs and SnRKs, CPKIII and SnRK1 genes were more preferentially retained than other groups. CRK was closest to CPK, which may share a common evolutionary origin. In addition, we identified 196 CPK genes and 252 SnRK genes in 6 species, and their different expansion and evolution types were discovered. Furthermore, the expression of BrCDPK-SnRK genes is dynamic in different tissues as well as in response to abiotic stresses, demonstrating their important roles in development in B. rapa. In summary, this study provides genome-wide insight into the evolutionary history and mechanisms of CDPK-SnRK genes following whole-genome triplication in B. rapa.
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- Peng Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
- School of Life Science and Food Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of TechnologyHuaian, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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Jarvis DE, Ho YS, Lightfoot DJ, Schmöckel SM, Li B, Borm TJA, Ohyanagi H, Mineta K, Michell CT, Saber N, Kharbatia NM, Rupper RR, Sharp AR, Dally N, Boughton BA, Woo YH, Gao G, Schijlen EGWM, Guo X, Momin AA, Negrão S, Al-Babili S, Gehring C, Roessner U, Jung C, Murphy K, Arold ST, Gojobori T, Linden CGVD, van Loo EN, Jellen EN, Maughan PJ, Tester M. The genome of Chenopodium quinoa. Nature 2017; 542:307-312. [PMID: 28178233 DOI: 10.1038/nature21370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 361] [Impact Index Per Article: 51.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2016] [Accepted: 01/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Chenopodium quinoa (quinoa) is a highly nutritious grain identified as an important crop to improve world food security. Unfortunately, few resources are available to facilitate its genetic improvement. Here we report the assembly of a high-quality, chromosome-scale reference genome sequence for quinoa, which was produced using single-molecule real-time sequencing in combination with optical, chromosome-contact and genetic maps. We also report the sequencing of two diploids from the ancestral gene pools of quinoa, which enables the identification of sub-genomes in quinoa, and reduced-coverage genome sequences for 22 other samples of the allotetraploid goosefoot complex. The genome sequence facilitated the identification of the transcription factor likely to control the production of anti-nutritional triterpenoid saponins found in quinoa seeds, including a mutation that appears to cause alternative splicing and a premature stop codon in sweet quinoa strains. These genomic resources are an important first step towards the genetic improvement of quinoa.
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- David E Jarvis
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Biological and Environmental Sciences &Engineering Division (BESE), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Biological and Environmental Sciences &Engineering Division (BESE), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Biological and Environmental Sciences &Engineering Division (BESE), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Biological and Environmental Sciences &Engineering Division (BESE), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Biological and Environmental Sciences &Engineering Division (BESE), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), Biological and Environmental Sciences &Engineering Division (BESE), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences &Engineering Division (CEMSE), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Red Sea Research Center (RSRC), Biological and Environmental Sciences &Engineering Division (BESE), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Biological and Environmental Sciences &Engineering Division (BESE), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Analytical Core Lab, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Brigham Young University, Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Provo, Utah 84602, USA
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- Brigham Young University, Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Provo, Utah 84602, USA
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- Plant Breeding Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40, D-24118 Kiel, Germany
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- Metabolomics Australia, The School of Biosciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Biological and Environmental Sciences &Engineering Division (BESE), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Biological and Environmental Sciences &Engineering Division (BESE), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- PRI Bioscience, Plant Research International, Wageningen UR, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Biological and Environmental Sciences &Engineering Division (BESE), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), Biological and Environmental Sciences &Engineering Division (BESE), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Biological and Environmental Sciences &Engineering Division (BESE), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Biological and Environmental Sciences &Engineering Division (BESE), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Biological and Environmental Sciences &Engineering Division (BESE), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Metabolomics Australia, The School of Biosciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Plant Breeding Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40, D-24118 Kiel, Germany
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Biological and Environmental Sciences &Engineering Division (BESE), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), Biological and Environmental Sciences &Engineering Division (BESE), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), Biological and Environmental Sciences &Engineering Division (BESE), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Brigham Young University, Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Provo, Utah 84602, USA
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- Brigham Young University, Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Provo, Utah 84602, USA
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Biological and Environmental Sciences &Engineering Division (BESE), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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Kayum MA, Park JI, Nath UK, Biswas MK, Kim HT, Nou IS. Genome-wide expression profiling of aquaporin genes confer responses to abiotic and biotic stresses in Brassica rapa. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2017; 17:23. [PMID: 28122509 PMCID: PMC5264328 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-017-0979-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2016] [Accepted: 01/17/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Plants contain a range of aquaporin (AQP) proteins, which act as transporter of water and nutrient molecules through living membranes. AQPs also participate in water uptake through the roots and contribute to water homeostasis in leaves. RESULTS In this study, we identified 59 AQP genes in the B. rapa database and Br135K microarray dataset. Phylogenetic analysis revealed four distinct subfamilies of AQP genes: plasma membrane intrinsic proteins (PIPs), tonoplast intrinsic proteins (TIPs), NOD26-like intrinsic proteins (NIPs) and small basic intrinsic proteins (SIPs). Microarray analysis showed that the majority of PIP subfamily genes had differential transcript abundance between two B. rapa inbred lines Chiifu and Kenshin that differ in their susceptibility to cold. In addition, all BrPIP genes showed organ-specific expression. Out of 22 genes, 12, 7 and 17 were up-regulated in response to cold, drought and salt stresses, respectively. In addition, 18 BrPIP genes were up-regulated under ABA treatment and 4 BrPIP genes were up-regulated upon F. oxysporum f. sp. conglutinans infection. Moreover, all BrPIP genes showed down-regulation under waterlogging stress, reflecting likely the inactivation of AQPs controlling symplastic water movement. CONCLUSIONS This study provides a comprehensive analysis of AQPs in B. rapa and details the expression of 22 members of the BrPIP subfamily. These results provide insight into stress-related biological functions of each PIP gene of the AQP family, which will promote B. rapa breeding programs.
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- Md. Abdul Kayum
- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 255 Jungang-ro, Suncheon, Jeonnam 57922 South Korea
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- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 255 Jungang-ro, Suncheon, Jeonnam 57922 South Korea
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- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 255 Jungang-ro, Suncheon, Jeonnam 57922 South Korea
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- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 255 Jungang-ro, Suncheon, Jeonnam 57922 South Korea
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- University-Industry Cooperation Foundation, Sunchon National University, 255 Jungang-ro, Suncheon, Jeonnam 57922 South Korea
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- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 255 Jungang-ro, Suncheon, Jeonnam 57922 South Korea
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Dufayard JF, Bettembourg M, Fischer I, Droc G, Guiderdoni E, Périn C, Chantret N, Diévart A. New Insights on Leucine-Rich Repeats Receptor-Like Kinase Orthologous Relationships in Angiosperms. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:381. [PMID: 28424707 PMCID: PMC5380761 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2016] [Accepted: 03/06/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Leucine-Rich Repeats Receptor-Like Kinase (LRR-RLK) genes represent a large and complex gene family in plants, mainly involved in development and stress responses. These receptors are composed of an LRR-containing extracellular domain (ECD), a transmembrane domain (TM) and an intracellular kinase domain (KD). To provide new perspectives on functional analyses of these genes in model and non-model plant species, we performed a phylogenetic analysis on 8,360 LRR-RLK receptors in 31 angiosperm genomes (8 monocots and 23 dicots). We identified 101 orthologous groups (OGs) of genes being conserved among almost all monocot and dicot species analyzed. We observed that more than 10% of these OGs are absent in the Brassicaceae species studied. We show that the ECD structural features are not always conserved among orthologs, suggesting that functions may have diverged in some OG sets. Moreover, we looked at targets of positive selection footprints in 12 pairs of OGs and noticed that depending on the subgroups, positive selection occurred more frequently either in the ECDs or in the KDs.
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- INRA, UMR AGAPMontpellier, France
- *Correspondence: Anne Diévart, Nathalie Chantret,
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- CIRAD, UMR AGAPMontpellier, France
- *Correspondence: Anne Diévart, Nathalie Chantret,
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Koch MA, Karl R, German DA. Underexplored biodiversity of Eastern Mediterranean biota: systematics and evolutionary history of the genus Aubrieta (Brassicaceae). ANNALS OF BOTANY 2017; 119:39-57. [PMID: 27941091 PMCID: PMC5218375 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcw204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2016] [Revised: 08/08/2016] [Accepted: 08/23/2016] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Aubrieta is a taxonomically difficult genus from the Brassicaceae family with approximately 20 species centred in Turkey and Greece. Species boundaries and their evolutionary history are poorly understood. Therefore, we analysed bio- and phylogeographic relationships and evaluated morphological variation to study the evolution of this genus. METHODS Phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequence variation of nuclear-encoded loci and plastid DNA were used to unravel phylogeographic patterns. Morphometric analyses were conducted to study species delimitation. DNA sequence-based mismatch distribution and climate-niche analyses were performed to explain various radiations in space and time during the last 2·5 million years. KEY RESULTS Species groups largely show non-overlapping distribution patterns in the eastern Mediterranean and Asia Minor. We recognized 20 species and provide evidence for overlooked species, thereby highlighting taxonomical difficulties but also demonstrating underexplored species diversity. The centre of origin of Aubrieta is probably Turkey, from which various clades expanded independently towards Asia Minor, south to Lebanon and west to Greece and the Balkans during the Pleistocene. CONCLUSIONS Pleistocene climatic fluctuations had a pronounced effect on Aubrieta speciation and radiation during the last 1·1 million years in the Eastern Mediterranean and Asia Minor. In contrast to many other Brassicaceae, speciation processes did not involve excessive formation of polyploids, but displayed formation of diploids with non-overlapping present-day distribution areas. Expansions from the Aubrieta centre of origin and primary centre of species diversity showed adaptation trends towards higher temperature and drier conditions. However, later expansion and diversification of taxa from within the second centre of species diversity in Greece started ∼0·19 Mya and were associated with a general transition of species adaptation towards milder temperatures and less dry conditions.
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- Marcus A Koch
- Department of Biodiversity and Plant Systematics, Centre for Organismal Studies (COS) Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Biodiversity and Plant Systematics, Centre for Organismal Studies (COS) Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Biodiversity and Plant Systematics, Centre for Organismal Studies (COS) Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- South-Siberian Botanical Garden, Altai State University, Lenina Street 61, 656049 Barnaul, Russia
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Wu P, Wang W, Li Y, Hou X. Divergent evolutionary patterns of the MAPK cascade genes in Brassica rapa and plant phylogenetics. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2017; 4:17079. [PMID: 29285397 PMCID: PMC5744264 DOI: 10.1038/hortres.2017.79] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2017] [Revised: 12/04/2017] [Accepted: 12/05/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade signal transduction modules play crucial roles in regulating many biological processes in plants. These cascades are composed of three classes of hierarchically organized protein kinases, MAPKKKs, MAPKKs and MAPKs. Here, we analyzed gene retention, phylogenetic, evolution and expression patterns of MAPK cascade genes in Brassica rapa. We further found that the MAPK branches, classes III and IV, appeared after the split of bryophytes and green algae after analyzing the MAPK cascade genes in 8 species, and their rapid expansion led to the great size of the families of MAPKs. In contrast, the ancestral class I subfamily of MAPKK gene families have been highly conserved from algae to angiosperms. For the MAPKKK family, the MEKK and Raf subfamily share a common evolutionary origin, and Raf plays a major role in the expansion of the MAPKKK gene family. The cis-elements and interaction network analyses showed the important function of MAPK cascade genes in development and stress responses in B. rapa. This study provides a solid foundation for molecular evolution analyses of MAPK cascade genes.
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- Peng Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement/Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement/Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement/Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement/Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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Yan C, Duan W, Lyu S, Li Y, Hou X. Genome-Wide Identification, Evolution, and Expression Analysis of the ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter Gene Family in Brassica rapa. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:349. [PMID: 28367152 PMCID: PMC5355449 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2016] [Accepted: 02/28/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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ATP-binding cassette (ABC) proteins can act as transporters of different substrates across biological membranes by hydrolyzing ATP. However, little information is available about ABC transporters in Brassica rapa, an important leafy vegetable. In the present study, we carried out genome-wide identification, characterization and molecular evolution analyses of ABC gene family in B. rapa and 9 other plant species. A total of 179 B. rapa ABC genes (BraABCs) were identified. Among them, 173 BraABCs were identified on 10 chromosomes. Based on phylogenetic analysis and domain organization, the BraABC family could be grouped into eight subfamilies. BraABCs in the same subfamily showed similar motif composition and exon-intron organization. Common and unique cis-elements involved in the transcriptional regulation were also identified in the promoter regions of BraABCs. Tissue-expression analysis of BraABCs demonstrated their diverse spatiotemporal expression profiles. Influences of the whole genome triplication (WGT) on the evolution of BraABCs were studied in detail. BraABCs were preferentially retained compared with their neighboring genes during diploidization after WGT. Synteny analysis identified 76 pairs of syntenic BraABC paralogs among the three subgenomes of B. rapa, and 10 paralog pairs underwent positive selection with ω (= Ka/Ks) ratios greater than 1. Analyses of the expression patterns of syntenic BraABC paralogs pairs across five tissues and under stress treatments revealed their functional conservation, sub-functionalization, neo-functionalization and pseudogenization during evolution. Our study presents a comprehensive overview of the ABC gene family in B. rapa and will be helpful for the further functional study of BraABCs in plant growth, development, and stress responses.
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- Chao Yan
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
- School of Life Science and Food Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of TechnologyHuaian, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing, China
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Li P, Zhang S, Li F, Zhang S, Zhang H, Wang X, Sun R, Bonnema G, Borm TJA. A Phylogenetic Analysis of Chloroplast Genomes Elucidates the Relationships of the Six Economically Important Brassica Species Comprising the Triangle of U. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:111. [PMID: 28210266 PMCID: PMC5288352 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2016] [Accepted: 01/19/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The Brassica genus comprises many economically important worldwide cultivated crops. The well-established model of the Brassica genus, U's triangle, consists of three basic diploid plant species (Brassica rapa, Brassica oleracea, and Brassica nigra) and three amphidiploid species (Brassica napus, Brassica juncea, and Brassica carinata) that arose through interspecific hybridizations. Despite being extensively studied because of its commercial relevance, several aspects of the origin of the Brassica species and the relationships within and among these six species still remain open questions. Here, we successfully de novo assembled 60 complete chloroplast genomes of Brassica genotypes of all six species. A complete map of the single nucleotide variants and insertions and deletions in the chloroplast genomes of different Brassica species was produced. The chloroplast genome consists of a Large and a Small Single Copy (LSC and SSC) region between two inverted repeats, and while these regions of chloroplast genomes have very different molecular evolutionary rates, phylogenetic analyses of different regions yielded no contradicting topologies and separated the Brassica genus into four clades. B. carinata and B. juncea share their chloroplast genome with one of their hybridization donors B. nigra and B. rapa, respectively, which fits the U model. B. rapa, surprisingly, shows evidence of two types of chloroplast genomes, with one type specific to some Italian broccoletto accessions. B. napus clearly has evidence for two independent hybridization events, as it contains either B. rapa chloroplast genomes. The divergence estimation suggests that B. nigra and B. carinata diverged from the main Brassica clade 13.7 million years ago (Mya), while B. rapa and B. oleracea diverged at 2.18 Mya. The use of the complete chloroplast DNA sequence not only provides insights into comparative genome analysis but also paves the way for a better understanding of the phylogenetic relationships within the Brassica genus.
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- Peirong Li
- Chinese Cabbage Department, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijing, China
- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and ResearchWageningen, Netherlands
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- Chinese Cabbage Department, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijing, China
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- Chinese Cabbage Department, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijing, China
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- Chinese Cabbage Department, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijing, China
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- Chinese Cabbage Department, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijing, China
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- Chinese Cabbage Department, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijing, China
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- Chinese Cabbage Department, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijing, China
- *Correspondence: Theo J. A. Borm, Guusje Bonnema, Rifei Sun,
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and ResearchWageningen, Netherlands
- *Correspondence: Theo J. A. Borm, Guusje Bonnema, Rifei Sun,
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and ResearchWageningen, Netherlands
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Suryawanshi V, Talke IN, Weber M, Eils R, Brors B, Clemens S, Krämer U. Between-species differences in gene copy number are enriched among functions critical for adaptive evolution in Arabidopsis halleri. BMC Genomics 2016; 17:1034. [PMID: 28155655 PMCID: PMC5259951 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-3319-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background Gene copy number divergence between species is a form of genetic polymorphism that contributes significantly to both genome size and phenotypic variation. In plants, copy number expansions of single genes were implicated in cultivar- or species-specific tolerance of high levels of soil boron, aluminium or calamine-type heavy metals, respectively. Arabidopsis halleri is a zinc- and cadmium-hyperaccumulating extremophile species capable of growing on heavy-metal contaminated, toxic soils. In contrast, its non-accumulating sister species A. lyrata and the closely related reference model species A. thaliana exhibit merely basal metal tolerance. Results For a genome-wide assessment of the role of copy number divergence (CND) in lineage-specific environmental adaptation, we conducted cross-species array comparative genome hybridizations of three plant species and developed a global signal scaling procedure to adjust for sequence divergence. In A. halleri, transition metal homeostasis functions are enriched twofold among the genes detected as copy number expanded. Moreover, biotic stress functions including mostly disease Resistance (R) gene-related genes are enriched twofold among genes detected as copy number reduced, when compared to the abundance of these functions among all genes. Conclusions Our results provide genome-wide support for a link between evolutionary adaptation and CND in A. halleri as shown previously for Heavy metal ATPase4. Moreover our results support the hypothesis that elemental defences, which result from the hyperaccumulation of toxic metals, allow the reduction of classical defences against biotic stress as a trade-off. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-016-3319-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Vasantika Suryawanshi
- Department of Plant Physiology, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, Bochum, 44801, Germany.,BioQuant, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 267, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, Potsdam, 14476, Germany
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- Department of Plant Physiology, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstrasse 30, Bayreuth, 95447, Germany
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- Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics, DKFZ, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, Heidelberg, 69121, Germany.,BioQuant, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 267, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany.,Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 364, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany
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- Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics, DKFZ, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, Heidelberg, 69121, Germany
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- Department of Plant Physiology, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstrasse 30, Bayreuth, 95447, Germany
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, Bochum, 44801, Germany. .,BioQuant, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 267, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany.
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Özüdoğru B, Fırat M. Arabis watsonii (P.H.Davis) F.K.Mey.: An overlooked cruciferous species from eastern Anatolia and its phylogenetic position. PHYTOKEYS 2016; 75:57-68. [PMID: 28127244 PMCID: PMC5234537 DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.75.10568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2016] [Accepted: 11/19/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Arabis watsonii (P.H.Davis) F.K.Mey. was initially reported as Thlaspi watsonii P.H.Davis in Flora of Turkey. Although F.K.Meyer transferred this species to Arabis L., this species has been overlooked and treated as Thlaspi L. in relevant literature for Flora of Turkey. In this study this species was evaluated using molecular (nuclear ITS and plastidic trnL-F sequences) and morphological data. Results clearly show that Arabis watsonii is sister to the Arabis hirsuta aggregate and its relatives. In conclusion, our results increased the number of known Arabis species in Turkey to 23. Furthermore, detailed description and distribution of the species are given and a new IUCN threat category for Arabis watsonii is proposed.
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- Barış Özüdoğru
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Hacettepe University, Ankara Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Education, Yüzüncü Yıl University, Van, Turkey
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Paape T, Hatakeyama M, Shimizu-Inatsugi R, Cereghetti T, Onda Y, Kenta T, Sese J, Shimizu KK. Conserved but Attenuated Parental Gene Expression in Allopolyploids: Constitutive Zinc Hyperaccumulation in the Allotetraploid Arabidopsis kamchatica. Mol Biol Evol 2016; 33:2781-2800. [PMID: 27413047 PMCID: PMC5062318 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msw141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Allopolyploidization combines parental genomes and often confers broader species distribution. However, little is known about parentally transmitted gene expression underlying quantitative traits following allopolyploidization because of the complexity of polyploid genomes. The allopolyploid species Arabidopsis kamchatica is a natural hybrid of the zinc hyperaccumulator Arabidopsis halleri and of the nonaccumulator Arabidopsis lyrata We found that A. kamchatica retained the ability to hyperaccumulate zinc from A. halleri and grows in soils with both low and high metal content. Hyperaccumulation of zinc by A. kamchatica was reduced to about half of A. halleri, but is 10-fold greater than A. lyrata Homeologs derived from A. halleri had significantly higher levels of expression of genes such as HEAVY METAL ATPASE4 (HMA4), METAL TRANSPORTER PROTEIN1 and other metal ion transporters than those derived from A. lyrata, which suggests cis-regulatory differences. A. kamchatica has on average about half the expression of these genes compared with A. halleri due to fixed heterozygosity inherent in allopolyploids. Zinc treatment significantly changed the ratios of expression of 1% of homeologous pairs, including genes putatively involved in metal homeostasis. Resequencing data showed a significant reduction in genetic diversity over a large genomic region (290 kb) surrounding the HMA4 locus derived from the A. halleri parent compared with the syntenic A. lyrata-derived region, which suggests different evolutionary histories. We also estimated that three A. halleri-derived HMA4 copies are present in A. kamchatica Our findings support a transcriptomic model in which environment-related transcriptional patterns of both parents are conserved but attenuated in the allopolyploids.
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- Timothy Paape
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies and Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH 8057, Switzerland
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies and Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH 8057, Switzerland Functional Genomics Center Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, Zurich, CH 8057, Switzerland
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies and Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH 8057, Switzerland
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies and Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH 8057, Switzerland
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- Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University, Kanagawa, Japan Cellulose Production Research Team, Biomass Engineering Research Division, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Kanagawa, Japan Sugadaira Montane Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Ueda, Nagano, Japan
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- Sugadaira Montane Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Ueda, Nagano, Japan
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- Artificial Intelligence Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies and Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH 8057, Switzerland Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University, Kanagawa, Japan
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Briskine RV, Paape T, Shimizu-Inatsugi R, Nishiyama T, Akama S, Sese J, Shimizu KK. Genome assembly and annotation ofArabidopsis halleri, a model for heavy metal hyperaccumulation and evolutionary ecology. Mol Ecol Resour 2016; 17:1025-1036. [DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2016] [Revised: 08/04/2016] [Accepted: 09/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Roman V. Briskine
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies; University of Zurich; Winterthurerstrasse 190 Zurich CH-8057 Switzerland
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies; University of Zurich; Winterthurerstrasse 190 Zurich CH-8057 Switzerland
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies; University of Zurich; Winterthurerstrasse 190 Zurich CH-8057 Switzerland
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- Advanced Science Research Center; Kanazawa University; 13-1 Takara-machi Kanazawa 920-0934 Japan
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- Biotechnology Research Institute for Drug Discovery; National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST); 2-4-7 Aomi Koto-ku Tokyo 135-0064 Japan
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- Biotechnology Research Institute for Drug Discovery; National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST); 2-4-7 Aomi Koto-ku Tokyo 135-0064 Japan
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies; University of Zurich; Winterthurerstrasse 190 Zurich CH-8057 Switzerland
- Kihara Institute for Biological Research; Yokohama City University; 642-12 Maioka Totsuka-ward Yokohama 244-0813 Japan
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Shimizu‐Inatsugi R, Terada A, Hirose K, Kudoh H, Sese J, Shimizu KK. Plant adaptive radiation mediated by polyploid plasticity in transcriptomes. Mol Ecol 2016; 26:193-207. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.13738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2016] [Revised: 05/27/2016] [Accepted: 06/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Rie Shimizu‐Inatsugi
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies and Department of Plant and Microbial Biology University of Zurich Winterthurerstrasse 190 8057 Zurich Switzerland
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- PRESTO Japan Science and Technology Agency 4‐1‐8 Honcho Kawaguchi Saitama 332‐0012 Japan
- Department of Computational Biology and Medical Science Graduate School of Frontier Sciences The University of Tokyo 5‐1‐5 Kashiwanoha Kashiwa Chiba 277‐8561 Japan
- Biotechnology Research Institute for Drug Discovery National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) 2‐4‐7 Aomi Koto‐ku Tokyo 135‐0064 Japan
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- Center for Ecological Research Kyoto University Hirano 2‐509‐3 Otsu 520‐2113 Japan
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- Center for Ecological Research Kyoto University Hirano 2‐509‐3 Otsu 520‐2113 Japan
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- Biotechnology Research Institute for Drug Discovery National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) 2‐4‐7 Aomi Koto‐ku Tokyo 135‐0064 Japan
- Artificial Intelligence Research Center AIST 2‐4‐7 Aomi Koto‐ku Tokyo 135‐0064 Japan
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies and Department of Plant and Microbial Biology University of Zurich Winterthurerstrasse 190 8057 Zurich Switzerland
- Biotechnology Research Institute for Drug Discovery National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) 2‐4‐7 Aomi Koto‐ku Tokyo 135‐0064 Japan
- Center for Ecological Research Kyoto University Hirano 2‐509‐3 Otsu 520‐2113 Japan
- Kihara Institute for Biological Research Yokohama City University 641‐12 Maioka, Totsuka‐ward Yokohama Kanagawa 244‐0813 Japan
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Genome-wide transcriptomic analysis uncovers the molecular basis underlying early flowering and apetalous characteristic in Brassica napus L. Sci Rep 2016; 6:30576. [PMID: 27460760 PMCID: PMC4962316 DOI: 10.1038/srep30576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2016] [Accepted: 07/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Floral transition and petal onset, as two main aspects of flower development, are crucial to rapeseed evolutionary success and yield formation. Currently, very little is known regarding the genetic architecture that regulates flowering time and petal morphogenesis in Brassica napus. In the present study, a genome-wide transcriptomic analysis was performed with an absolutely apetalous and early flowering line, APL01, and a normally petalled line, PL01, using high-throughput RNA sequencing. In total, 13,205 differential expressed genes were detected, of which 6111 genes were significantly down-regulated, while 7094 genes were significantly up-regulated in the young inflorescences of APL01 compared with PL01. The expression levels of a vast number of genes involved in protein biosynthesis were altered in response to the early flowering and apetalous character. Based on the putative rapeseed flowering genes, an early flowering network, mainly comprised of vernalization and photoperiod pathways, was built. Additionally, 36 putative upstream genes possibly governing the apetalous character of line APL01 were identified, and six genes potentially regulating petal origination were obtained by combining with three petal-related quantitative trait loci. These findings will facilitate understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying floral transition and petal initiation in B. napus.
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Franzke A, Koch MA, Mummenhoff K. Turnip Time Travels: Age Estimates in Brassicaceae. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 21:554-561. [PMID: 26917156 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2016.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2015] [Revised: 01/19/2016] [Accepted: 01/31/2016] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Results of research in life sciences acquire a deeper meaning if they can also be discussed in temporal contexts of evolution. Despite the importance of the mustard family (Brassicaceae) as a prominent angiosperm model family, a robust, generally accepted hypothesis for a family-wide temporal framework does not yet exist. The main cause for this situation is a poor fossil record of the family. We suggest that the few known fossils require a critical re-evaluation of phylogenetic and temporal assignments as a prerequisite for appropriate molecular dating analyses within the family. In addition, (palaeo)biogeographical calibrations, not explored so far in the family, should be integrated in a synthesis of various dating approaches, with each contributing their specific possibilities and limitations.
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- Andreas Franzke
- Heidelberg Botanic Garden, Centre for Organismal Studies (COS) Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Heidelberg Botanic Garden, Centre for Organismal Studies (COS) Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Biodiversity and Plant Systematics, Centre for Organismal Studies (COS) Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, D-69120 Heidelberg, German
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- Biology Department, Botany, Osnabrück University, D-49069 Osnabrück, Germany
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Jeong YM, Kim N, Ahn BO, Oh M, Chung WH, Chung H, Jeong S, Lim KB, Hwang YJ, Kim GB, Baek S, Choi SB, Hyung DJ, Lee SW, Sohn SH, Kwon SJ, Jin M, Seol YJ, Chae WB, Choi KJ, Park BS, Yu HJ, Mun JH. Elucidating the triplicated ancestral genome structure of radish based on chromosome-level comparison with the Brassica genomes. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2016; 129:1357-1372. [PMID: 27038817 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-016-2708-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2015] [Accepted: 03/17/2016] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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This study presents a chromosome-scale draft genome sequence of radish that is assembled into nine chromosomal pseudomolecules. A comprehensive comparative genome analysis with the Brassica genomes provides genomic evidences on the evolution of the mesohexaploid radish genome. Radish (Raphanus sativus L.) is an agronomically important root vegetable crop and its origin and phylogenetic position in the tribe Brassiceae is controversial. Here we present a comprehensive analysis of the radish genome based on the chromosome sequences of R. sativus cv. WK10039. The radish genome was sequenced and assembled into 426.2 Mb spanning >98 % of the gene space, of which 344.0 Mb were integrated into nine chromosome pseudomolecules. Approximately 36 % of the genome was repetitive sequences and 46,514 protein-coding genes were predicted and annotated. Comparative mapping of the tPCK-like ancestral genome revealed that the radish genome has intermediate characteristics between the Brassica A/C and B genomes in the triplicated segments, suggesting an internal origin from the genus Brassica. The evolutionary characteristics shared between radish and other Brassica species provided genomic evidences that the current form of nine chromosomes in radish was rearranged from the chromosomes of hexaploid progenitor. Overall, this study provides a chromosome-scale draft genome sequence of radish as well as novel insight into evolution of the mesohexaploid genomes in the tribe Brassiceae.
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- Young-Min Jeong
- Department of Life Science, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, 420-743, Korea
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- Epigenomics Research Center of Genome Institute, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, 34141, Korea
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- Department of Genomics, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Wanju, 565-851, Korea
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- Department of Genomics, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Wanju, 565-851, Korea
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- Korean Bioinformation Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, 34141, Korea
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- Department of Life Science, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, 420-743, Korea
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- Epigenomics Research Center of Genome Institute, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, 34141, Korea
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- Department of Horticultural Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 702-701, Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Sahmyook University, Seoul, 139-800, Korea
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- Department of Bioscience and Bioinformatics, Myongji University, Yongin, 449-728, Korea
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- Department of Bioscience and Bioinformatics, Myongji University, Yongin, 449-728, Korea
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- Department of Bioscience and Bioinformatics, Myongji University, Yongin, 449-728, Korea
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- Department of Genomics, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Wanju, 565-851, Korea
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- Department of Genomics, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Wanju, 565-851, Korea
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- Department of Genomics, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Wanju, 565-851, Korea
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- Department of Genomics, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Wanju, 565-851, Korea
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- Vegetable Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Rural Development Administration, Wanju, 565-852, Korea
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- Vegetable Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Rural Development Administration, Wanju, 565-852, Korea
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- Department of Genomics, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Wanju, 565-851, Korea
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- Department of Life Science, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, 420-743, Korea.
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- Department of Bioscience and Bioinformatics, Myongji University, Yongin, 449-728, Korea.
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Wang J, Street NR, Scofield DG, Ingvarsson PK. Variation in Linked Selection and Recombination Drive Genomic Divergence during Allopatric Speciation of European and American Aspens. Mol Biol Evol 2016; 33:1754-1767. [PMID: 26983554 DOI: 10.1101/029561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023] Open
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Despite the global economic and ecological importance of forest trees, the genomic basis of differential adaptation and speciation in tree species is still poorly understood. Populus tremula and Populus tremuloides are two of the most widespread tree species in the Northern Hemisphere. Using whole-genome re-sequencing data of 24 P. tremula and 22 P. tremuloides individuals, we find that the two species diverged ∼2.2-3.1 million years ago, coinciding with the severing of the Bering land bridge and the onset of dramatic climatic oscillations during the Pleistocene. Both species have experienced substantial population expansions following long-term declines after species divergence. We detect widespread and heterogeneous genomic differentiation between species, and in accordance with the expectation of allopatric speciation, coalescent simulations suggest that neutral evolutionary processes can account for most of the observed patterns of genetic differentiation. However, there is an excess of regions exhibiting extreme differentiation relative to those expected under demographic simulations, which is indicative of the action of natural selection. Overall genetic differentiation is negatively associated with recombination rate in both species, providing strong support for a role of linked selection in generating the heterogeneous genomic landscape of differentiation between species. Finally, we identify a number of candidate regions and genes that may have been subject to positive and/or balancing selection during the speciation process.
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- Jing Wang
- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Umeå, SE, Sweden
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, Umeå, SE, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Umeå, SE, Sweden Department of Ecology and Genetics: Evolutionary Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden Uppsala Multidisciplinary Center for Advanced Computational Science, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Umeå, SE, Sweden
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Duan W, Huang Z, Song X, Liu T, Liu H, Hou X, Li Y. Comprehensive analysis of the polygalacturonase and pectin methylesterase genes in Brassica rapa shed light on their different evolutionary patterns. Sci Rep 2016; 6:25107. [PMID: 27112365 PMCID: PMC4844994 DOI: 10.1038/srep25107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2015] [Accepted: 04/08/2016] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Pectins are fundamental polysaccharides in the plant primary cell wall. Polygalacturonases (PGs) and pectin methylesterases (PMEs), major components of the pectin remodeling and disassembly network, are involved in cell separation processes during many stages of plant development. A comprehensive study of these genes in plants could shed light on the evolution patterns of their structural development. In this study, we conducted whole-genome annotation, molecular evolution and gene expression analyses of PGs and PMEs in Brassica rapa and 8 other plant species. A total of 100 PGs and 110 PMEs were identified in B. rapa; they primarily diverged from 12–18 MYA and PMEs were retained more than PGs. Along with another 305 PGs and 348 PMEs in the 8 species, two different expansion or evolution types were discovered: a new branch of class A PGs appeared after the split of gymnosperms and angiosperms, which led to the rapid expansion of PGs; the pro domain was obtained or lost in the proPMEs through comprehensive analyses among PME genes. In addition, the PGs and PMEs exhibit diverged expression patterns. These findings will lead to novel insight regarding functional divergence and conservation in the gene families and provide more support for molecular evolution analyses.
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- Weike Duan
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement/Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement/Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement/Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.,Center of Genomics and Computational Biology, College of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei 063000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement/Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement/Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement/Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement/Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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Biogeography and diversification of Brassicales: A 103million year tale. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2016; 99:204-224. [PMID: 26993763 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2015] [Revised: 02/24/2016] [Accepted: 02/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Brassicales is a diverse order perhaps most famous because it houses Brassicaceae and, its premier member, Arabidopsis thaliana. This widely distributed and species-rich lineage has been overlooked as a promising system to investigate patterns of disjunct distributions and diversification rates. We analyzed plastid and mitochondrial sequence data from five gene regions (>8000bp) across 151 taxa to: (1) produce a chronogram for major lineages in Brassicales, including Brassicaceae and Arabidopsis, based on greater taxon sampling across the order and previously overlooked fossil evidence, (2) examine biogeographical ancestral range estimations and disjunct distributions in BioGeoBEARS, and (3) determine where shifts in species diversification occur using BAMM. The evolution and radiation of the Brassicales began 103Mya and was linked to a series of inter-continental vicariant, long-distance dispersal, and land bridge migration events. North America appears to be a significant area for early stem lineages in the order. Shifts to Australia then African are evident at nodes near the core Brassicales, which diverged 68.5Mya (HPD=75.6-62.0). This estimated age combined with fossil evidence, indicates that some New World clades embedded amongst Old World relatives (e.g., New World capparoids) are the result of different long distance dispersal events, whereas others may be best explained by land bridge migration (e.g., Forchhammeria). Based on these analyses, the Brassicaceae crown group diverged in Europe/Northern Africa in the Eocene, circa 43.4Mya (HPD=46.6-40.3) and Arabidopsis separated from close congeners circa 10.4Mya. These ages fall between divergent dates that were previously published, suggesting we are slowly converging on a robust age estimate for the family. Three significant shifts in species diversification are observed in the order: (1) 58Mya at the crown of Capparaceae, Cleomaceae and Brassicaceae, (2) 38Mya at the crown of Resedaceae+Stixis clade, and (3) 21Mya at the crown of the tribes Brassiceae and Sisymbrieae within Brassicaceae.
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Wang J, Street NR, Scofield DG, Ingvarsson PK. Variation in Linked Selection and Recombination Drive Genomic Divergence during Allopatric Speciation of European and American Aspens. Mol Biol Evol 2016; 33:1754-67. [PMID: 26983554 PMCID: PMC4915356 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msw051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Despite the global economic and ecological importance of forest trees, the genomic basis of differential adaptation and speciation in tree species is still poorly understood. Populus tremula and Populus tremuloides are two of the most widespread tree species in the Northern Hemisphere. Using whole-genome re-sequencing data of 24 P. tremula and 22 P. tremuloides individuals, we find that the two species diverged ∼2.2–3.1 million years ago, coinciding with the severing of the Bering land bridge and the onset of dramatic climatic oscillations during the Pleistocene. Both species have experienced substantial population expansions following long-term declines after species divergence. We detect widespread and heterogeneous genomic differentiation between species, and in accordance with the expectation of allopatric speciation, coalescent simulations suggest that neutral evolutionary processes can account for most of the observed patterns of genetic differentiation. However, there is an excess of regions exhibiting extreme differentiation relative to those expected under demographic simulations, which is indicative of the action of natural selection. Overall genetic differentiation is negatively associated with recombination rate in both species, providing strong support for a role of linked selection in generating the heterogeneous genomic landscape of differentiation between species. Finally, we identify a number of candidate regions and genes that may have been subject to positive and/or balancing selection during the speciation process.
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Umeå, SE, Sweden
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- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, Umeå, SE, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Umeå, SE, Sweden Department of Ecology and Genetics: Evolutionary Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden Uppsala Multidisciplinary Center for Advanced Computational Science, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Umeå, SE, Sweden
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Clouse JW, Adhikary D, Page JT, Ramaraj T, Deyholos MK, Udall JA, Fairbanks DJ, Jellen EN, Maughan PJ. The Amaranth Genome: Genome, Transcriptome, and Physical Map Assembly. THE PLANT GENOME 2016; 9. [PMID: 27898770 DOI: 10.3835/plantgenome2015.07.0062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Amaranth ( L.) is an emerging pseudocereal native to the New World that has garnered increased attention in recent years because of its nutritional quality, in particular its seed protein and more specifically its high levels of the essential amino acid lysine. It belongs to the Amaranthaceae family, is an ancient paleopolyploid that shows disomic inheritance (2 = 32), and has an estimated genome size of 466 Mb. Here we present a high-quality draft genome sequence of the grain amaranth. The genome assembly consisted of 377 Mb in 3518 scaffolds with an N of 371 kb. Repetitive element analysis predicted that 48% of the genome is comprised of repeat sequences, of which -like elements were the most commonly classified retrotransposon. A de novo transcriptome consisting of 66,370 contigs was assembled from eight different amaranth tissue and abiotic stress libraries. Annotation of the genome identified 23,059 protein-coding genes. Seven grain amaranths (, , and ) and their putative progenitor () were resequenced. A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) phylogeny supported the classification of as the progenitor species of the grain amaranths. Lastly, we generated a de novo physical map for using the BioNano Genomics' Genome Mapping platform. The physical map spanned 340 Mb and a hybrid assembly using the BioNano physical maps nearly doubled the N of the assembly to 697 kb. Moreover, we analyzed synteny between amaranth and sugar beet ( L.) and estimated, using analysis, the age of the most recent polyploidization event in amaranth.
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Chandna R, Augustine R, Kanchupati P, Kumar R, Kumar P, Arya GC, Bisht NC. Class-Specific Evolution and Transcriptional Differentiation of 14-3-3 Family Members in Mesohexaploid Brassica rapa. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:12. [PMID: 26858736 PMCID: PMC4726770 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2015] [Accepted: 01/07/2016] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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14-3-3s are highly conserved, multigene family proteins that have been implicated in modulating various biological processes. The presence of inherent polyploidy and genome complexity has limited the identification and characterization of 14-3-3 proteins from globally important Brassica crops. Through data mining of Brassica rapa, the model Brassica genome, we identified 21 members encoding 14-3-3 proteins namely, BraA.GRF14.a to BraA.GRF14.u. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that B. rapa contains both ε (epsilon) and non-ε 14-3-3 isoforms, having distinct intron-exon structural organization patterns. The non-ε isoforms showed lower divergence rate (Ks < 0.45) compared to ε protein isoforms (Ks > 0.48), suggesting class-specific divergence pattern. Synteny analysis revealed that mesohexaploid B. rapa genome has retained 1-5 orthologs of each Arabidopsis 14-3-3 gene, interspersed across its three fragmented sub-genomes. qRT-PCR analysis showed that 14 of the 21 BraA.GRF14 were expressed, wherein a higher abundance of non-ε transcripts was observed compared to the ε genes, indicating class-specific transcriptional bias. The BraA.GRF14 genes showed distinct expression pattern during plant developmental stages and in response to abiotic stress, phytohormone treatments, and nutrient deprivation conditions. Together, the distinct expression pattern and differential regulation of BraA.GRF14 genes indicated the occurrence of functional divergence of B. rapa 14-3-3 proteins during plant development and stress responses.
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Saha G, Park JI, Kayum MA, Nou IS. A Genome-Wide Analysis Reveals Stress and Hormone Responsive Patterns of TIFY Family Genes in Brassica rapa. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:936. [PMID: 27446164 PMCID: PMC4923152 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2016] [Accepted: 06/13/2016] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The TIFY family is a plant-specific group of proteins with a diversity of functions and includes four subfamilies, viz. ZML, TIFY, PPD, and JASMONATE ZIM-domain (JAZ) proteins. TIFY family members, particularly JAZ subfamily proteins, play roles in biological processes such as development and stress and hormone responses in Arabidopsis, rice, chickpea, and grape. However, there is no information about this family in any Brassica crop. This study identifies 36 TIFY genes in Brassica rapa, an economically important crop species in the Brassicaceae. An extensive in silico analysis of phylogenetic grouping, protein motif organization and intron-exon distribution confirmed that there are four subfamilies of BrTIFY proteins. Out of 36 BrTIFY genes, we identified 21 in the JAZ subfamily, seven in the TIFY subfamily, six in ZML and two in PPD. Extensive expression profiling of 21 BrTIFY JAZs in various tissues, especially in floral organs and at different flower growth stages revealed constitutive expression patterns, which suggest that BrTIFY JAZ genes are important during growth and development of B. rapa flowers. A protein interaction network analysis also pointed to association of these proteins with fertility and defense processes of B. rapa. Using a low temperature-treated whole-genome microarray data set, most of the JAZ genes were found to have variable transcript abundance between the contrasting inbred lines Chiifu and Kenshin of B. rapa. Subsequently, the expression of all 21 BrTIFY JAZs in response to cold stress was characterized in the same two lines via qPCR, demonstrating that nine genes were up-regulated. Importantly, the BrTIFY JAZs showed strong and differential expression upon JA treatment, pointing to their probable involvement in JA-mediated growth regulatory functions, especially during flower development and stress responses. Additionally, BrTIFY JAZs were induced in response to salt, drought, Fusarium, ABA, and SA treatments, and six genes (BrTIFY3a, 3b, 6a, 9a, 9b, and 9c) were identified to have co-responsive expression patterns. The extensive annotation and transcriptome profiling reported in this study will be useful for understanding the involvement of TIFY genes in stress resistance and different developmental functions, which ultimately provides the basis for functional characterization and exploitation of the candidate TIFY genes for genetic engineering of B. rapa.
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Song X, Wang J, Ma X, Li Y, Lei T, Wang L, Ge W, Guo D, Wang Z, Li C, Zhao J, Wang X. Origination, Expansion, Evolutionary Trajectory, and Expression Bias of AP2/ERF Superfamily in Brassica napus. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:1186. [PMID: 27570529 PMCID: PMC4982375 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2016] [Accepted: 07/22/2016] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The AP2/ERF superfamily, one of the most important transcription factor families, plays crucial roles in response to biotic and abiotic stresses. So far, a comprehensive evolutionary inference of its origination and expansion has not been available. Here, we identified 515 AP2/ERF genes in B. napus, a neo-tetraploid forming ~7500 years ago, and found that 82.14% of them were duplicated in the tetraploidization. A prominent subgenome bias was revealed in gene expression, tissue-specific, and gene conversion. Moreover, a large-scale analysis across plants and alga suggested that this superfamily could have been originated from AP2 family, expanding to form other families (ERF, and RAV). This process was accompanied by duplicating and/or alternative deleting AP2 domain, intragenic domain sequence conversion, and/or by acquiring other domains, resulting in copy number variations, alternatively contributing to functional innovation. We found that significant positive selection occurred at certain critical nodes during the evolution of land plants, possibly responding to changing environment. In conclusion, the present research revealed origination, functional innovation, and evolutionary trajectory of the AP2/ERF superfamily, contributing to understanding their roles in plant stress tolerance.
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- Xiaoming Song
- Department of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and TechnologyTangshan, China
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- Department of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and TechnologyTangshan, China
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- Library, North China University of Science and TechnologyTangshan, China
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- Department of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and TechnologyTangshan, China
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- Department of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and TechnologyTangshan, China
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- Department of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and TechnologyTangshan, China
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- Department of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and TechnologyTangshan, China
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- Department of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and TechnologyTangshan, China
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- Department of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and TechnologyTangshan, China
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- Department of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and TechnologyTangshan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm and Utilization of Hebei, Collaborative Innovation Center of Vegetable Industry in Hebei, College of Horticulture, Agricultural University of HebeiBaoding, China
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- Department of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and TechnologyTangshan, China
- *Correspondence: Xiyin Wang
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Hu H, Hu Q, Al-Shehbaz IA, Luo X, Zeng T, Guo X, Liu J. Species Delimitation and Interspecific Relationships of the Genus Orychophragmus (Brassicaceae) Inferred from Whole Chloroplast Genomes. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:1826. [PMID: 27999584 PMCID: PMC5138468 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2016] [Accepted: 11/21/2016] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Genetic variations from few chloroplast DNA fragments show lower discriminatory power in the delimitation of closely related species and less resolution ability in discerning interspecific relationships than from nrITS. Here we use Orychophragmus (Brassicaceae) as a model system to test the hypothesis that the whole chloroplast genomes (plastomes), with accumulation of more variations despite the slow evolution, can overcome these weaknesses. We used Illumina sequencing technology via a reference-guided assembly to construct complete plastomes of 17 individuals from six putatively assumed species in the genus. All plastomes are highly conserved in genome structure, gene order, and orientation, and they are around 153 kb in length and contain 113 unique genes. However, nucleotide variations are quite substantial to support the delimitation of all sampled species and to resolve interspecific relationships with high statistical supports. As expected, the estimated divergences between major clades and species are lower than those estimated from nrITS probably due to the slow substitution rate of the plastomes. However, the plastome and nrITS phylogenies were contradictory in the placements of most species, thus suggesting that these species may have experienced complex non-bifurcating evolutions with incomplete lineage sorting and/or hybrid introgressions. Overall, our case study highlights the importance of using plastomes to examine species boundaries and establish an independent phylogeny to infer the speciation history of plants.
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Bio-Resources and Eco-Environment, College of Life Science, Sichuan UniversityChengdu, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Bio-Resources and Eco-Environment, College of Life Science, Sichuan UniversityChengdu, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Bio-Resources and Eco-Environment, College of Life Science, Sichuan UniversityChengdu, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Bio-Resources and Eco-Environment, College of Life Science, Sichuan UniversityChengdu, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Bio-Resources and Eco-Environment, College of Life Science, Sichuan UniversityChengdu, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Bio-Resources and Eco-Environment, College of Life Science, Sichuan UniversityChengdu, China
- *Correspondence: Jianquan Liu
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Huang Z, Duan W, Song X, Tang J, Wu P, Zhang B, Hou X. Retention, Molecular Evolution, and Expression Divergence of the Auxin/Indole Acetic Acid and Auxin Response Factor Gene Families in Brassica Rapa Shed Light on Their Evolution Patterns in Plants. Genome Biol Evol 2015; 8:302-16. [PMID: 26721260 PMCID: PMC4779605 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evv259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Auxin/indole acetic acids (Aux/IAAs) and auxin response factors (ARFs), major components of the Aux signaling network, are involved in many developmental processes in plants. Investigating their evolution will provide new sight on the relationship between the molecular evolution of these genes and the increasing morphotypes of plants. We constructed comparative analyses of the retention, structure, expansion, and expression patterns of Aux/IAAs and ARFs in Brassica rapa and their evolution in eight other plant species, including algae, bryophytes, lycophytes, and angiosperms. All 33 of the ARFs, including 1 ARF-like (AL) (a type of ARF-like protein) and 53 Aux/IAAs, were identified in the B. rapa genome. The genes mainly diverged approximately 13 Ma. After the split, no Aux/IAA was completely lost, and they were more preferentially retained than ARFs. In land plants, compared with ARFs, which increased in stability, Aux/IAAs expanded more rapidly and were under more relaxed selective pressure. Moreover, BraIAAs were expressed in a more tissue-specific fashion than BraARFs and demonstrated functional diversification during gene duplication under different treatments, which enhanced the cooperative interaction of homologs to help plants adapt to complex environments. In addition, ALs existed widely and had a closer relationship with ARFs, suggesting that ALs might be the initial structure of ARFs. Our results suggest that the rapid expansion and preferential retention of Aux/IAAs are likely paralleled by the increasingly complex morphotypes in Brassicas and even in land plants. Meanwhile, the data support the hypothesis that the PB1 domain plays a key role in the origin of both Aux/IAAs and ARFs.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, College of Horticulture of Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, College of Horticulture of Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, College of Horticulture of Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P.R. China Center of Genomics and Computational Biology, College of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, College of Horticulture of Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, College of Horticulture of Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, College of Horticulture of Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, College of Horticulture of Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P.R. China
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