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Brannan EO, Hartley GA, O’Neill RJ. Mechanisms of Rapid Karyotype Evolution in Mammals. Genes (Basel) 2023; 15:62. [PMID: 38254952 PMCID: PMC10815390 DOI: 10.3390/genes15010062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Revised: 12/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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Chromosome reshuffling events are often a foundational mechanism by which speciation can occur, giving rise to highly derivative karyotypes even amongst closely related species. Yet, the features that distinguish lineages prone to such rapid chromosome evolution from those that maintain stable karyotypes across evolutionary time are still to be defined. In this review, we summarize lineages prone to rapid karyotypic evolution in the context of Simpson's rates of evolution-tachytelic, horotelic, and bradytelic-and outline the mechanisms proposed to contribute to chromosome rearrangements, their fixation, and their potential impact on speciation events. Furthermore, we discuss relevant genomic features that underpin chromosome variation, including patterns of fusions/fissions, centromere positioning, and epigenetic marks such as DNA methylation. Finally, in the era of telomere-to-telomere genomics, we discuss the value of gapless genome resources to the future of research focused on the plasticity of highly rearranged karyotypes.
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- Emry O. Brannan
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA; (E.O.B.); (G.A.H.)
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA; (E.O.B.); (G.A.H.)
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA; (E.O.B.); (G.A.H.)
- Institute for Systems Genomics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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Karyotype Analysis, Genomic and Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (GISH and FISH) Reveal the Ploidy and Parental Origin of Chromosomes in Paeonia Itoh Hybrids. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231911406. [PMID: 36232706 PMCID: PMC9570356 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231911406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2022] [Revised: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Itoh hybrids are intersectional hybrids in Paeonia L. with sect. Moutan and sect. Paeonia as paternal and maternal parents, respectively. Therefore, these hybrids have herbaceous stems with improved ornamental value introduced by the paternal parent. Although both of their parents are diploids, Itoh hybrids are triploids. Moreover, the parental origin of their chromosomes has not been extensively studied. This study systematically analyzed the genome size, ploidy, and karyotype of Itoh hybrids and compared them with their parental taxa. Although the monoploid genome size of Itoh hybrids was different, it was not significantly different from that of the parents. However, the size of varieties in the two parental taxa was significantly different from the wild species, probably due to genome rearrangements caused by artificial selection. Further karyotype analysis, correlation analysis, and hierarchical clustering could not identify the parental origin of chromosomes in Itoh hybrids. Verification through genomic and fluorescence in situ hybridization (GISH and FISH) suggested that for the three sets of chromosomes in Itoh hybrids, two were from the paternal parent, and one was from the maternal parent. One of the first two sets was from wild species, and the other from a cultivated variety. GISH could not label the chromosomes of cultivated peonies from the sect. Moutan, probably due to the huge and complex genomes compared with the wild species. Meanwhile, 5S rDNA-based FISH was first applied in Paeonia, which may be used for ploidy assessment. This work may give insights into the utilization of Itoh hybrid resources.
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Agrawal N, Gupta M, Banga SS, Heslop-Harrison JS(P. Identification of Chromosomes and Chromosome Rearrangements in Crop Brassicas and Raphanus sativus: A Cytogenetic Toolkit Using Synthesized Massive Oligonucleotide Libraries. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:598039. [PMID: 33414797 PMCID: PMC7783396 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.598039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Crop brassicas include three diploid [Brassica rapa (AA; 2n = 2x = 16), B. nigra (BB; 2n = 2x = 18), and B. oleracea (CC; 2n = 2x = 20)] and three derived allotetraploid species. It is difficult to distinguish Brassica chromosomes as they are small and morphologically similar. We aimed to develop a genome-sequence based cytogenetic toolkit for reproducible identification of Brassica chromosomes and their structural variations. A bioinformatic pipeline was used to extract repeat-free sequences from the whole genome assembly of B. rapa. Identified sequences were subsequently used to develop four c. 47-mer oligonucleotide libraries comprising 27,100, 11,084, 9,291, and 16,312 oligonucleotides. We selected these oligonucleotides after removing repeats from 18 identified sites (500-1,000 kb) with 1,997-5,420 oligonucleotides localized at each site in B. rapa. For one set of probes, a new method for amplification or immortalization of the library is described. oligonucleotide probes produced specific and reproducible in situ hybridization patterns for all chromosomes belonging to A, B, C, and R (Raphanus sativus) genomes. The probes were able to identify structural changes between the genomes, including translocations, fusions, and deletions. Furthermore, the probes were able to identify a structural translocation between a pak choi and turnip cultivar of B. rapa. Overall, the comparative chromosomal mapping helps understand the role of chromosome structural changes during genome evolution and speciation in the family Brassicaceae. The probes can also be used to identify chromosomes in aneuploids such as addition lines used for gene mapping, and to track transfer of chromosomes in hybridization and breeding programs.
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- Neha Agrawal
- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
- Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
- South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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Němečková A, Koláčková V, Vrána J, Doležel J, Hřibová E. DNA replication and chromosome positioning throughout the interphase in three-dimensional space of plant nuclei. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2020; 71:6262-6272. [PMID: 32805034 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Despite much recent progress, our understanding of the principles of plant genome organization and its dynamics in three-dimensional space of interphase nuclei remains surprisingly limited. Notably, it is not clear how these processes could be affected by the size of a plant's nuclear genome. In this study, DNA replication timing and interphase chromosome positioning were analyzed in seven Poaceae species that differ in their genome size. To provide a comprehensive picture, a suite of advanced, complementary methods was used: labeling of newly replicated DNA by ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine, isolation of nuclei at particular cell cycle phases by flow cytometric sorting, three-dimensional immunofluorescence in situ hybridization, and confocal microscopy. Our results revealed conserved dynamics of DNA replication in all species, and a similar replication timing order for telomeres and centromeres, as well as for euchromatin and heterochromatin regions, irrespective of genome size. Moreover, stable chromosome positioning was observed while transitioning through different stages of interphase. These findings expand upon earlier studies in suggesting that a more complex interplay exists between genome size, organization of repetitive DNA sequences along chromosomes, and higher order chromatin structure and its maintenance in interphase, albeit controlled by currently unknown factors.
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- Alžběta Němečková
- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Assessing Diversity in the Camelina Genus Provides Insights into the Genome Structure of Camelina sativa. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2020; 10:1297-1308. [PMID: 32046969 PMCID: PMC7144077 DOI: 10.1534/g3.119.400957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz an oilseed crop of the Brassicaceae family is gaining attention due to its potential as a source of high value oil for food, feed or fuel. The hexaploid domesticated C. sativa has limited genetic diversity, encouraging the exploration of related species for novel allelic variation for traits of interest. The current study utilized genotyping by sequencing to characterize 193 Camelina accessions belonging to seven different species collected primarily from the Ukrainian-Russian region and Eastern Europe. Population analyses among Camelina accessions with a 2n = 40 karyotype identified three subpopulations, two composed of domesticated C. sativa and one of C. microcarpa species. Winter type Camelina lines were identified as admixtures of C. sativa and C. microcarpa. Eighteen genotypes of related C. microcarpa unexpectedly shared only two subgenomes with C. sativa, suggesting a novel or cryptic sub-species of C. microcarpa with 19 haploid chromosomes. One C. microcarpa accession (2n = 26) was found to comprise the first two subgenomes of C. sativa suggesting a tetraploid structure. The defined chromosome series among C. microcarpa germplasm, including the newly designated C. neglecta diploid née C. microcarpa, suggested an evolutionary trajectory for the formation of the C. sativa hexaploid genome and re-defined the underlying subgenome structure of the reference genome.
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Wang GX, He QY, Zhao H, Cai ZX, Guo N, Zong M, Han S, Liu F, Jin WW. ChIP-cloning analysis uncovers centromere-specific retrotransposons in Brassica nigra and reveals their rapid diversification in Brassica allotetraploids. Chromosoma 2019; 128:119-131. [PMID: 30993455 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-019-00701-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2018] [Revised: 03/14/2019] [Accepted: 03/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Centromeres are indispensable functional units of chromosomes. The evolutionary mechanisms underlying the rapid evolution of centromeric repeats, especially those following polyploidy, remain unknown. In this study, we isolated centromeric sequences of Brassica nigra, a model diploid progenitor (B genome) of the allopolyploid species B. juncea (AB genome) and B. carinata (BC genome) by chromatin immunoprecipitation of nucleosomes containing the centromere-specific histone CENH3. Sequence analysis detected no centromeric satellite DNAs, and most B. nigra centromeric repeats were found to originate from Tyl/copia-class retrotransposons. In cytological analyses, six of the seven analyzed repeat clusters had no FISH signals in A or C genomes of the related diploid species B. rapa and B. oleracea. Notably, five repeat clusters had FISH signals in both A and B subgenomes in the tetraploid B. juncea. In the tetraploid B. carinata, only CL23 displayed three pairs of signals in terminal or interstitial regions of the C-derived chromosome, and no evidence of colonization of CLs onto C-subgenome centromeres was found in B. carinata. This observation suggests that centromeric repeats spread and proliferated between genomes after polyploidization. CL3 and CRB are likely ancient centromeric sequences arising prior to the divergence of diploid Brassica which have detected signals across the genus. And in allotetraploids B. juncea and B. carinata, the FISH signal intensity of CL3 and CRB differed among subgenomes. We discussed possible mechanisms for centromeric repeat divergence during Brassica speciation and polyploid evolution, thus providing insights into centromeric repeat establishment and targeting.
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- Gui-Xiang Wang
- Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (North China), Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Improvement, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, 100097, China
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- National Maize Improvement Center of China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (North China), Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Improvement, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, 100097, China
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- National Maize Improvement Center of China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (North China), Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Improvement, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, 100097, China
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- Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (North China), Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Improvement, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, 100097, China
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- Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (North China), Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Improvement, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, 100097, China
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- Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (North China), Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Improvement, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, 100097, China
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- National Maize Improvement Center of China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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Goriewa-Duba K, Duba A, Kwiatek M, Wiśniewska H, Wachowska U, Wiwart M. Chromosomal distribution of pTa-535, pTa-86, pTa-713, 35S rDNA repetitive sequences in interspecific hexaploid hybrids of common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and spelt (Triticum spelta L.). PLoS One 2018; 13:e0192862. [PMID: 29447228 PMCID: PMC5813972 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2017] [Accepted: 01/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) relies on fluorescent-labeled probes to detect specific DNA sequences in the genome, and it is widely used in cytogenetic analyses. The aim of this study was to determine the karyotype of T. aestivum and T. spelta hybrids and their parental components (three common wheat cultivars and five spelt breeding lines), to identify chromosomal aberrations in the evaluated wheat lines, and to analyze the distribution of polymorphisms of repetitive sequences in the examined hybrids. The FISH procedure was carried out with four DNA clones, pTa-86, pTa-535, pTa-713 and 35S rDNA used as probes. The observed polymorphisms between the investigated lines of common wheat, spelt and their hybrids was relatively low. However, differences were observed in the distribution of repetitive sequences on chromosomes 4A, 6A, 1B and 6B in selected hybrid genomes. The polymorphisms observed in common wheat and spelt hybrids carry valuable information for wheat breeders. The results of our study are also a valuable source of knowledge about genome organization and diversification in common wheat, spelt and their hybrids. The relevant information is essential for common wheat breeders, and it can contribute to breeding programs aimed at biodiversity preservation.
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- Klaudia Goriewa-Duba
- Department of Plant Breeding and Seed Production, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland
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- Department of Entomology, Phytopathology and Molecular Diagnostics, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland
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- Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań, Wielkopolskie Voivodeship, Poland
- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Wielkopolskie Voivodeship, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Wielkopolskie Voivodeship, Poland
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- Department of Entomology, Phytopathology and Molecular Diagnostics, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Seed Production, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland
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Garrido-Ramos MA. Satellite DNA: An Evolving Topic. Genes (Basel) 2017; 8:genes8090230. [PMID: 28926993 PMCID: PMC5615363 DOI: 10.3390/genes8090230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 232] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2017] [Revised: 09/12/2017] [Accepted: 09/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Satellite DNA represents one of the most fascinating parts of the repetitive fraction of the eukaryotic genome. Since the discovery of highly repetitive tandem DNA in the 1960s, a lot of literature has extensively covered various topics related to the structure, organization, function, and evolution of such sequences. Today, with the advent of genomic tools, the study of satellite DNA has regained a great interest. Thus, Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS), together with high-throughput in silico analysis of the information contained in NGS reads, has revolutionized the analysis of the repetitive fraction of the eukaryotic genomes. The whole of the historical and current approaches to the topic gives us a broad view of the function and evolution of satellite DNA and its role in chromosomal evolution. Currently, we have extensive information on the molecular, chromosomal, biological, and population factors that affect the evolutionary fate of satellite DNA, knowledge that gives rise to a series of hypotheses that get on well with each other about the origin, spreading, and evolution of satellite DNA. In this paper, I review these hypotheses from a methodological, conceptual, and historical perspective and frame them in the context of chromosomal organization and evolution.
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- Manuel A Garrido-Ramos
- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain.
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Robaszkiewicz E, Idziak-Helmcke D, Tkacz MA, Chrominski K, Hasterok R. The arrangement of Brachypodium distachyon chromosomes in interphase nuclei. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2016; 67:5571-5583. [PMID: 27588463 PMCID: PMC5049400 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erw325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The spatial organization of chromatin within the interphase nucleus and the interactions between chromosome territories (CTs) are essential for various biological processes, such as DNA replication, transcription, and repair. However, detailed data about the CT arrangement in monocotyledonous plants are scarce. In this study, chromosome painting was used to analyse the distribution and associations of individual chromosomes in the 3-D preserved nuclei of Brachypodium distachyon root cells in order to determine the factors that may have an impact on the homologous CT arrangement. It was shown that the frequency of CT association is linked to the steric constraints imposed by the limited space within the nucleus and may depend on chromosome size and morphology as well as on the nuclear shape. Furthermore, in order to assess whether the distribution of interphase chromosomes is random or is subject to certain patterns, a comparison between the experimental data and the results of a computer simulation (ChroTeMo), which was based on a fully probabilistic distribution of the CTs, was performed. This comparison revealed that homologous chromosome arm CTs associate more often than if they were randomly arranged inside the interphase nucleus.
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- Ewa Robaszkiewicz
- Department of Plant Anatomy and Cytology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Plant Anatomy and Cytology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
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- Institute of Computer Science, Faculty of Material and Computer Science, University of Silesia in Katowice, Sosnowiec, Poland
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- Institute of Technology and Mechatronics, Faculty of Material and Computer Science, University of Silesia in Katowice, Sosnowiec, Poland
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- Department of Plant Anatomy and Cytology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
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Localization of 45S and 5S rDNA sites and karyotype of Chrysanthemum and its related genera by fluorescent in situ hybridization. BIOCHEM SYST ECOL 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2015.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Younis A, Ramzan F, Hwang YJ, Lim KB. FISH and GISH: molecular cytogenetic tools and their applications in ornamental plants. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2015; 34:1477-1488. [PMID: 26123291 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-015-1828-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2015] [Accepted: 06/15/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The innovations in chromosome engineering have improved the efficiency of interrogation breeding, and the identification and transfer of resistance genes from alien to native species. Recent advances in molecular biology and cytogenetics have brought revolutionary, conceptual developments in mitosis and meiosis research, chromosome structure and manipulation, gene expression and regulation, and gene silencing. Cytogenetic studies offer integrative tools for imaging, genetics, epigenetics, and cytological information that can be employed to enhance chromosome and molecular genomic research in plant taxa. In situ hybridization techniques, such as fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and genomic in situ hybridization (GISH), can identify chromosome morphologies and sequences, amount and distribution of various types of chromatin in chromosomes, and genome organization during the metaphase stage of meiosis. Over the past few decades, various new molecular cytogenetic applications have been developed. The FISH and GISH techniques present an authentic model for analyzing the individual chromosome, chromosomal segments, or the genomes of natural and artificial hybrid plants. These have become the most reliable techniques for studying allopolyploids, because most cultivated plants have been developed through hybridization or polyploidization. Moreover, introgression of the genes and chromatin from the wild types into cultivated species can also be analyzed. Since hybrid derivatives may have variable alien chromosome numbers or chromosome arms, the use of these approaches opens new avenues for accurately identifying genome differences.
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- Adnan Younis
- Department of Horticultural Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 702-701, South Korea,
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Yi C, Zhang W, Dai X, Li X, Gong Z, Zhou Y, Liang G, Gu M. Identification and diversity of functional centromere satellites in the wild rice species Oryza brachyantha. Chromosome Res 2014; 21:725-37. [PMID: 24077888 DOI: 10.1007/s10577-013-9374-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2013] [Accepted: 07/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The centromere is a key chromosomal component for sister chromatid cohesion and is the site for kinetochore assembly and spindle fiber attachment, allowing each sister chromatid to faithfully segregate to each daughter cell during cell division. It is not clear what types of sequences act as functional centromeres and how centromere sequences are organized in Oryza brachyantha, an FF genome species. In this study, we found that the three classes of centromere-specific CentO-F satellites (CentO-F1, CentO-F2, and CentOF3) in O. brachyantha share no homology with the CentO satellites in Oryza sativa. The three classes of CentO-F satellites are all located within the chromosomal regions to which the spindle fibers attach and are characterized by megabase tandem arrays that are flanked by centromere-specific retrotransposons, CRR-F, in the O. brachyantha centromeres. Although these CentO-F satellites are quantitatively variable among 12 O. brachyantha centromeres, immunostaining with an antibody specific to CENH3 indicates that they are colocated with CENH3 in functional centromere regions. Our results demonstrate that the three classes of CentO-F satellites may be the major components of functional centromeres in O. brachyantha.
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Du YP, He HB, Wang ZX, Li S, Wei C, Yuan XN, Cui Q, Jia GX. Molecular phylogeny and genetic variation in the genus Lilium native to China based on the internal transcribed spacer sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2014; 127:249-63. [PMID: 24212402 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-013-0600-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2012] [Accepted: 09/08/2013] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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We present a comprehensive phylogeny derived from nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA) for 214 samples representing 98 species and five varieties, including 44 species and five varieties native to China. Our collection of 25 species and five varieties (44 samples) covering all five sections of the genus (Comber) distributed in China also were included in the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) database. This study incorporates previous research with an emphasis on Chinese species, including the controversial subsection, Sinomartagon 5c Comber. In the phylogenetic tree obtained by maximum parsimony (PAUP) and maximum likelihood (RAxML) analyses, the samples were divided into four major groups. Our results suggest that the subsection (subsect.) 5c Comber should be classified into the true subsect. 5c and the section (sect.) Lophophorum. And the latter was divided into three subsections (subsect. Lophophorum I, subsect. Lophophorum II, and subsect. Lophophorum III). Based on molecular phylogenetic analysis and fluorescence in situ hybridization, we report that L. henryi and L. rosthornii are closely related, and we propose their classification into subsect. Leucolirion 6a. Our results support Comber's subdivision of sect. Leucolirion, which was primarily based on bulb color. Chinese species were divided into five sections: sect. Martagon, sect. Archelirion, sect. Leucolirion, sect. Sinomartagon, and sect. Lophophorum. These findings contribute to our understanding of the phylogeny, origin, and classification of Lilium.
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- Yun-peng Du
- National Engineering Research Center for Flowers, College of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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Abd El-Twab MH, Kondo K. Chrysanthemum latifolium x C. grandiflorum cv. ‘Red Betty’ crossed to induce new cultivars: Hybrid genome characterization and species relationship analyzed by FISH and GISH. CHROMOSOME BOTANY 2014; 9:7-11. [DOI: 10.3199/iscb.9.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Begum R, Zakrzewski F, Menzel G, Weber B, Alam SS, Schmidt T. Comparative molecular cytogenetic analyses of a major tandemly repeated DNA family and retrotransposon sequences in cultivated jute Corchorus species (Malvaceae). ANNALS OF BOTANY 2013; 112:123-34. [PMID: 23666888 PMCID: PMC3690992 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The cultivated jute species Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis are important fibre crops. The analysis of repetitive DNA sequences, comprising a major part of plant genomes, has not been carried out in jute but is useful to investigate the long-range organization of chromosomes. The aim of this study was the identification of repetitive DNA sequences to facilitate comparative molecular and cytogenetic studies of two jute cultivars and to develop a fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) karyotype for chromosome identification. METHODS A plasmid library was generated from C. olitorius and C. capsularis with genomic restriction fragments of 100-500 bp, which was complemented by targeted cloning of satellite DNA by PCR. The diversity of the repetitive DNA families was analysed comparatively. The genomic abundance and chromosomal localization of different repeat classes were investigated by Southern analysis and FISH, respectively. The cytosine methylation of satellite arrays was studied by immunolabelling. KEY RESULTS Major satellite repeats and retrotransposons have been identified from C. olitorius and C. capsularis. The satellite family CoSat I forms two undermethylated species-specific subfamilies, while the long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons CoRetro I and CoRetro II show similarity to the Metaviridea of plant retroelements. FISH karyotypes were developed by multicolour FISH using these repetitive DNA sequences in combination with 5S and 18S-5·8S-25S rRNA genes which enable the unequivocal chromosome discrimination in both jute species. CONCLUSIONS The analysis of the structure and diversity of the repeated DNA is crucial for genome sequence annotation. The reference karyotypes will be useful for breeding of jute and provide the basis for karyotyping homeologous chromosomes of wild jute species to reveal the genetic and evolutionary relationship between cultivated and wild Corchorus species.
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- Rabeya Begum
- Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
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- Institute of Botany, Technische Universität Dresden, D-01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Botany, Technische Universität Dresden, D-01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Botany, Technische Universität Dresden, D-01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Botany, Technische Universität Dresden, D-01062 Dresden, Germany
- For correspondence. E-mail
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Luo S, Mach J, Abramson B, Ramirez R, Schurr R, Barone P, Copenhaver G, Folkerts O. The cotton centromere contains a Ty3-gypsy-like LTR retroelement. PLoS One 2012; 7:e35261. [PMID: 22536361 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2011] [Accepted: 03/13/2012] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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The centromere is a repeat-rich structure essential for chromosome segregation; with the long-term aim of understanding centromere structure and function, we set out to identify cotton centromere sequences. To isolate centromere-associated sequences from cotton, (Gossypium hirsutum) we surveyed tandem and dispersed repetitive DNA in the genus. Centromere-associated elements in other plants include tandem repeats and, in some cases, centromere-specific retroelements. Examination of cotton genomic survey sequences for tandem repeats yielded sequences that did not localize to the centromere. However, among the repetitive sequences we also identified a gypsy-like LTR retrotransposon (Centromere Retroelement Gossypium, CRG) that localizes to the centromere region of all chromosomes in domestic upland cotton, Gossypium hirsutum, the major commercially grown cotton. The location of the functional centromere was confirmed by immunostaining with antiserum to the centromere-specific histone CENH3, which co-localizes with CRG hybridization on metaphase mitotic chromosomes. G. hirsutum is an allotetraploid composed of A and D genomes and CRG is also present in the centromere regions of other AD cotton species. Furthermore, FISH and genomic dot blot hybridization revealed that CRG is found in D-genome diploid cotton species, but not in A-genome diploid species, indicating that this retroelement may have invaded the A-genome centromeres during allopolyploid formation and amplified during evolutionary history. CRG is also found in other diploid Gossypium species, including B and E2 genome species, but not in the C, E1, F, and G genome species tested. Isolation of this centromere-specific retrotransposon from Gossypium provides a probe for further understanding of centromere structure, and a tool for future engineering of centromere mini-chromosomes in this important crop species.
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- Song Luo
- Chromatin, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Niemelä T, Seppänen M, Badakshi F, Rokka VM, Heslop-Harrison JSP. Size and location of radish chromosome regions carrying the fertility restorer Rfk1 gene in spring turnip rape. Chromosome Res 2012; 20:353-61. [PMID: 22476396 DOI: 10.1007/s10577-012-9280-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2011] [Revised: 02/29/2012] [Accepted: 03/08/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In spring turnip rape (Brassica rapa L. spp. oleifera), the most promising F1 hybrid system would be the Ogu-INRA CMS/Rf system. A Kosena fertility restorer gene Rfk1, homolog of the Ogura restorer gene Rfo, was successfully transferred from oilseed rape into turnip rape and that restored the fertility in female lines carrying Ogura cms. The trait was, however, unstable in subsequent generations. The physical localization of the radish chromosomal region carrying the Rfk1 gene was investigated using genomic in situ hybridization (GISH) and bacterial artificial chromosome-fluorescence in situ hybridization (BAC-FISH) methods. The metaphase chromosomes were hybridized using radish DNA as the genomic probe and BAC64 probe, which is linked with Rfo gene. Both probes showed a signal in the chromosome spreads of the restorer line 4021-2 Rfk of turnip rape but not in the negative control line 4021B. The GISH analyses clearly showed that the turnip rape restorer plants were either monosomic (2n=2x=20+1R) or disomic (2n=2x=20+2R) addition lines with one or two copies of a single alien chromosome region originating from radish. In the BAC-FISH analysis, double dot signals were detected in subterminal parts of the radish chromosome arms showing that the fertility restorer gene Rfk1 was located in this additional radish chromosome. Detected disomic addition lines were found to be unstable for turnip rape hybrid production. Using the BAC-FISH analysis, weak signals were sometimes visible in two chromosomes of turnip rape and a homologous region of Rfk1 in chromosome 9 of the B. rapa A genome was verified with BLAST analysis. In the future, this homologous area in A genome could be substituted with radish chromosome area carrying the Rfk1 gene.
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- Tarja Niemelä
- Department of Agriculture, University of Helsinki, PO Box 27, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland.
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Wang G, He Q, Liu F, Cheng Z, Talbert PB, Jin W. Characterization of CENH3 proteins and centromere-associated DNA sequences in diploid and allotetraploid Brassica species. Chromosoma 2011; 120:353-65. [PMID: 21394438 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-011-0315-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2010] [Revised: 02/11/2011] [Accepted: 02/20/2011] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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CENH3 is a centromere-specific histone H3 variant and has been used as a marker to identify active centromeres and DNA sequences associated with functional centromere/kinetochore complexes. In this study, up to four distinct CENH3 (BrCENH3) cDNAs were identified in individuals of each of three diploid species of Brassica. Comparison of the BrCENH3 cDNAs implied three related gene families: BrCENH3-A in Brassica rapa (AA), BrCENH3-B in B. nigra (BB), and BrCENH3-C in B. oleracea (CC). Each family encoded a histone fold domain and N-terminal histone tails that vary in length in all three families. The BrCENH3-B cDNAs have a deletion of two exons relative to BrCENH3-A and BrCENH3-C, consistent with the more ancient divergence of the BB genome. Chromatin immunoprecipitation and immunolabeling tests with anti-BrCENH3 antibodies indicated that both centromeric tandem repeats and the centromere-specific retrotransposons of Brassica are directly associated with BrCENH3 proteins. In three allotetraploid species, we find either co-transcription of the BrCENH3 genes of the ancestral diploid species or gene suppression of the BrCENH3 from one ancestor. Although B genome centromeres are occupied by BrCENH3-B in the ancestral species B. nigra, in allotetraploids both BrCENH3-A and BrCENH3-C proteins appear to assemble at these centromeres.
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- Guixiang Wang
- National Maize Improvement Center of China, Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and Genome of Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University
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Koo DH, Hong CP, Batley J, Chung YS, Edwards D, Bang JW, Hur Y, Lim YP. Rapid divergence of repetitive DNAs in Brassica relatives. Genomics 2010; 97:173-85. [PMID: 21159321 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2010.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2010] [Revised: 11/16/2010] [Accepted: 12/02/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Centromeric, subtelomeric, and telomeric repetitive DNAs were characterized in Brassica species and the related Raphanus sativus and Arabidopsis thaliana. In general, rapid divergence of the repeats was found. The centromeric tandem satellite repeats were differentially distributed in the species studied, suggesting that centromeric repeats have diverged during the evolution of the A/C and B genome lineages. Sequence analysis of centromeric repeats suggested rapid evolution. Pericentromere-associated retrotransposons were identified and showed divergence during the evolution of the lineages as centromeric repeats. A novel subtelomeric tandem repeat from B. nigra was found to be conserved across the diploid Brassica genomes; however, this sequence was not identified in the related species. In contrast to previous studies, interstitial telomere-like repeats were identified in the pericentromeres of Brassica chromosomes, and these repeats may be associated with genomic stability. These results provide insight into genome evolution during polyploidization in Brassica and divergence within the Brassicaceae.
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- Dal-Hoe Koo
- Department of Biological Science, College of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea
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Yang TJ, Kim JS, Lim KB, Kwon SJ, Kim JA, Jin M, Park JY, Lim MH, Kim HI, Kim SH, Lim YP, Park BS. The Korea brassica genome project: a glimpse of the brassica genome based on comparative genome analysis with Arabidopsis. Comp Funct Genomics 2010; 6:138-46. [PMID: 18629219 PMCID: PMC2447515 DOI: 10.1002/cfg.465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2005] [Accepted: 02/02/2005] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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A complete genome sequence provides unlimited information in the sequenced organism as well as in related taxa. According to the guidance of the Multinational Brassica Genome Project (MBGP), the Korea Brassica Genome Project (KBGP) is sequencing chromosome 1 (cytogenetically oriented chromosome #1) of Brassica rapa. We have selected 48 seed BACs on chromosome 1 using EST genetic markers and FISH analyses. Among them, 30 BAC clones have been sequenced and 18 are on the way. Comparative genome analyses of the EST sequences and sequenced BAC clones from Brassica chromosome 1 revealed their homeologous partner regions on the Arabidopsis genome and a syntenic comparative map between Brassica chromosome 1 and Arabidopsis chromosomes. In silico chromosome walking and clone validation have been successfully applied to extending sequence contigs based on the comparative map and BAC end sequences. In addition, we have defined the (peri)centromeric heterochromatin blocks with centromeric tandem repeats, rDNA and centromeric retrotransposons. In-depth sequence analyses of five homeologous BAC clones and an Arabidopsis chromosomal region reveal overall co-linearity, with 82% sequence similarity. The data indicate that the Brassica genome has undergone triplication and subsequent gene losses after the divergence of Arabidopsis and Brassica. Based on in-depth comparative genome analyses, we propose a comparative genomics approach for conquering the Brassica genome. In 2005 we intend to construct an integrated physical map, including sequence information from 500 BAC clones and integration of fingerprinting data and end sequence data of more than 100,000 BAC clones.
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- Tae-Jin Yang
- National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (NIAB), 224 Suinro Gwonseon-gu, Gyeonggi-do, Suwon, 441-707, Korea
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Braszewska-Zalewska A, Bernas T, Maluszynska J. Epigenetic chromatin modifications in Brassica genomes. Genome 2010; 53:203-10. [PMID: 20237597 DOI: 10.1139/g09-088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Epigenetic modifications such as histone and DNA methylation are highly conserved among eukaryotes, although the nuclear patterns of these modifications vary between different species. Brassica species represent a very attractive model for analysis of epigenetic changes because of their differences in genome size, ploidy level, and the organization of heterochromatin blocks. Brassica rapa and B. oleracea are diploid species, and B. napus is an allotetraploid species that arose from the hybridization of these two diploids. We found that patterns of DNA and histone H3 methylation differ between Brassica species. The most prominent differences concern the two diploids. DNA methylation was present exclusively in the heterochromatin only in B. rapa. In B. oleracea and B. napus this modification was detected in both euchromatin and heterochromatin. A similar pattern was observed for dimethylation of lysine 9. Dimethylation of lysine 4 is a typical marker of euchromatin in Brassica species, like it is in other plant species. We conclude that the diploid species differ in patterns of analyzed epigenetic modifications and the allotetraploid B. napus has combined patterns from both diploids. Differences in patterns of DNA and histone H3 methylation between Brassica species can be attributed mainly to the genome structure and heterochromatin localization rather than ploidy level.
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Abd El-Twab MH, Kondo K. Characterization of chromosome complement in Tridactylina kirilowii (Turcz. ex DC.) Schultz-Bip. by aceto-orcein, CMA, DAPI and FISH. CHROMOSOME BOTANY 2010; 5:15-21. [DOI: 10.3199/iscb.5.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Wang G, Zhang X, Jin W. An overview of plant centromeres. J Genet Genomics 2009; 36:529-37. [PMID: 19782954 DOI: 10.1016/s1673-8527(08)60144-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2009] [Revised: 04/18/2009] [Accepted: 04/27/2009] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The centromere is a defining region that mediates chromosome attachment to kinetochore microtubules and proper segregation of the sister chromatids. Intriguingly, satellite DNA and centromeric retrotransposon as major DNA constituents of centromere showed baffling diversification and species-specific. However, the key kinetochore proteins are conserved in both plants and animals, particularly the centromere-specific histone H3-like protein (CENH3) in all functional centromeres. Recent studies have highlighted the importance of epigenetic mechanisms in the establishment and maintenance of centromere identity. Here, we review the progress and compendium of research on plant centromere in the light of recent data.
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- Guixiang Wang
- National Maize Improvement Center of China, Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and Genome of Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China
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Trick M, Kwon SJ, Choi SR, Fraser F, Soumpourou E, Drou N, Wang Z, Lee SY, Yang TJ, Mun JH, Paterson AH, Town CD, Pires JC, Pyo Lim Y, Park BS, Bancroft I. Complexity of genome evolution by segmental rearrangement in Brassica rapa revealed by sequence-level analysis. BMC Genomics 2009; 10:539. [PMID: 19922648 PMCID: PMC2783169 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2009] [Accepted: 11/18/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background The Brassica species, related to Arabidopsis thaliana, include an important group of crops and represent an excellent system for studying the evolutionary consequences of polyploidy. Previous studies have led to a proposed structure for an ancestral karyotype and models for the evolution of the B. rapa genome by triplication and segmental rearrangement, but these have not been validated at the sequence level. Results We developed computational tools to analyse the public collection of B. rapa BAC end sequence, in order to identify candidates for representing collinearity discontinuities between the genomes of B. rapa and A. thaliana. For each putative discontinuity, one of the BACs was sequenced and analysed for collinearity with the genome of A. thaliana. Additional BAC clones were identified and sequenced as part of ongoing efforts to sequence four chromosomes of B. rapa. Strikingly few of the 19 inter-chromosomal rearrangements corresponded to the set of collinearity discontinuities anticipated on the basis of previous studies. Our analyses revealed numerous instances of newly detected collinearity blocks. For B. rapa linkage group A8, we were able to develop a model for the derivation of the chromosome from the ancestral karyotype. We were also able to identify a rearrangement event in the ancestor of B. rapa that was not shared with the ancestor of A. thaliana, and is represented in triplicate in the B. rapa genome. In addition to inter-chromosomal rearrangements, we identified and analysed 32 BACs containing the end points of segmental inversion events. Conclusion Our results show that previous studies of segmental collinearity between the A. thaliana, Brassica and ancestral karyotype genomes, although very useful, represent over-simplifications of their true relationships. The presence of numerous cryptic collinear genome segments and the frequent occurrence of segmental inversions mean that inference of the positions of genes in B. rapa based on the locations of orthologues in A. thaliana can be misleading. Our results will be of relevance to a wide range of plants that have polyploid genomes, many of which are being considered according to a paradigm of comprising conserved synteny blocks with respect to sequenced, related genomes.
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- Martin Trick
- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, UK.
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Kantek DLZ, Vicari MR, Peres WAM, Cestari MM, Artoni RF, Bertollo LAC, Moreira-Filho O. Chromosomal location and distribution of As51 satellite DNA in five species of the genus Astyanax (Teleostei, Characidae, Incertae sedis). JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2009; 75:408-421. [PMID: 20738546 DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02333.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Constitutive heterochromatin makes up a substantial portion of the genome of eukaryotes and is composed mainly of satellite DNA repeating sequences in tandem. Some satellite DNAs may have been derived from transposable elements. These repetitive sequences represent a highly dynamic component of rapid evolution in genomes. Among the genus Astyanax, the As51 satellite DNA is found in species that have large distal heterochromatic blocks, which may be considered as derived from a transposable DNA element. In the present study, As51 satellite DNA was mapped through in situ fluorescent hybridization in the chromosomes of five species of the genus. The possible roles of this type of saltatory DNA type in the genome of the species are discussed, along with its use for the phylogenetic grouping of the genus Astyanax, together with other shared chromosomal characters. However, the number of As51 clusters is presented as a homoplastic characteristic, thereby indicating evident genomic diversification of species with this type of DNA.
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- D L Z Kantek
- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Laboratório de Citogenética, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo 13565-905, Brazil
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Abd El-Twab MH, Kondo K. GISH identification of ancestor or closely related genome to Chrysanthemum grandiflorum cv.'Happy Gold'. CHROMOSOME BOTANY 2009; 4:47-51. [DOI: 10.3199/iscb.4.47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Nagaki K, Walling J, Hirsch C, Jiang J, Murata M. Structure and evolution of plant centromeres. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR AND SUBCELLULAR BIOLOGY 2009; 48:153-79. [PMID: 19521815 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-00182-6_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Investigations of centromeric DNA and proteins and centromere structures in plants have lagged behind those conducted with yeasts and animals; however, many attractive results have been obtained from plants during this decade. In particular, intensive investigations have been conducted in Arabidopsis and Gramineae species. We will review our understanding of centromeric components, centromere structures, and the evolution of these attributes of centromeres among plants using data mainly from Arabidopsis and Gramineae species.
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- Kiyotaka Nagaki
- Research Institute for Bioresources, Okayama University, Kurashiki 710-0046, Japan
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Abd El-Twab MH, Kondo K. Physical mapping of 5S, 45S, Arabidopsis-type telomere sequence repeats and AT-rich regions in Achillea millefolium showing intra-chromosomal variation by FISH and DAPI. CHROMOSOME BOTANY 2009; 4:37-45. [DOI: 10.3199/iscb.4.37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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A and C genome distinction and chromosome identification in brassica napus by sequential fluorescence in situ hybridization and genomic in situ hybridization. Genetics 2008; 180:1849-57. [PMID: 18845839 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.108.095893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The two genomes (A and C) of the allopolyploid Brassica napus have been clearly distinguished using genomic in situ hybridization (GISH) despite the fact that the two extant diploids, B. rapa (A, n = 10) and B. oleracea (C, n = 9), representing the progenitor genomes, are closely related. Using DNA from B. oleracea as the probe, with B. rapa DNA and the intergenic spacer of the B. oleracea 45S rDNA as the block, hybridization occurred on 9 of the 19 chromosome pairs along the majority of their length. The pattern of hybridization confirms that the two genomes have remained distinct in B. napus line DH12075, with no significant genome homogenization and no large-scale translocations between the genomes. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)-with 45S rDNA and a BAC that hybridizes to the pericentromeric heterochromatin of several chromosomes-followed by GISH allowed identification of six chromosomes and also three chromosome groups. Our procedure was used on the B. napus cultivar Westar, which has an interstitial reciprocal translocation. Two translocated segments were detected in pollen mother cells at the pachytene stage of meiosis. Using B. oleracea chromosome-specific BACs as FISH probes followed by GISH, the chromosomes involved were confirmed to be A7 and C6.
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Menzel G, Dechyeva D, Wenke T, Holtgräwe D, Weisshaar B, Schmidt T. Diversity of a complex centromeric satellite and molecular characterization of dispersed sequence families in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris). ANNALS OF BOTANY 2008; 102:521-30. [PMID: 18682437 PMCID: PMC2701778 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The aim of this work was the identification and molecular characterization of novel sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) repetitive sequences to unravel the impact of repetitive DNA on size and evolution of Beta genomes via amplification and diversification. METHODS Genomic DNA and a pool of B. vulgaris repetitive sequences were separately used as probes for a screening of high-density filters from a B. vulgaris plasmid library. Novel repetitive motifs were identified by sequencing and further used as probes for Southern analyses in the genus Beta. Chromosomal localization of the repeats was analysed by fluorescent in situ hybridization on chromosomes of B. vulgaris and two other species of the section Beta. KEY RESULTS Two dispersed repetitive families pDvul1 and pDvul2 and the tandemly arranged repeat family pRv1 were isolated from a sugar beet plasmid library. The dispersed repetitive families pDvul1 and pDvul2 were identified in all four sections of the genus Beta. The members of the pDvul1 and pDvul2 family are scattered over all B. vulgaris chromosomes, although amplified to a different extent. The pRv1 satellite repeat is exclusively present in species of the section Beta. The centromeric satellite pBV1 by structural variations of the monomer and interspersion of pRv1 units forms complex satellite structures, which are amplified in different degrees on the centromeres of 12 chromosomes of the three species of the Beta section. CONCLUSIONS The complexity of the pBV1 satellite family observed in the section Beta of the genus Beta and, in particular, the strong amplification of the pBV1/pRv1 satellite in the domesticated B. vulgaris indicates the dynamics of centromeric satellite evolution during species radiation within the genus. The dispersed repeat families pDvul1 and pDvul2 might represent derivatives of transposable elements.
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- Gerhard Menzel
- Institute of Botany, Dresden University of Technology, D-01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Botany, Dresden University of Technology, D-01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Botany, Dresden University of Technology, D-01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Genome Research, University of Bielefeld, D-33594 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Institute of Genome Research, University of Bielefeld, D-33594 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Institute of Botany, Dresden University of Technology, D-01062 Dresden, Germany
- For correspondence. E-mail
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Pouilly N, Delourme R, Alix K, Jenczewski E. Repetitive sequence-derived markers tag centromeres and telomeres and provide insights into chromosome evolution in Brassica napus. Chromosome Res 2008; 16:683-700. [PMID: 18535916 DOI: 10.1007/s10577-008-1219-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2008] [Revised: 03/17/2008] [Accepted: 03/17/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Centromeres and telomeres are obvious markers on chromosomes but their location on genetic maps is difficult to determine, which hampers many basic and applied research programmes. In this study, we used the characteristic distribution of five Brassica repeated sequences to generate physically anchored molecular markers tentatively tagging Brassica centromeres (84 markers) and telomeres (31 markers). These markers were mapped to the existing oilseed rape genetic map. Clusters of centromere-related loci were observed on 14 linkage groups; in addition to previous reports, we could thus provide information about the most likely position of centromeres on 17 of the 19 B. napus linkage groups. The location of centromeres on linkage groups usually matches their position on chromosomes and coincides with sites of evolutionary breakage between chromosomes. Most telomere sequence-derived markers mapped interstitially or in the proximity of centromeres; this result echoes previous reports on many eukaryote genomes and may reflect different forms of chromosome evolution. Seven telomere sequence-derived markers were located at the outermost positions of seven linkage groups and therefore probably tagged telomeres.
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- Nicolas Pouilly
- INRA, Agrocampus Rennes, Université Rennes 1, UMR 118 Amélioration des Plantes et Biotechnologies Végétales, Le Rheu Cedex, France
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Hong CP, Kwon SJ, Kim JS, Yang TJ, Park BS, Lim YP. Progress in understanding and sequencing the genome of Brassica rapa. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT GENOMICS 2008; 2008:582837. [PMID: 18288250 PMCID: PMC2233773 DOI: 10.1155/2008/582837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2007] [Accepted: 11/21/2007] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Brassica rapa, which is closely related to Arabidopsis thaliana, is an important crop and a model plant for studying genome evolution via polyploidization. We report the current understanding of the genome structure of B. rapa and efforts for the whole-genome sequencing of the species. The tribe Brassicaceae, which comprises ca. 240 species, descended from a common hexaploid ancestor with a basic genome similar to that of Arabidopsis. Chromosome rearrangements, including fusions and/or fissions, resulted in the present-day "diploid" Brassica species with variation in chromosome number and phenotype. Triplicated genomic segments of B. rapa are collinear to those of A. thaliana with InDels. The genome triplication has led to an approximately 1.7-fold increase in the B. rapa gene number compared to that of A. thaliana. Repetitive DNA of B. rapa has also been extensively amplified and has diverged from that of A. thaliana. For its whole-genome sequencing, the Brassica rapa Genome Sequencing Project (BrGSP) consortium has developed suitable genomic resources and constructed genetic and physical maps. Ten chromosomes of B. rapa are being allocated to BrGSP consortium participants, and each chromosome will be sequenced by a BAC-by-BAC approach. Genome sequencing of B. rapa will offer a new perspective for plant biology and evolution in the context of polyploidization.
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- Chang Pyo Hong
- Department of Horticulture,
College of Agriculture and Life Science,
Chungnam National University,
Daejeon 305764,
South Korea
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- Brassica Genomics Team,
National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (NIAB),
Rural Development Administration (RDA),
Suwon 441707,
South Korea
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- Brassica Genomics Team,
National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (NIAB),
Rural Development Administration (RDA),
Suwon 441707,
South Korea
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- Department of Plant Science,
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences,
Seoul National University,
Seoul 151921,
South Korea
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- Brassica Genomics Team,
National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (NIAB),
Rural Development Administration (RDA),
Suwon 441707,
South Korea
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- Department of Horticulture,
College of Agriculture and Life Science,
Chungnam National University,
Daejeon 305764,
South Korea
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Abd El-Twab MH, Kondo K. Visualization of genomic relationships in allotetraploid hybrids between Chrysanthemum lavandulifolium X C. chanetii by fluorescence in situ hybridization and genomic in situ hybridization. CHROMOSOME BOTANY 2008; 3:19-25. [DOI: 10.3199/iscb.3.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Galvão Bezerra dos Santos K, Becker HC, Ecke W, Bellin U. Molecular characterisation and chromosomal localisation of a telomere-like repetitive DNA sequence highly enriched in the C genome of Brassica. Cytogenet Genome Res 2007; 119:147-53. [PMID: 18160795 DOI: 10.1159/000109632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2007] [Accepted: 04/18/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The aim of this work was to find C genome specific repetitive DNA sequences able to differentiate the homeologous A (B. rapa) and C (B. oleracea) genomes of Brassica, in order to assist in the physical identification of B. napus chromosomes. A repetitive sequence (pBo1.6) highly enriched in the C genome of Brassica was cloned from B. oleracea and its chromosomal organisation was investigated through fluorescent in situ hybridisation (FISH) in B. oleracea (2n = 18, CC), B. rapa (2n = 20, AA) and B. napus (2n = 38, AACC) genomes. The sequence was 203 bp long with a GC content of 48.3%. It showed up to 89% sequence identity with telomere-like DNA from many plant species. This repeat was clearly underrepresented in the A genome and the in situ hybridisation showed its B. oleracea specificity at the chromosomal level. Sequence pBo1.6 was localised at interstitial and/or telomeric/subtelomeric regions of all chromosomes from B. oleracea, whereas in B. rapa no signal was detected in most of the cells. In B. napus 18 to 24 chromosomes hybridised with pBo1.6. The discovery of a sequence highly enriched in the C genome of Brassica opens the opportunity for detailed studies regarding the subsequent evolution of DNA sequences in polyploid genomes. Moreover, pBo1.6 may be useful for the determination of the chromosomal location of transgenic DNA in genetically modified oilseed rape.
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Ørgaard M, Linde-Laursen I. Cytogenetics of Danish species of Barbarea (Brassicaceae): chromocentres, chromosomes and rDNA sites. Hereditas 2007; 144:159-70. [PMID: 17850600 DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0018-0661.01987.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Seventeen Danish accessions of five taxa of Barbarea, i.e. B. stricta, B. verna, B. intermedia and B. vulgaris ssp. vulgaris and ssp. arcuata including the two morphologically and biochemically differentiated P(pubescent)- and G(glabrous)-types, and 4 P-xG-type hybrids were analysed cytologically using fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) and AgNO(3)-staining. The number of chromocentres varied among nuclei of somatic interphases (generally+/-2) centred around 18 in the P-type of B. vulgaris ssp. arcuata, and around 16 in the G-type, and in the other materials. The observations suggest preponderant chromosome numbers of 2n=18 and 2n=16 in root-tip cells. Chromosome numbers of metaphases supported the idea. In situ hybridization demonstrated the presence of a maximum of two rDNA sites in B. intermedia, four sites in B. stricta and B. vulgaris ssp. vulgaris, and six sites in a P-xG-type hybrid of ssp. arcuata and in B. verna. P- and G-types of B. vulgaris ssp. arcuata both had accessions with four and six rDNA sites revealing polymorphism for the character. The sites differed pairwise in size in the taxa except in the P-type. P-type nuclei had peak numbers of four rDNA sites. Nuclei of other taxa had peak numbers of 2. In nuclei with six sites, one very small pair showed no transcriptional activity. Major rDNA sites presented a low frequency of association. The number of stronger rDNA signals agreed with the observation of maximally 2 AgNO(3)-stained nucleoli in B. intermedia and 3 or 4 nucleoli in the other taxa indicating 2 and 4 nucleolus organizing chromosomes in the genomes, respectively.
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- Marian Ørgaard
- Botanical Group, Department of Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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The genus Brassica contains a wide range of diploid and amphipolyploid species including some of the most important vegetable, condiment and oilseed crops worldwide. As members of the Brassicaceae family the brassicas are the closest crop relatives to the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, and hence are major beneficiaries from the vast array of Arabidopsis molecular genetic and genomic tools and the increasingly good annotation to major Brassica crop genomes. In this review examples are shown from recent studies that demonstrate the potential for intergenome navigation from model to crop plant and for comparisons among genetic and cytogenetic maps between the model and crop species and among different crop brassicas. The use of interspecific and intergeneric hybridization for introgression of novel traits into Brassica genomes from the secondary and tertiary crucifer genepools is described. In this context the use of the Brassica triangle of three diploid species and their corresponding amphiploids as an excellent model system for studying the mechanisms and control of homeologous recombination and polyploidization is discussed from a crop breeding perspective.
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- Rod J Snowdon
- Department of Plant Breeding, Research Centre for Biosystems, Land Use and Nutrition, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392, Giessen, Germany.
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She C, Liu J, Diao Y, Hu Z, Song Y. The Distribution of Repetitive DNAs Along Chromosomes in Plants Revealed by Self-genomic in situ Hybridization. J Genet Genomics 2007; 34:437-48. [PMID: 17560530 DOI: 10.1016/s1673-8527(07)60048-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2006] [Accepted: 07/09/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The distribution of repetitive DNAs along chromosomes is one of the crucial elements for understanding the organization and the evolution of plant genomes. Using a modified genomic in situ hybridization (GISH) procedure, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with genomic DNA to their own chromosomes (called self-genomic in situ hybridization, self-GISH) was carried out in six selected plant species with different genome size and amount of repetitive DNA. Nonuniform distribution of the fluorescent labeled probe DNA was observed on the chromosomes of all the species that were tested. The signal patterns varied among species and were related to the genome size. The chromosomes of the small Arabidopsis genome were labeled almost only in the pericentromeric regions and the nucleolus organizer regions (NORs). The signals in the relatively small genomes, rice, sorghum, and Brassica oleracea var. capitata L., were dispersed along the chromosome lengths, with a predominant distribution in the pericentromeric or proximal regions and some heterochromatic arms. All chromosomes of the large genomes, maize and barley, were densely labeled with strongly labeled regions and weakly labeled or unlabeled regions being arranged alternatively throughout the lengths. In addition, enhanced signal bands were shown in all pericentromeres and the NORs in B. oleracea var. capitata and in all pericentromeric regions and certain intercalary sites in barley. The enhanced signal band pattern in barley was found consistent with the N-banding pattern of this species. The GISH with self-genomic DNA was compared with FISH with C(o)t-1 DNA in rice, and their signal patterns are found to be basically consistent. Our results showed that the self-GISH signals actually reflected the hybridization of genomic repetitive DNAs to the chromosomes, thus the self-GISH technique would be useful for revealing the distribution of the regions where repetitive DNAs concentrate along chromosomes and some chromatin differentiation associated with repetitive DNAs in plants.
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- Chaowen She
- Department of Biology, Huaihua University, Huaihua 418008, China.
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Two novel repetitive sequence families were isolated from Turritis glabra (2n = 2x = 12). These two repeat families are similar to those of centromeric repeats in Arabidopsis thaliana, are co-localized on one chromosome pair, and differ by about 20% from each other. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the two repeat families of T. glabra are more similar to each other than to the centromeric repeat families of other Arabidopsis and related species. The relationships of satellite sequences reflected the species phylogeny, indicating that the replacement of satellite sequences has occurred in each species lineage independently, and shared variants could not have existed for a long time between species.
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- Akira Kawabe
- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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Dechyeva D, Schmidt T. Molecular organization of terminal repetitive DNA in Beta species. Chromosome Res 2007; 14:881-97. [PMID: 17195925 DOI: 10.1007/s10577-006-1096-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2006] [Revised: 10/19/2007] [Accepted: 10/19/2006] [Indexed: 09/29/2022]
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We have isolated families of subtelomeric satellite DNA sequences from species of four sections of the genus Beta and from spinach, a related Chenopodiaceae. Twenty-five clones were sequenced and representative repeats of each family were characterized by Southern blotting and FISH. The families of ApaI restriction satellite repeats were designated pAv34, pAc34, the families of RsaI repeats pRp34, pRn34 and pRs34. The repeating units are 344-362 bp long and 45.7-98.8% homologous with a clear species-specific divergence. Each satellite monomer consists of two subrepeats SR1 and SR2 of 165-184 bp, respectively. The repeats of each subrepeat group are highly identical across species, but share only a homology of 40.8-54.8% with members of the other subrepeat group. Two evolutionary steps could be supposed in the phylogeny of the subtelomeric satellite family: the diversification of an ancestor satellite into groups representing SR1 and SR2 in the progenitor of Beta and Spinacea species, followed by the dimerization and diversification of the resulting 360 bp repeats into section-specific satellite DNA families during species radiation. The chromosomal localization of telomeric, subtelomeric and rDNA tandem repeats was investigated by multi-colour FISH. High-resolution analysis by fibre FISH revealed a unique physical organization of B. vulgaris chromosome ends with telomeric DNA and subtelomeric satellites extending over a maximum of 63 kb and 125 kb, respectively.
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- Daryna Dechyeva
- Institute of Botany, Dresden University of Technology, Zellescher Weg 20b, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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Lim KB, Yang TJ, Hwang YJ, Kim JS, Park JY, Kwon SJ, Kim J, Choi BS, Lim MH, Jin M, Kim HI, de Jong H, Bancroft I, Lim Y, Park BS. Characterization of the centromere and peri-centromere retrotransposons in Brassica rapa and their distribution in related Brassica species. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2007; 49:173-83. [PMID: 17156411 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2006.02952.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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We report the identification and characterization of the major repeats in the centromeric and peri-centromeric heterochromatin of Brassica rapa. The analysis involved the characterization of 88 629 bacterial artificial chromosomes (BAC) end sequences and the complete sequences of two BAC clones. We identified centromere-specific retrotransposons of Brassica (CRB) and various peri-centromere-specific retrotransposons (PCRBr). Three copies of the CRB were identified in one BAC clone as nested insertions within a tandem array of 24 copies of a 176 bp centromeric repeat, CentBr. A complex mosaic structure consisting of nine PCRBr elements and large blocks of 238 bp degenerate tandem repeats (TR238) were found in or near a derivative of 5S-25S rDNA sequences. The chromosomal positions of selected repeats were determined using in situ hybridization. These revealed that CRB is a major component of all centromeres in three diploid Brassica species and their allotetraploid relatives. However, CentBr was not detected in the most distantly related of the diploid species analyzed, B. nigra. PCRBr and TR238 were found to be major components in the peri-centromeric heterochromatin blocks of four chromosomes of B. rapa. These repetitive elements were not identified in B. oleracea or B. nigra, indicating that they are A-genome-specific. GenBank accession numbers: KBrH001P13 (AC 166739); KBrH015B20 (AC 166740); end sequences of KBrH BAC library (CW 978640 - CW 988843); end sequences of KBrS BAC library (DU 826965 - DU 835595); end sequences of KBrB BAC library (DX 010661 - DX 083363).
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MESH Headings
- Brassica/genetics
- Brassica rapa/genetics
- Centromere/genetics
- Chromosome Banding
- Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial/genetics
- Chromosomes, Plant/genetics
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Plant/chemistry
- DNA, Plant/genetics
- Genome, Plant
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Models, Biological
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polyploidy
- Retroelements/genetics
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Tandem Repeat Sequences
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- Ki-Byung Lim
- National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (NIAB), Rural Development Administration (RDA), Suwon 441-707 [corrected] Korea
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Abd E-Twab MH, Kondo K. Rapid genome reshuffling induced by allopolyploidization in F1 hybrid in Chrysanthemum remotipinnum (formerly Ajania remotipinna) and Chrysanthemum chanetii (formerly Dendranthema chanetii). CHROMOSOME BOTANY 2007; 2:1-9. [DOI: 10.3199/iscb.2.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Abd El-Twab MH, Kondo K. Isolation of chromosomes and mutation in the interspecific hybrid between Chrysanthemum boreale and C. vestitum using fluorescence in situ hybridization and genomic in situ hybridization. CHROMOSOME BOTANY 2007; 2:19-24. [DOI: 10.3199/iscb.2.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Kawabe A, Charlesworth D. Patterns of DNA variation among three centromere satellite families in Arabidopsis halleri and A. lyrata. J Mol Evol 2006; 64:237-47. [PMID: 17160639 DOI: 10.1007/s00239-006-0097-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2006] [Accepted: 10/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We describe patterns of DNA variation among the three centromeric satellite families in Arabidopsis halleri and lyrata. The newly studied subspecies (A. halleri ssp. halleri and A. lyrata ssp. lyrata and petraea), like the previously studied A. halleri ssp. gemmifera and A. lyrata ssp. kawasakiana, have three different centromeric satellite families, the older pAa family (also present in A. arenosa) and two families, pAge1 and pAge2, that probably evolved more recently. Sequence variability is high in all three satellite families, and the pAa sequences do not cluster by their species of origin. Diversity in the pAge2 family is complex, and different from variation among copies of the other two families, showing clear evidence for exchange events among family members, especially in A. halleri ssp. halleri. In A. lyrata ssp. lyrata there is some evidence for recent rapid spread of pAge2 variants, suggesting selection favoring these sequences.
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- Akira Kawabe
- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Ashworth Laboratories King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JT, UK.
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Schelfhout CJ, Snowdon R, Cowling WA, Wroth JM. Tracing B-genome chromatin in Brassica napus × B. juncea interspecific progeny. Genome 2006; 49:1490-7. [PMID: 17426764 DOI: 10.1139/g06-103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We used polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) techniques to demonstrate the presence of Brassica B-genome chromosomes and putative B-genome introgressions in B. napus × B. juncea interspecific progeny. The B-genome - specific repeat sequence pBNBH35 was used to generate PCR products and FISH probes. The highest frequencies of viable progeny were obtained when B. napus was the maternal parent of the interspecific hybrid and the first backcross. B-genome - positive PCR assays were found in 34/51 fertile F2 progeny (67%), which was more than double the proportion found in fertile BC1 progeny. Four B-genome - positive F2-derived families and 1 BC1-derived family were fixed or segregating for B. juncea morphology in the F4 and BC1S2, respectively, but in only 2 of these families did B. juncea-type plants exhibit B. juncea chromosome count (2n = 36) and typical B-genome FISH signals on 16 chromosomes. The remaining B. juncea-type plants had B. napus chromosome count (2n = 38) and no B-genome FISH signals, except for 1 exceptional F4-derived line that exhibited isolated and weak B-genome FISH signals on 11 chromosomes and typical A-genome FISH signals. B. juncea morphology was associated with B-genome - positive PCR signals but not necessarily with 16 intact B-genome chromosomes as detected by FISH. B-genome chromosomes tend to be eliminated during selfing or backcrossing after crossing B. juncea with B. napus, and selection of lines containing B-genome chromatin during early generations would be promoted by use of this B-genome repetitive marker.
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- C J Schelfhout
- School of Plant Biology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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Bao W, Zhang W, Yang Q, Zhang Y, Han B, Gu M, Xue Y, Cheng Z. Diversity of centromeric repeats in two closely related wild rice species, Oryza officinalis and Oryza rhizomatis. Mol Genet Genomics 2006; 275:421-30. [PMID: 16463049 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-006-0103-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2005] [Accepted: 01/12/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Oryza officinalis (CC, 2n = 24) and Oryza rhizomatis (CC, 2n = 24) belong to the Oryza genus, which contains more than 20 identified wild rice species. Although much has been known about the molecular composition and organization of centromeres in Oryza sativa, relatively little is known of its wild relatives. In the present study, we isolated and characterized a 126-bp centromeric satellite (CentO-C) from three bacterial artificial chromosomes of O. officinalis. In addition to CentO-C, low abundance of CentO satellites is also present in O. officinalis. In order to determine the chromosomal locations and distributions of CentO-C (126-bp), CentO (155 bp) and TrsC (366 bp) satellite within O. officinalis, fluorescence in situ hybridization examination was done on pachytene or metaphase I chromosomes. We found that only ten centromeres (excluding centromere 7 and 2) contain CentO-C arrays in O. officinalis, while centromere 7 comprises CentO satellites, and centromere 2 is devoid of any detectable satellites. For TrsC satellites, it was detected at multiple subtelomeric regions in O. officinalis, however, in O. rhizomatis, TrsC sequences were detected both in the four centromeric regions (CEN 3, 4, 10, 11) and the multiple subtelomeric regions. Therefore, these data reveal the evolutionary diversification pattern of centromere DNA within/or between close related species, and could provide an insight into the dynamic evolutionary processes of rice centromere.
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- Weidong Bao
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, PR China
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Abd El-Twab MH, Kondo K. FISH physical mapping of 5S, 45S and Arabidopsis-type telomere sequence repeats in Chrysanthemum zawadskii showing intra-chromosomal variation and complexity in nature. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.3199/iscb.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Magdy Hussein Abd El-Twab
- Laboratory of Plant Chromosome and Gene Stock, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University
- Botany Department, Faculty of Science, El-Minia University
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- Laboratory of Plant Chromosome and Gene Stock, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University
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Abd El-Twab MH, Kondo K. Fluorescence in situ hybridization and genomic in situ hybridization to identify the parental genomes in the intergeneric hybrid between Chrysanthemum japonicum and Nipponanthemum nipponicum. CHROMOSOME BOTANY 2006; 1:7-11. [DOI: 10.3199/iscb.1.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Alix K, Ryder CD, Moore J, King GJ, Pat Heslop-Harrison JS. The genomic organization of retrotransposons in Brassica oleracea. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2005; 59:839-51. [PMID: 16307361 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-005-1510-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2005] [Accepted: 08/01/2005] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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We have investigated the copy numbers and genomic organization of five representative reverse transcriptase domains from retrotransposons in Brassica oleracea. Two non-homologous Pseudoviridae (Ty1/copia-like) elements, two Metaviridae (Ty3/gypsy-like) elements (one related to the Athila family) and one Retroposinae (LINE) element were hybridized to a gridded BAC library, "BoB". The results indicated that the individual LTR retrotransposons (copia and gypsy-like) were represented by between 90 and 320 copies in the haploid genome, with only evidence of a single location for the LINE. Sequence analysis of the same elements against genome survey sequence gave estimates of between 60 and 570, but no LINE was found. There was minimal evidence for clustering between any of these retroelements: only half the randomly expected number of BACs hybridized to both LTR-retrotransposon families. Fluorescent in situ hybridization showed that each of the retroelements had a characteristic genomic distribution. Our results suggest there are preferential sites and perhaps control mechanisms for the insertion or excision of different retrotransposon groups.
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- Karine Alix
- Department of Biology, University of Leicester, LE1 7RH, Leicester, UK
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Navajas-Pérez R, Schwarzacher T, de la Herrán R, Ruiz Rejón C, Ruiz Rejón M, Garrido-Ramos MA. The origin and evolution of the variability in a Y-specific satellite-DNA of Rumex acetosa and its relatives. Gene 2005; 368:61-71. [PMID: 16324803 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2005.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2005] [Revised: 10/04/2005] [Accepted: 10/10/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
Abstract
In this paper, we analyze a satellite-DNA family, the RAYSI family, which is specific of the Y chromosomes of Rumex acetosa, a dioecious plant species with a multiple sex-chromosome system in which the females are XX and the males are XY(1)Y(2). Here, we demonstrate that this satellite DNA is common to other relatives of R. acetosa, including Rumex papillaris, Rumex intermedius, Rumex thyrsoides and Rumex tuberosus that are also dioecious species with a multiple system of sex chromosomes. This satellite-DNA family is absent from the genomes of other dioecious Rumex species having an XX/XY sex-chromosome system. Our data confirm recent molecular phylogenies that support a unique origin for all dioecious species of Rumex and two separate lineages for species with single or complex sex-chromosome systems. Our data also support an accelerated degeneration of Y-chromosome in XX/XY(1)Y(2) species by the accumulation of satellite-DNA sequences. On the other hand, the particular non-recombining nature of the Y chromosomes of R. acetosa and their closest relatives lead to a particular mode of evolution of RAYSI sequences. Thus, mechanisms leading to the suppression of recombination between the Y chromosomes reduced the rate of concerted evolution and gave rise to the apparition of different RAYSI subfamilies. Thus, R. acetosa and R. intermedius have two subfamilies (the RAYSI-S and RAYSI-J subfamilies and the INT-A and INT-B subfamilies, respectively), while R. papillaris only has one, the RAYSI-J subfamily. The RAYSI-S and RAYSI-J subfamilies of R. acetosa differ in 83 fixed diagnostic sites and several diagnostic deletions while the INT-A and the INT-B of R. intermedius differ in 27 fixed diagnostic sites. Pairwise comparisons between RAYSI-S and RAYSI-J sequences or between INT-A and INT-B sequences revealed these sites to be shared mutations detectable in repeats of the same variant in same positions. Evolutionary comparisons suggest that the subfamily RAYSI-J has appeared in the common ancestor of R. acetosa and R. papillaris, in which RAYSI-J has replaced totally (R. papillaris) or almost totally the ancestral sequence (R. acetosa). This scenario assumes that RAYSI-S sequences should be considered ancestral sequences and that a secondary event of subfamily subdivision should be occurring in R. intermedius, with their RAYSI subfamilies more closely related to one another than with other RAYSI sequences. Our analysis suggests that the different subfamilies diverged by a gradual and cohesive way probably mediated by sister-chromatid interchanges while their expansion or contraction in number might be explained by alternating cycles of sudden mechanisms of amplification or elimination.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rafael Navajas-Pérez
- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
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