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Doronina L, Ogoniak L, Schmitz J. Homoplasy of Retrotransposon Insertions in Toothed Whales. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:1830. [PMID: 37761970 PMCID: PMC10531181 DOI: 10.3390/genes14091830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2023] [Revised: 09/19/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Retrotransposon insertion patterns facilitate a virtually homoplasy-free picture of phylogenetic history. Still, a few most likely random parallel insertions or deletions result in rare cases of homoplasy in primates. The following question arises: how frequent is retrotransposon homoplasy in other phylogenetic clades? Here, we derived genome insertion data of toothed whales to evaluate the extension of homoplasy in a representative laurasiatherian group. Among more than a thousand extracted and aligned retrotransposon loci, we detected 37 cases of precise parallel insertions in species that are separated by over more than 10 million years, a time frame which minimizes the effects of incomplete lineage sorting. We compared the phylogenetic signal of insertions with the flanking sequences of these loci to further exclude potential polymorphic loci derived by incomplete lineage sorting. We found that the phylogenetic signals of retrotransposon insertion patterns exhibiting true homoplasy differ from the signals of their flanking sequences. In toothed whales, precise parallel insertions account for around 0.18-0.29% of insertion cases, which is about 12.5 times the frequency of such insertions among Alus in primates. We also detected five specific deletions of retrotransposons on various lineages of toothed whale evolution, a frequency of 0.003%, which is slightly higher than such occurrences in primates. Overall, the level of retrotransposon homoplasy in toothed whales is still marginal compared to the phylogenetic diagnostic retrotransposon presence/absence signal.
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- Liliya Doronina
- Institute of Experimental Pathology, ZMBE, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany;
- Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Pathology, ZMBE, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany;
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- Institute of Experimental Pathology, ZMBE, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany;
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SINEs as Credible Signs to Prove Common Ancestry in the Tree of Life: A Brief Review of Pioneering Case Studies in Retroposon Systematics. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:genes13060989. [PMID: 35741751 PMCID: PMC9223172 DOI: 10.3390/genes13060989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2022] [Revised: 05/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Currently, the insertions of SINEs (and other retrotransposed elements) are regarded as one of the most reliable synapomorphies in molecular systematics. The methodological mainstream of molecular systematics is the calculation of nucleotide (or amino acid) sequence divergences under a suitable substitution model. In contrast, SINE insertion analysis does not require any complex model because SINE insertions are unidirectional and irreversible. This straightforward methodology was named the “SINE method,” which resolved various taxonomic issues that could not be settled by sequence comparison alone. The SINE method has challenged several traditional hypotheses proposed based on the fossil record and anatomy, prompting constructive discussions in the Evo/Devo era. Here, we review our pioneering SINE studies on salmon, cichlids, cetaceans, Afrotherian mammals, and birds. We emphasize the power of the SINE method in detecting incomplete lineage sorting by tracing the genealogy of specific genomic loci with minimal noise. Finally, in the context of the whole-genome era, we discuss how the SINE method can be applied to further our understanding of the tree of life.
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To effectively analyze the increasing amounts of available genomic data, improved comparative analytical tools that are accessible to and applicable by a broad scientific community are essential. We built the “2-n-way” software suite to provide a fundamental and innovative processing framework for revealing and comparing inserted elements among various genomes. The suite comprises two user-friendly web-based modules. The 2-way module generates pairwise whole-genome alignments of target and query species. The resulting genome coordinates of blocks (matching sequences) and gaps (missing sequences) from multiple 2-ways are then transferred to the n-way module and sorted into projects, in which user-defined coordinates from reference species are projected to the block/gap coordinates of orthologous loci in query species to provide comparative information about presence (blocks) or absence (gaps) patterns of targeted elements over many entire genomes and phylogroups. Thus, the 2-n-way software suite is ideal for performing multidirectional, non-ascertainment-biased screenings to extract all possible presence/absence data of user-relevant elements in orthologous sequences. To highlight its applicability and versatility, we used 2-n-way to expose approximately 100 lost introns in vertebrates, analyzed thousands of potential phylogenetically informative bat and whale retrotransposons, and novel human exons as well as thousands of human polymorphic retrotransposons.
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Jedensjö M, Kemper C, Milella M, Willems E, Krützen M. Taxonomy and distribution of bottlenose dolphins (genus Tursiops) in Australian waters: an osteological clarification. CAN J ZOOL 2020. [DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2018-0270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Species relationships in the bottlenose dolphin (genus Tursiops Gervais, 1855) are controversial. We carried out a comprehensive osteological study of 264 skulls, including type specimens, and 90 postcranial skeletons of Tursiops spp. to address taxonomic uncertainties in Australia using two-dimensional (2D) measurements, and three-dimensional geometric morphometrics (3DGM), tooth and vertebral counts, and categorical data. Analyses provided support for the presence of two forms, aligned to the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus (Ehrenberg, 1832)) and the common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)), including type specimens. The Burrunan dolphin (Tursiops australis Charlton-Robb, Gershwin, Thompson, Austin, Owen and McKechnie, 2011) fell well within T. truncatus for both 2D and 3DGM methods. Thirteen Tursiops spp. specimens, no T. australis specimens, were of intermediate size (2D) and could not be assigned to either species. For 3DGM data, there was a strong allometric influence and few non-allometric differences between species. Length and width of the cranium and rostrum were important discriminating variables. Tursiops aduncus was smaller, had more teeth, fewer vertebrae, and more erosion on the pterygoids and frontals than T. truncatus. Overall cranium shape was round in T. aduncus and angular in T. truncatus. Skull length of T. aduncus was smaller in low than in high latitudes. This study highlights the importance of large sample size, multiple analytical methods, and extensive geographical coverage when undertaking taxonomic studies.
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- M. Jedensjö
- Department of Anthropology, University of Zurich, Museum of Anthropology, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
- South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia
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- South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Zurich, Museum of Anthropology, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
- Department of Anthropology, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Bühlstrasse 20, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Zurich, Museum of Anthropology, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Zurich, Museum of Anthropology, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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Liu D, Yang J, Tang W, Zhang X, Royster CM, Zhang M. SINE Retrotransposon variation drives Ecotypic disparity in natural populations of Coilia nasus. Mob DNA 2020; 11:4. [PMID: 31921363 PMCID: PMC6951006 DOI: 10.1186/s13100-019-0198-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2019] [Accepted: 12/27/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Background SINEs are a type of nonautonomous retrotransposon that can transpose from one site to be integrated elsewhere in an organism genome. SINE insertion can give rise to genetic variants and regulate gene expression, allowing organisms to acquire new adaptive capacity. Studies on this subject have focused on the impacts of SINEs on genes. However, ecological disparities in fish have not yet been explained by SINEs. Results New SINEs were isolated from Coilia nasus, which has two ecotypes—migratory and resident—that differ in their spawning and migration behaviors. The SINEs possess two structures that resemble a tRNA gene and a LINE retrotransposon tail. Comparison of olfactory tissue transcriptomes, intact SINE transcript copies were detected in only the migratory fish at the initial retrotransposition stage. The SINE DNA copy numbers were higher in the resident type than in the migratory type, while the frequency of SINE insertion was higher in the migratory type than in the resident type. Furthermore, SINE insertions can lead to new repeats of short DNA fragments in the genome, along with target site duplications. SINEs in the resident type have undergone excision via a mechanism in which predicted cleavage sites are formed by mutations, resulting in gaps that are then filled by microsatellites via microhomology-induced replication. Conclusions Notably, SINEs in the resident type have undergone strong natural selection, causing genomic heteroplasmy and driving ecological diversity of C. nasus. Our results reveal possible evolutionary mechanisms underlying the ecological diversity at the interface between SINE mobilization and organism defense.
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- Dong Liu
- 1Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Taxonomy and Evolution, Shanghai Universities, Shanghai, 201306 China.,3Key Laboratory of Exploration and Utilization of Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, 201306 China.,4National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306 China
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- 1Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Taxonomy and Evolution, Shanghai Universities, Shanghai, 201306 China
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- 1Key Laboratory of Marine Animal Taxonomy and Evolution, Shanghai Universities, Shanghai, 201306 China.,3Key Laboratory of Exploration and Utilization of Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, 201306 China.,4National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306 China
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- 2Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 USA
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- 2Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 USA
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- 2Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 USA
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Lammers F, Blumer M, Rücklé C, Nilsson MA. Retrophylogenomics in rorquals indicate large ancestral population sizes and a rapid radiation. Mob DNA 2019; 10:5. [PMID: 30679961 PMCID: PMC6340175 DOI: 10.1186/s13100-018-0143-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Background Baleen whales (Mysticeti) are the largest animals on earth and their evolutionary history has been studied in detail, but some relationships still remain contentious. In particular, reconstructing the phylogenetic position of the gray whales (Eschrichtiidae) has been complicated by evolutionary processes such as gene flow and incomplete lineage sorting (ILS). Here, whole-genome sequencing data of the extant baleen whale radiation allowed us to identify transposable element (TE) insertions in order to perform phylogenomic analyses and measure germline insertion rates of TEs. Baleen whales exhibit the slowest nucleotide substitution rate among mammals, hence we additionally examined the evolutionary insertion rates of TE insertions across the genomes. Results In eleven whole-genome sequences representing the extant radiation of baleen whales, we identified 91,859 CHR-SINE insertions that were used to reconstruct the phylogeny with different approaches as well as perform evolutionary network analyses and a quantification of conflicting phylogenetic signals. Our results indicate that the radiation of rorquals and gray whales might not be bifurcating. The morphologically derived gray whales are placed inside the rorqual group, as the sister-species to humpback and fin whales. Detailed investigation of TE insertion rates confirm that a mutational slow down in the whale lineage is present but less pronounced for TEs than for nucleotide substitutions. Conclusions Whole genome sequencing based detection of TE insertions showed that the speciation processes in baleen whales represent a rapid radiation. Large genome-scale TE data sets in addition allow to understand retrotransposition rates in non-model organisms and show the potential for TE calling methods to study the evolutionary history of species. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13100-018-0143-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Fritjof Lammers
- 1Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG), Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,3Institute for Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe University Frankfurt, Biologicum, Max-von-Laue-Straße 13, 60439 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- 1Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- 1Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- 1Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG), Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Márquez S, Pagano AS, Mongle CS, Albertine KH, Laitman JT. The Nasal Complex of a Semiaquatic Artiodactyl, the Moose (Alces alces): Is it a Good Evolutionary Model for the Ancestors of Cetaceans? Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2018; 302:667-692. [DOI: 10.1002/ar.24022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2018] [Revised: 09/17/2018] [Accepted: 09/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Samuel Márquez
- Departments of Cell Biology and OtolaryngologySUNY Downstate Medical Center Brooklyn New York
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- Department of Medical SciencesHackensack‐Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University Nutley New Jersey
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- Interdepartmental Program in Anthropological SciencesStony Brook University Stony Brook New York
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- Department of PediatricsUniversity of Utah School of Medicine Salt Lake City Utah
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- Departments of Medical Education and Otolaryngology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiCenter for Anatomy & Functional Morphology New York New York
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Isogai Y, Imamura H, Nakae S, Sumi T, Takahashi KI, Nakagawa T, Tsuneshige A, Shirai T. Tracing whale myoglobin evolution by resurrecting ancient proteins. Sci Rep 2018; 8:16883. [PMID: 30442991 PMCID: PMC6237822 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-34984-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2018] [Accepted: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Extant cetaceans, such as sperm whale, acquired the great ability to dive into the ocean depths during the evolution from their terrestrial ancestor that lived about 50 million years ago. Myoglobin (Mb) is highly concentrated in the myocytes of diving animals, in comparison with those of land animals, and is thought to play a crucial role in their adaptation as the molecular aqualung. Here, we resurrected ancestral whale Mbs, which are from the common ancestor between toothed and baleen whales (Basilosaurus), and from a further common quadrupedal ancestor between whale and hippopotamus (Pakicetus). The experimental and theoretical analyses demonstrated that whale Mb adopted two distinguished strategies to increase the protein concentration in vivo along the evolutionary history of deep sea adaptation; gaining precipitant tolerance in the early phase of the evolution, and increase of folding stability in the late phase.
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- Yasuhiro Isogai
- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Toyama Prefectural University, Imizu, Toyama, 939-0398, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan
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- Department of Computer Bioscience, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, 1266 Tamura-Cho, Nagahama, Shiga, 526-0829, Japan
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- Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-Naka, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Computer Bioscience, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, 1266 Tamura-Cho, Nagahama, Shiga, 526-0829, Japan
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- Department of Computer Bioscience, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, 1266 Tamura-Cho, Nagahama, Shiga, 526-0829, Japan
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- Department of Frontier Bioscience and Research Center for Micro-Nano Technology, Hosei University, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Computer Bioscience, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, 1266 Tamura-Cho, Nagahama, Shiga, 526-0829, Japan.
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Liu Z, Qi FY, Xu DM, Zhou X, Shi P. Genomic and functional evidence reveals molecular insights into the origin of echolocation in whales. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2018; 4:eaat8821. [PMID: 30306134 PMCID: PMC6170035 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aat8821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2018] [Accepted: 08/27/2018] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Echolocation allows toothed whales to adapt to underwater habitats where vision is ineffective. Because echolocation requires the ability to detect exceptional high-frequency sounds, fossils related to the auditory system can help to pinpoint the origin of echolocation in whales. However, because of conflicting interpretations of archaeocete fossils, when and how whales evolved the high-frequency hearing correlated with echolocation remain unclear. We address these questions at the molecular level by systematically investigating the convergent evolution of 7206 orthologs across 16 mammals and find that convergent genes between the last common ancestor of all whales (LCAW) and echolocating bats are not significantly enriched in functional categories related to hearing, and that convergence in hearing-related proteins between them is not stronger than that between nonecholocating mammalian lineages and echolocating bats. However, these results contrast with those of parallel analyses between the LCA of toothed whales (LCATW) and echolocating bats. Furthermore, we reconstruct the ancestral genes for the hearing protein prestin for the LCAW and LCATW; we show that the LCAW prestin exhibits the same function as that of nonecholocating mammals, but the LCATW prestin shows functional convergence with that of extant echolocating mammals. Mutagenesis shows that functional convergence of prestin is driven by convergent changes in the prestins S392A and L497M in the LCATW and echolocating bats. Our results provide genomic and functional evidence supporting the origin of high-frequency hearing in the LCAW, not the LCATW, and reveal molecular insights into the origin and evolutionary trajectories of echolocation in whales.
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- Zhen Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
- Kunming College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
- School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
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Dodt WG, Gallus S, Phillips MJ, Nilsson MA. Resolving kangaroo phylogeny and overcoming retrotransposon ascertainment bias. Sci Rep 2017; 7:16811. [PMID: 29196678 PMCID: PMC5711953 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-16148-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2016] [Accepted: 10/26/2017] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Reconstructing phylogeny from retrotransposon insertions is often limited by access to only a single reference genome, whereby support for clades that do not include the reference taxon cannot be directly observed. Here we have developed a new statistical framework that accounts for this ascertainment bias, allowing us to employ phylogenetically powerful retrotransposon markers to explore the radiation of the largest living marsupials, the kangaroos and wallabies of the genera Macropus and Wallabia. An exhaustive in silico screening of the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) reference genome followed by experimental screening revealed 29 phylogenetically informative retrotransposon markers belonging to a family of endogenous retroviruses. We identified robust support for the enigmatic swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) falling within a paraphyletic genus, Macropus. Our statistical approach provides a means to test for incomplete lineage sorting and introgression/hybridization in the presence of the ascertainment bias. Using retrotransposons as “molecular fossils”, we reveal one of the most complex patterns of hemiplasy yet identified, during the rapid diversification of kangaroos and wallabies. Ancestral state reconstruction incorporating the new retrotransposon phylogenetic information reveals multiple independent ecological shifts among kangaroos into more open habitats, coinciding with the Pliocene onset of increased aridification in Australia from ~3.6 million years ago.
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- William G Dodt
- School of Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), 2 George Street, Brisbane, Australia.
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F) Frankfurt, Senckenberg Gesellschaft fuer Naturforschung, Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- School of Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), 2 George Street, Brisbane, Australia.
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F) Frankfurt, Senckenberg Gesellschaft fuer Naturforschung, Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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Gatesy J, Springer MS. Phylogenomic red flags: Homology errors and zombie lineages in the evolutionary diversification of placental mammals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:E9431-E9432. [PMID: 29078405 PMCID: PMC5692601 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1715318114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- John Gatesy
- Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024;
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
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Gatesy J, Meredith RW, Janecka JE, Simmons MP, Murphy WJ, Springer MS. Resolution of a concatenation/coalescence kerfuffle: partitioned coalescence support and a robust family‐level tree for Mammalia. Cladistics 2016; 33:295-332. [DOI: 10.1111/cla.12170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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- John Gatesy
- Department of Biology University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Biology and Molecular Biology Montclair State University Montclair NJ 07043 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences Duquesne University Pittsburgh PA 15282 USA
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- Department of Biology Colorado State University Fort Collins CO 80523 USA
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- Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences Texas A&M University College Station TX 77843 USA
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- Department of Biology University of California Riverside CA 92521 USA
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Alu SINE analyses of 3,000-year-old human skeletal remains: a pilot study. Mob DNA 2016; 7:7. [PMID: 27096009 PMCID: PMC4836192 DOI: 10.1186/s13100-016-0063-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2015] [Accepted: 03/31/2016] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Background As Short Interspersed Elements (SINEs), human-specific Alu elements can be used for population genetic studies. Very recent inserts are polymorphic within and between human populations. In a sample of 30 elements originating from three different Alu subfamilies, we investigated whether they are preserved in prehistorical skeletal human remains from the Bronze Age Lichtenstein cave in Lower Saxony, Germany. In the present study, we examined a prehistoric triad of father, mother and daughter. Results For 26 of the 30 Alu loci investigated, definite results were obtained. We were able to demonstrate that presence/absence analyses of Alu elements can be conducted on individuals who lived 3,000 years ago. The preservation of the ancient DNA (aDNA) is good enough in two out of three ancient individuals to routinely allow the amplification of 500 bp fragments. The third individual revealed less well-preserved DNA, which results in allelic dropout or complete amplification failures. We here present an alternative molecular approach to deal with these degradation phenomena by using internal Alu subfamily specific primers producing short fragments of approximately 150 bp. Conclusions Our data clearly show the possibility of presence/absence analyses of Alu elements in individuals from the Lichtenstein cave. Thus, we demonstrate that our method is reliably applicable for aDNA samples with good or moderate DNA preservation. This method will be very useful for further investigations with more Alu loci and larger datasets. Human population genetic studies and other large-scale investigations would provide insight into Alu SINE-based microevolutionary processes in humans during the last few thousand years and help us comprehend the evolutionary dynamics of our genome. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13100-016-0063-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Platt RN, Zhang Y, Witherspoon DJ, Xing J, Suh A, Keith MS, Jorde LB, Stevens RD, Ray DA. Targeted Capture of Phylogenetically Informative Ves SINE Insertions in Genus Myotis. Genome Biol Evol 2015; 7:1664-75. [PMID: 26014613 PMCID: PMC4494050 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evv099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Identification of retrotransposon insertions in nonmodel taxa can be technically challenging and costly. This has inhibited progress in understanding retrotransposon insertion dynamics outside of a few well-studied species. To address this problem, we have extended a retrotransposon-based capture and sequence method (ME-Scan [mobile element scanning]) to identify insertions belonging to the Ves family of short interspersed elements (SINEs) across seven species of the bat genus Myotis. We identified between 120,000 and 143,000 SINE insertions in six taxa lacking a draft genome by comparing to the M. lucifugus reference genome. On average, each Ves insertion was sequenced to 129.6 × coverage. When mapped back to the M. lucifugus reference genome, all insertions were confidently assigned within a 10-bp window. Polymorphic Ves insertions were identified in each taxon based on their mapped locations. Using cross-species comparisons and the identified insertion positions, a presence–absence matrix was created for approximately 796,000 insertions. Dollo parsimony analysis of more than 85,000 phylogenetically informative insertions recovered strongly supported, monophyletic clades that correspond with the biogeography of each taxa. This phylogeny is similar to previously published mitochondrial phylogenies, with the exception of the placement of M. vivesi. These results support the utility of our variation on ME-Scan to identify polymorphic retrotransposon insertions in taxa without a reference genome and for large-scale retrotransposon-based phylogenetics.
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- Roy N Platt
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University
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- Bionomics Research & Technology Center, Environmental and Occupational Health Science Institute, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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- Department of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah Health Sciences Center
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- Department of Natural Resources Management and the Museum of Texas Tech University
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University
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Ray DA, Pagan HJ, Platt RN, Kroll AR, Schaack S, Stevens RD. Differential SINE evolution in vesper and non-vesper bats. Mob DNA 2015; 6:10. [PMID: 25991928 PMCID: PMC4436864 DOI: 10.1186/s13100-015-0038-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2015] [Accepted: 04/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background Short interspersed elements (SINEs) have a powerful influence on genome evolution and can be useful markers for phylogenetic inference and population genetic analyses. In this study, we examined survey sequence and whole genome data to determine the evolutionary dynamics of Ves SINEs in the genomes of 11 bats, nine from Vespertilionidae. Results We identified 41 subfamilies of Ves and linked several to specific lineages. We also revealed substantial differences among lineages including the observation that Ves accumulation and Ves subfamily diversity is significantly higher in vesper as opposed to non-vesper bats. This is especially interesting when one considers the increased transposable element diversity of vesper bats in general. Conclusions Our data suggest that survey sequencing and genome mining are valuable tools to investigate SINE evolution among related lineages and can provide substantial information about the ability of SINEs to proliferate in diverse genomes. This method would also be a useful first step in determining which subfamilies would be the best to target when developing SINEs as markers for phylogenetic and population genetic analyses. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13100-015-0038-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- David A Ray
- Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409 USA
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- Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Florida Atlantic University, Fort Pierce, FL USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409 USA
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- Department of Biology, Reed College, Portland, OR 97202 USA
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- Department of Biology, Reed College, Portland, OR 97202 USA
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- Department of Natural Resources Management and the Museum, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409 USA
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Liu D, Li Y, Tang W, Yang J, Guo H, Zhu G, Li H. Population structure of Coilia nasus in the Yangtze River revealed by insertion of short interspersed elements. BIOCHEM SYST ECOL 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2013.12.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Kamath PL, Elleder D, Bao L, Cross PC, Powell JH, Poss M. The population history of endogenous retroviruses in mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus). J Hered 2013; 105:173-87. [PMID: 24336966 DOI: 10.1093/jhered/est088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Mobile elements are powerful agents of genomic evolution and can be exceptionally informative markers for investigating species and population-level evolutionary history. While several studies have utilized retrotransposon-based insertional polymorphisms to resolve phylogenies, few population studies exist outside of humans. Endogenous retroviruses are LTR-retrotransposons derived from retroviruses that have become stably integrated in the host genome during past infections and transmitted vertically to subsequent generations. They offer valuable insight into host-virus co-evolution and a unique perspective on host evolutionary history because they integrate into the genome at a discrete point in time. We examined the evolutionary history of a cervid endogenous gammaretrovirus (CrERVγ) in mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus). We sequenced 14 CrERV proviruses (CrERV-in1 to -in14), and examined the prevalence and distribution of 13 proviruses in 262 deer among 15 populations from Montana, Wyoming, and Utah. CrERV absence in white-tailed deer (O. virginianus), identical 5' and 3' long terminal repeat (LTR) sequences, insertional polymorphism, and CrERV divergence time estimates indicated that most endogenization events occurred within the last 200000 years. Population structure inferred from CrERVs (F ST = 0.008) and microsatellites (θ = 0.01) was low, but significant, with Utah, northwestern Montana, and a Helena herd being particularly differentiated. Clustering analyses indicated regional structuring, and non-contiguous clustering could often be explained by known translocations. Cluster ensemble results indicated spatial localization of viruses, specifically in deer from northeastern and western Montana. This study demonstrates the utility of endogenous retroviruses to elucidate and provide novel insight into both ERV evolutionary history and the history of contemporary host populations.
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- Pauline L Kamath
- the US Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, Bozeman, MT 59715
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Murata H, Ota Y, Yamaguchi M, Yamada A, Katahata S, Otsuka Y, Babasaki K, Neda H. Mobile DNA distributions refine the phylogeny of "matsutake" mushrooms, Tricholoma sect. Caligata. MYCORRHIZA 2013; 23:447-461. [PMID: 23440576 DOI: 10.1007/s00572-013-0487-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2012] [Accepted: 02/07/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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"Matsutake" mushrooms are formed by several species of Tricholoma sect. Caligata distributed across the northern hemisphere. A phylogenetic analysis of matsutake based on virtually neutral mutations in DNA sequences resolved robust relationships among Tricholoma anatolicum, Tricholoma bakamatsutake, Tricholoma magnivelare, Tricholoma matsutake, and Tricholoma sp. from Mexico (=Tricholoma sp. Mex). However, relationships among these matsutake and other species, such as Tricholoma caligatum and Tricholoma fulvocastaneum, were ambiguous. We, therefore, analyzed genomic copy numbers of σ marY1 , marY1, and marY2N retrotransposons by comparing them with the single-copy mobile DNA megB1 using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to clarify matsutake phylogeny. We also examined types of megB1-associated domains, composed of a number of poly (A) and poly (T) reminiscent of RNA-derived DNA elements among these species. Both datasets resolved two distinct groups, one composed of T. bakamatsutake, T. fulvocastaneum, and T. caligatum that could have diverged earlier and the other comprising T. magnivelare, Tricholoma sp. Mex, T. anatolicum, and T. matsutake that could have evolved later. In the first group, T. caligatum was the closest to the second group, followed by T. fulvocastaneum and T. bakamatsutake. Within the second group, T. magnivelare was clearly differentiated from the other species. The data suggest that matsutake underwent substantial evolution between the first group, mostly composed of Fagaceae symbionts, and the second group, comprised only of Pinaceae symbionts, but diverged little within each groups. Mobile DNA markers could be useful in resolving difficult phylogenies due to, for example, closely spaced speciation events.
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- Hitoshi Murata
- Department of Applied Microbiology and Mushroom Sciences, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8687, Japan.
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Gatesy J, Geisler JH, Chang J, Buell C, Berta A, Meredith RW, Springer MS, McGowen MR. A phylogenetic blueprint for a modern whale. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2012; 66:479-506. [PMID: 23103570 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2012] [Revised: 10/10/2012] [Accepted: 10/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The emergence of Cetacea in the Paleogene represents one of the most profound macroevolutionary transitions within Mammalia. The move from a terrestrial habitat to a committed aquatic lifestyle engendered wholesale changes in anatomy, physiology, and behavior. The results of this remarkable transformation are extant whales that include the largest, biggest brained, fastest swimming, loudest, deepest diving mammals, some of which can detect prey with a sophisticated echolocation system (Odontoceti - toothed whales), and others that batch feed using racks of baleen (Mysticeti - baleen whales). A broad-scale reconstruction of the evolutionary remodeling that culminated in extant cetaceans has not yet been based on integration of genomic and paleontological information. Here, we first place Cetacea relative to extant mammalian diversity, and assess the distribution of support among molecular datasets for relationships within Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates, including Cetacea). We then merge trees derived from three large concatenations of molecular and fossil data to yield a composite hypothesis that encompasses many critical events in the evolutionary history of Cetacea. By combining diverse evidence, we infer a phylogenetic blueprint that outlines the stepwise evolutionary development of modern whales. This hypothesis represents a starting point for more detailed, comprehensive phylogenetic reconstructions in the future, and also highlights the synergistic interaction between modern (genomic) and traditional (morphological+paleontological) approaches that ultimately must be exploited to provide a rich understanding of evolutionary history across the entire tree of Life.
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- John Gatesy
- Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
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Piskurek O, Jackson DJ. Transposable elements: from DNA parasites to architects of metazoan evolution. Genes (Basel) 2012; 3:409-22. [PMID: 24704977 PMCID: PMC3899998 DOI: 10.3390/genes3030409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2012] [Revised: 06/19/2012] [Accepted: 06/25/2012] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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One of the most unexpected insights that followed from the completion of the human genome a decade ago was that more than half of our DNA is derived from transposable elements (TEs). Due to advances in high throughput sequencing technologies it is now clear that TEs comprise the largest molecular class within most metazoan genomes. TEs, once categorised as "junk DNA", are now known to influence genomic structure and function by increasing the coding and non-coding genetic repertoire of the host. In this way TEs are key elements that stimulate the evolution of metazoan genomes. This review highlights several lines of TE research including the horizontal transfer of TEs through host-parasite interactions, the vertical maintenance of TEs over long periods of evolutionary time, and the direct role that TEs have played in generating morphological novelty.
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- Oliver Piskurek
- Courant Research Centre Geobiology, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Goldschmidtstr. 3, Göttingen 37077, Germany.
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- Courant Research Centre Geobiology, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Goldschmidtstr. 3, Göttingen 37077, Germany.
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Chen Z, Xu S, Zhou K, Yang G. Whale phylogeny and rapid radiation events revealed using novel retroposed elements and their flanking sequences. BMC Evol Biol 2011; 11:314. [PMID: 22029548 PMCID: PMC3219603 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2011] [Accepted: 10/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND A diversity of hypotheses have been proposed based on both morphological and molecular data to reveal phylogenetic relationships within the order Cetacea (dolphins, porpoises, and whales), and great progress has been made in the past two decades. However, there is still some controversy concerning relationships among certain cetacean taxa such as river dolphins and delphinoid species, which needs to be further addressed with more markers in an effort to address unresolved portions of the phylogeny. RESULTS An analysis of additional SINE insertions and SINE-flanking sequences supported the monophyly of the order Cetacea as well as Odontocete, Delphinoidea (Delphinidae + Phocoenidae + Mondontidae), and Delphinidae. A sister relationship between Delphinidae and Phocoenidae + Mondontidae was supported, and members of classical river dolphins and the genera Tursiops and Stenella were found to be paraphyletic. Estimates of divergence times revealed rapid divergences of basal Odontocete lineages in the Oligocene and Early Miocene, and a recent rapid diversification of Delphinidae in the Middle-Late Miocene and Pliocene within a narrow time frame. CONCLUSIONS Several novel SINEs were found to differentiate Delphinidae from the other two families (Monodontidae and Phocoenidae), whereas the sister grouping of the latter two families with exclusion of Delphinidae was further revealed using the SINE-flanking sequences. Interestingly, some anomalous PCR amplification patterns of SINE insertions were detected, which can be explained as the result of potential ancestral SINE polymorphisms and incomplete lineage sorting. Although a few loci were potentially anomalous, this study demonstrated that the SINE-based approach is a powerful tool in phylogenetic studies. Identifying additional SINE elements that resolve the relationships in the superfamily Delphinoidea and family Delphinidae will be important steps forward in completely resolving cetacean phylogenetic relationships in the future.
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- Zhuo Chen
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China
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Geisler JH, McGowen MR, Yang G, Gatesy J. A supermatrix analysis of genomic, morphological, and paleontological data from crown Cetacea. BMC Evol Biol 2011; 11:112. [PMID: 21518443 PMCID: PMC3114740 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2010] [Accepted: 04/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cetacea (dolphins, porpoises, and whales) is a clade of aquatic species that includes the most massive, deepest diving, and largest brained mammals. Understanding the temporal pattern of diversification in the group as well as the evolution of cetacean anatomy and behavior requires a robust and well-resolved phylogenetic hypothesis. Although a large body of molecular data has accumulated over the past 20 years, DNA sequences of cetaceans have not been directly integrated with the rich, cetacean fossil record to reconcile discrepancies among molecular and morphological characters. RESULTS We combined new nuclear DNA sequences, including segments of six genes (~2800 basepairs) from the functionally extinct Yangtze River dolphin, with an expanded morphological matrix and published genomic data. Diverse analyses of these data resolved the relationships of 74 taxa that represent all extant families and 11 extinct families of Cetacea. The resulting supermatrix (61,155 characters) and its sub-partitions were analyzed using parsimony methods. Bayesian and maximum likelihood (ML) searches were conducted on the molecular partition, and a molecular scaffold obtained from these searches was used to constrain a parsimony search of the morphological partition. Based on analysis of the supermatrix and model-based analyses of the molecular partition, we found overwhelming support for 15 extant clades. When extinct taxa are included, we recovered trees that are significantly correlated with the fossil record. These trees were used to reconstruct the timing of cetacean diversification and the evolution of characters shared by "river dolphins," a non-monophyletic set of species according to all of our phylogenetic analyses. CONCLUSIONS The parsimony analysis of the supermatrix and the analysis of morphology constrained to fit the ML/Bayesian molecular tree yielded broadly congruent phylogenetic hypotheses. In trees from both analyses, all Oligocene taxa included in our study fell outside crown Mysticeti and crown Odontoceti, suggesting that these two clades radiated in the late Oligocene or later, contra some recent molecular clock studies. Our trees also imply that many character states shared by river dolphins evolved in their oceanic ancestors, contradicting the hypothesis that these characters are convergent adaptations to fluvial habitats.
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- Jonathan H Geisler
- Department of Anatomy, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York Institute of Technology, Northern Boulevard, Old Westbury, NY,11568, USA
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- Department of Biology, Spieth Hall, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521, US
- Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 540 E. Canfield St., Detroit, MI, 48201, USA
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China
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- Department of Biology, Spieth Hall, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521, US
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Meredith RW, Gatesy J, Cheng J, Springer MS. Pseudogenization of the tooth gene enamelysin (MMP20) in the common ancestor of extant baleen whales. Proc Biol Sci 2011; 278:993-1002. [PMID: 20861053 PMCID: PMC3049022 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2010] [Accepted: 08/31/2010] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Whales in the suborder Mysticeti are filter feeders that use baleen to sift zooplankton and small fish from ocean waters. Adult mysticetes lack teeth, although tooth buds are present in foetal stages. Cladistic analyses suggest that functional teeth were lost in the common ancestor of crown-group Mysticeti. DNA sequences for the tooth-specific genes, ameloblastin (AMBN), enamelin (ENAM) and amelogenin (AMEL), have frameshift mutations and/or stop codons in this taxon, but none of these molecular cavities are shared by all extant mysticetes. Here, we provide the first evidence for pseudogenization of a tooth gene, enamelysin (MMP20), in the common ancestor of living baleen whales. Specifically, pseudogenization resulted from the insertion of a CHR-2 SINE retroposon in exon 2 of MMP20. Genomic and palaeontological data now provide congruent support for the loss of enamel-capped teeth on the common ancestral branch of crown-group mysticetes. The new data for MMP20 also document a polymorphic stop codon in exon 2 of the pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps), which has enamel-less teeth. These results, in conjunction with the evidence for pseudogenization of MMP20 in Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni), another enamel-less species, support the hypothesis that the only unique, non-overlapping function of the MMP20 gene is in enamel formation.
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- Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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Hua-Van A, Le Rouzic A, Boutin TS, Filée J, Capy P. The struggle for life of the genome's selfish architects. Biol Direct 2011; 6:19. [PMID: 21414203 PMCID: PMC3072357 DOI: 10.1186/1745-6150-6-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2010] [Accepted: 03/17/2011] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Transposable elements (TEs) were first discovered more than 50 years ago, but were totally ignored for a long time. Over the last few decades they have gradually attracted increasing interest from research scientists. Initially they were viewed as totally marginal and anecdotic, but TEs have been revealed as potentially harmful parasitic entities, ubiquitous in genomes, and finally as unavoidable actors in the diversity, structure, and evolution of the genome. Since Darwin's theory of evolution, and the progress of molecular biology, transposable elements may be the discovery that has most influenced our vision of (genome) evolution. In this review, we provide a synopsis of what is known about the complex interactions that exist between transposable elements and the host genome. Numerous examples of these interactions are provided, first from the standpoint of the genome, and then from that of the transposable elements. We also explore the evolutionary aspects of TEs in the light of post-Darwinian theories of evolution.
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- Aurélie Hua-Van
- Laboratoire Evolution, Génomes, Spéciation, CNRS UPR9034/Université Paris-Sud, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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McGowen MR, Clark C, Gatesy J. The vestigial olfactory receptor subgenome of odontocete whales: phylogenetic congruence between gene-tree reconciliation and supermatrix methods. Syst Biol 2010; 57:574-90. [PMID: 18686195 DOI: 10.1080/10635150802304787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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The macroevolutionary transition of whales (cetaceans) from a terrestrial quadruped to an obligate aquatic form involved major changes in sensory abilities. Compared to terrestrial mammals, the olfactory system of baleen whales is dramatically reduced, and in toothed whales is completely absent. We sampled the olfactory receptor (OR) subgenomes of eight cetacean species from four families. A multigene tree of 115 newly characterized OR sequences from these eight species and published data for Bos taurus revealed a diverse array of class II OR paralogues in Cetacea. Evolution of the OR gene superfamily in toothed whales (Odontoceti) featured a multitude of independent pseudogenization events, supporting anatomical evidence that odontocetes have lost their olfactory sense. We explored the phylogenetic utility of OR pseudogenes in Cetacea, concentrating on delphinids (oceanic dolphins), the product of a rapid evolutionary radiation that has been difficult to resolve in previous studies of mitochondrial DNA sequences. Phylogenetic analyses of OR pseudogenes using both gene-tree reconciliation and supermatrix methods yielded fully resolved, consistently supported relationships among members of four delphinid subfamilies. Alternative minimizations of gene duplications, gene duplications plus gene losses, deep coalescence events, and nucleotide substitutions plus indels returned highly congruent phylogenetic hypotheses. Novel DNA sequence data for six single-copy nuclear loci and three mitochondrial genes (> 5000 aligned nucleotides) provided an independent test of the OR trees. Nucleotide substitutions and indels in OR pseudogenes showed a very low degree of homoplasy in comparison to mitochondrial DNA and, on average, provided more variation than single-copy nuclear DNA. Our results suggest that phylogenetic analysis of the large OR superfamily will be effective for resolving relationships within Cetacea whether supermatrix or gene-tree reconciliation procedures are used.
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- Michael R McGowen
- Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA.
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Divergence date estimation and a comprehensive molecular tree of extant cetaceans. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2009; 53:891-906. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.08.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 296] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2009] [Revised: 08/04/2009] [Accepted: 08/14/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Kingston SE, Adams LD, Rosel PE. Testing mitochondrial sequences and anonymous nuclear markers for phylogeny reconstruction in a rapidly radiating group: molecular systematics of the Delphininae (Cetacea: Odontoceti: Delphinidae). BMC Evol Biol 2009; 9:245. [PMID: 19811651 PMCID: PMC2770059 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2009] [Accepted: 10/07/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Many molecular phylogenetic analyses rely on DNA sequence data obtained from single or multiple loci, particularly mitochondrial DNA loci. However, phylogenies for taxa that have undergone recent, rapid radiation events often remain unresolved. Alternative methodologies for discerning evolutionary relationships under these conditions are desirable. The dolphin subfamily Delphininae is a group that has likely resulted from a recent and rapid radiation. Despite several efforts, the evolutionary relationships among the species in the subfamily remain unclear. RESULTS Here, we compare a phylogeny estimated using mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region sequences to a multi-locus phylogeny inferred from 418 polymorphic genomic markers obtained from amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis. The two sets of phylogenies are largely incongruent, primarily because the mtDNA tree provides very poor resolving power; very few species' nodes in the tree are supported by bootstrap resampling. The AFLP phylogeny is considerably better resolved and more congruent with relationships inferred from morphological data. Both phylogenies support paraphyly for the genera Stenella and Tursiops. The AFLP data indicate a close relationship between the two spotted dolphin species and recent ancestry between Stenella clymene and S. longirostris. The placement of the Lagenodelphis hosei lineage is ambiguous: phenetic analysis of the AFLP data is consistent with morphological expectations but the phylogenetic analysis is not. CONCLUSION For closely related, recently diverged taxa, a multi-locus genome-wide survey is likely the most comprehensive approach currently available for phylogenetic inference.
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- Sarah E Kingston
- NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 646 Cajundome Blvd. Suite 234, Lafayette, LA 70506, USA
- University of Maryland, College of Chemical and Life Sciences, Program in Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, Biology-Psychology Building 1204C, College Park, MD 20742, USA
- Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 4210 Silver Hill Rd, Suitland, MD 20746, USA
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- NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 646 Cajundome Blvd. Suite 234, Lafayette, LA 70506, USA
- National Ocean Service, 219 Fort Johnson Road, Charleston, SC 29412, USA
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- NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 646 Cajundome Blvd. Suite 234, Lafayette, LA 70506, USA
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Ayoub NA, McGowen MR, Clark C, Springer MS, Gatesy J. Evolution and phylogenetic utility of the melanocortin-1 receptor gene (MC1R) in Cetartiodactyla. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2009; 52:550-7. [PMID: 19303453 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2008] [Revised: 02/27/2009] [Accepted: 03/10/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Nadia A Ayoub
- University of California, Riverside, Department of Biology, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
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Xiong Y, Brandley MC, Xu S, Zhou K, Yang G. Seven new dolphin mitochondrial genomes and a time-calibrated phylogeny of whales. BMC Evol Biol 2009; 9:20. [PMID: 19166626 PMCID: PMC2656474 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2008] [Accepted: 01/25/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The phylogeny of Cetacea (whales) is not fully resolved with substantial support. The ambiguous and conflicting results of multiple phylogenetic studies may be the result of the use of too little data, phylogenetic methods that do not adequately capture the complex nature of DNA evolution, or both. In addition, there is also evidence that the generic taxonomy of Delphinidae (dolphins) underestimates its diversity. To remedy these problems, we sequenced the complete mitochondrial genomes of seven dolphins and analyzed these data with partitioned Bayesian analyses. Moreover, we incorporate a newly-developed "relaxed" molecular clock to model heterogenous rates of evolution among cetacean lineages. RESULTS The "deep" phylogenetic relationships are well supported including the monophyly of Cetacea and Odontoceti. However, there is ambiguity in the phylogenetic affinities of two of the river dolphin clades Platanistidae (Indian River dolphins) and Lipotidae (Yangtze River dolphins). The phylogenetic analyses support a sister relationship between Delphinidae and Monodontidae + Phocoenidae. Additionally, there is statistically significant support for the paraphyly of Tursiops (bottlenose dolphins) and Stenella (spotted dolphins). CONCLUSION Our phylogenetic analysis of complete mitochondrial genomes using recently developed models of rate autocorrelation resolved the phylogenetic relationships of the major Cetacean lineages with a high degree of confidence. Our results indicate that a rapid radiation of lineages explains the lack of support the placement of Platanistidae and Lipotidae. Moreover, our estimation of molecular divergence dates indicates that these radiations occurred in the Middle to Late Oligocene and Middle Miocene, respectively. Furthermore, by collecting and analyzing seven new mitochondrial genomes, we provide strong evidence that the delphinid genera Tursiops and Stenella are not monophyletic, and the current taxonomy masks potentially interesting patterns of morphological, physiological, behavioral, and ecological evolution.
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- Ye Xiong
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, PR China
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, PR China
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Piskurek O, Nishihara H, Okada N. The evolution of two partner LINE/SINE families and a full-length chromodomain-containing Ty3/Gypsy LTR element in the first reptilian genome of Anolis carolinensis. Gene 2008; 441:111-8. [PMID: 19118606 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2008.11.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2008] [Revised: 11/18/2008] [Accepted: 11/25/2008] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Transposable elements have been characterized in a number of vertebrates, including whole genomes of mammals, birds, and fishes. The Anolis carolinensis draft assembly provides the first opportunity to study retroposons in a reptilian genome. Here, we identified and reconstructed a number of retroposons based on database searches: Five Sauria short interspersed element (SINE) subfamilies, 5S-Sauria SINE chimeras, Anolis Bov-B long interspersed element (LINE), Anolis SINE 2, Anolis LINE 2, Anolis LINE 1, Anolis CR 1, and a chromodomain-containing Ty3/Gypsy LTR element. We focused on two SINE families (Anolis Sauria SINE and Anolis SINE 2) and their partner LINE families (Anolis Bov-B LINE and Anolis LINE 2). We demonstrate that each SINE/LINE pair is distributed similarly and predict that the retrotransposition of evolutionarily younger Sauria SINE members is via younger Bov-B LINE members while a correlation also exists between their respective evolutionarily older SINE/LINE members. The evolutionarily youngest Sauria SINE sequences evolved as part of novel rolling-circle transposons. The evolutionary time frame when Bov-B LINEs and Sauria SINEs were less active in their retrotransposition is characterized by a high retrotransposition burst of Anolis SINE 2 and Anolis LINE 2 elements. We also characterized the first full-length chromoviral LTR element in amniotes (Amn-ichi). This newly identified chromovirus is widespread in the Anolis genome and has been very well preserved, indicating that it is still active. Transposable elements in the Anolis genome account for approximately 20% of the total DNA sequence, whereas the proportion is more than double that in many mammalian genomes in which such elements have important biological functions. Nevertheless, 20% transposable element coverage is sufficient to predict that Anolis retroposons and other mobile elements also may have biologically and evolutionarily relevant functions. The new SINEs and LINEs and other ubiquitous genomic elements characterized in the Anolis genome will prove very useful for studies in comparative genomics, phylogenetics, and functional genetics.
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- Oliver Piskurek
- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259-B21 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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The phylogeny of Cetartiodactyla: The importance of dense taxon sampling, missing data, and the remarkable promise of cytochrome b to provide reliable species-level phylogenies. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2008; 48:964-85. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.05.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2007] [Revised: 05/08/2008] [Accepted: 05/21/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Tu T, Dillon MO, Sun H, Wen J. Phylogeny of Nolana (Solanaceae) of the Atacama and Peruvian deserts inferred from sequences of four plastid markers and the nuclear LEAFY second intron. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2008; 49:561-73. [PMID: 18722540 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2008] [Revised: 07/01/2008] [Accepted: 07/26/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The phylogeny of Nolana (Solanaceae), a genus primarily distributed in the coastal Atacama and Peruvian deserts with a few species in the Andes and one species endemic to the Galápagos Islands, was reconstructed using sequences of four plastid regions (ndhF, psbA-trnH, rps16-trnK and trnC-psbM) and the nuclear LEAFY second intron. The monophyly of Nolana was strongly supported by all molecular data. The LEAFY data suggested that the Chilean species, including Nolana sessiliflora, the N. acuminata group and at least some members of the Alona group, are basally diverged, supporting the Chilean origin of the genus. Three well-supported clades in the LEAFY tree were corroborated by the SINE (short interspersed elements) or SINE-like insertions. Taxa from Peru are grouped roughly into two clades. Nolana galapagensis from the Galápagos Island is most likely to have derived from a Peruvian ancestor. The monophyly of the morphologically well-diagnosed Nolana acuminata group (N. acuminata, N. baccata, N. paradoxa, N. parviflora, N. pterocarpa, N. rupicola and N. elegans) was supported by both plastid and LEAFY data. Incongruence between the plastid and the LEAFY data was detected concerning primarily the positions of N. sessiliflora, N. galapagensis, taxa of the Alona group and the two Peruvian clades. Such incongruence may be due to reticulate evolution or in some cases lineage sorting of plastid DNA. Incongruence between our previous GBSSI trees and the plastid-LEAFY trees was also detected concerning two well-supported major clades in the GBSSI tree. Duplication of the GBSSI gene may have contributed to this incongruence.
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- Tieyao Tu
- Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650204, PR China
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da Silva VMF, Carter AM, Ambrosio CE, Carvalho AF, Bonatelli M, Lima MC, Miglino MA. Placentation in dolphins from the Amazon River Basin: the Boto, Inia geoffrensis, and the Tucuxi, Sotalia fluviatilis. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2007; 5:26. [PMID: 17597550 PMCID: PMC1919380 DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-5-26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2007] [Accepted: 06/28/2007] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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A recent reassessment of the phylogenetic affinities of cetaceans makes it timely to compare their placentation with that of the artiodactyls. We studied the placentae of two sympatric species of dolphin from the Amazon River Basin, representing two distinct families. The umbilical cord branched to supply a bilobed allantoic sac. Small blood vessels and smooth muscle bundles were found within the stroma of the cord. Foci of squamous metaplasia occurred in the allanto-amnion and allantochorion. The interhemal membrane of the placenta was of the epitheliochorial type. Two different types of trophoblastic epithelium were seen. Most was of the simple columnar type and indented by fetal capillaries. However, there were also areolar regions with tall columnar trophoblast and these were more sparsely supplied with capillaries. The endometrium was well vascularised and richly supplied with actively secreting glands. These findings are consistent with the current view that Cetacea are nested within Artiodactyla as sister group to the hippopotamids.
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, Sao Joao da Boa Vista, SP, Brazil
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