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Tan L, Wu DD, Zhang CB, Cheng YR, Sha LN, Fan X, Kang HY, Wang Y, Zhang HQ, Escudero M, Zhou YH. Genome constitution and evolution of Elymus atratus (Poaceae: Triticeae) inferred from cytogenetic and phylogenetic analysis. Genes Genomics 2024; 46:589-599. [PMID: 38536618 DOI: 10.1007/s13258-024-01496-9] [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: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/18/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Elymus atratus (Nevski) Hand.-Mazz. is perennial hexaploid wheatgrass. It was assigned to the genus Elymus L. sensu stricto based on morphological characters. Its genome constitution has not been disentangled yet. OBJECTIVE To identify the genome constitution and origin of E. atratus. METHODS In this study, genomic in situ hybridization and fluorescence in situ hybridization, and phylogenetic analysis based on the Acc1, DMC1 and matK sequences were performed. RESULTS Genomic in situ hybridization and fluorescence in situ hybridization results reveal that E. atratus 2n = 6x = 42 is composed of 14 St genome chromosomes, 14 H genome chromosomes, and 14 Y genome chromosomes including two H-Y type translocation chromosomes, suggesting that the genome formula of E. atratus is StStYYHH. The phylogenetic analysis based on Acc1 and DMC1 sequences not only shows that the Y genome originated in a separate diploid, but also suggests that Pseudoroegneria (St), Hordeum (H), and a diploid species with Y genome were the potential donors of E. atratus. Data from chloroplast DNA showed that the maternal donor of E. atratus contains the St genome. CONCLUSION Elymus atratus is an allohexaploid species with StYH genome, which may have originated through the hybridization between an allotetraploid Roegneria (StY) species as the maternal donor and a diploid Hordeum (H) species as the paternal donor.
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- Lu Tan
- Panxi Crops Research and Utilization Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Xichang University, Xichang, 615000, Sichuan, China.
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China.
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- Sichuan Academy of Grassland Science, Chengdu, 610000, Sichuan, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China.
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Liu K, Huang X, Ding X, Chen N. The high molecular diversity in Noctiluca scintillans is dominated by intra-genomic variations revealed by single cell high-throughput sequencing of 18S rDNA V4. HARMFUL ALGAE 2024; 132:102568. [PMID: 38331542 DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2024.102568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
Abstract
The application of high-throughput sequencing (HTS) technologies has revolutionized research on phytoplankton biodiversity by generating an unprecedented amount of molecular data in marine ecosystem surveys. However, high-level of molecular diversity uncovered in HTS-based metabarcoding analyses may lead to overinterpretation of phytoplankton diversity due to excessive intra-genomic variations (IGVs). The aims in this study are to explore the nature of phytoplankton molecular diversity and to test the hypothesis. We carried out single-cell metabarcoding analysis of 18S rDNA V4 sequences obtained in single Noctiluca scintillans cells isolated from various sites in coastal waters of China. Results showed that each single N. scintillans cell harbored a high level of IGVs with about 100 amplicon sequence variants (ASVs). The large numbers of non-dominant ASVs identified in N. scintillans cells, which might correspond to the larger numbers of ASVs annotated as N. scintillans and showed similar temporal dynamics in metabarcoding analyses, could inflate the inter-species diversity or intra-species genetic diversity. In addition, there were large numbers of additional ASVs that were not annotated as N. scintillans. These non-N. scintillans ASVs might represent diverse preys for N. scintillans, consistent with previous reports that N. scintillans may act as chance predator of a broad-spectrum preys. This single-cell study has unambiguously demonstrated that the existence of high levels of IGVs in N. scintillans and most likely many other phytoplankton species, demonstrating that the majority of the molecular diversity revealed in metabarcoding analysis, which were generally interpreted as the sum of inter-species diversity and intra-species diversity, actually included high levels of IGVs and should be interpreted with caution.
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- Kuiyan Liu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266200, China; College of Marine Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China; Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266200, China; College of Marine Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China; Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266200, China; College of Marine Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China; Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266200, China; Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada.
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Wang W, Zhang X, Garcia S, Leitch AR, Kovařík A. Intragenomic rDNA variation - the product of concerted evolution, mutation, or something in between? Heredity (Edinb) 2023; 131:179-188. [PMID: 37402824 PMCID: PMC10462631 DOI: 10.1038/s41437-023-00634-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2022] [Revised: 06/12/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023] Open
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The classical model of concerted evolution states that hundreds to thousands of ribosomal DNA (rDNA) units undergo homogenization, making the multiple copies of the individual units more uniform across the genome than would be expected given mutation frequencies and gene redundancy. While the universality of this over 50-year-old model has been confirmed in a range of organisms, advanced high throughput sequencing techniques have also revealed that rDNA homogenization in many organisms is partial and, in rare cases, even apparently failing. The potential underpinning processes leading to unexpected intragenomic variation have been discussed in a number of studies, but a comprehensive understanding remains to be determined. In this work, we summarize information on variation or polymorphisms in rDNAs across a wide range of taxa amongst animals, fungi, plants, and protists. We discuss the definition and description of concerted evolution and describe whether incomplete concerted evolution of rDNAs predominantly affects coding or non-coding regions of rDNA units and if it leads to the formation of pseudogenes or not. We also discuss the factors contributing to rDNA variation, such as interspecific hybridization, meiotic cycles, rDNA expression status, genome size, and the activity of effector genes involved in genetic recombination, epigenetic modifications, and DNA editing. Finally, we argue that a combination of approaches is needed to target genetic and epigenetic phenomena influencing incomplete concerted evolution, to give a comprehensive understanding of the evolution and functional consequences of intragenomic variation in rDNA.
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- Wencai Wang
- Science and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510405, China
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- Department of Horticulture, College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, 510225, China
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- Institut Botànic de Barcelona, IBB (CSIC - Ajuntament de Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain
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- School of Biological and Behavioral Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, UK
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- Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, CZ-61200, Czech Republic.
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Tan L, Huang QX, Song Y, Wu DD, Cheng YR, Zhang CB, Sha LN, Fan X, Kang HY, Wang Y, Zhang HQ, Zhou YH. Biosystematics studies on Elymus breviaristatus and Elymus sinosubmuticus (Poaceae: Triticeae). BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 22:57. [PMID: 35105308 PMCID: PMC8805286 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-022-03441-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Elymus breviaristatus and Elymus sinosubmuticus are perennial herbs, not only morphologically similar but also sympatric distribution. The genome composition of E. sinosubmuticus has not been reported, and the relationship between E. sinosubmuticus and E. breviaristatus is still controversial. We performed artificial hybridization, genomic in situ hybridization, and phylogenetic analyses to clarify whether the two taxa were the same species. RESULTS The high frequency bivalent (with an average of 20.62 bivalents per cell) at metaphase I of pollen mother cells of the artificial hybrids of E. breviaristatus (StYH) × E. sinosubmuticus was observed. It illustrated that E. sinosubmuticus was closely related to E. breviaristatus. Based on genomic in situ hybridization results, we confirmed that E. sinosubmuticus was an allohexaploid, and the genomic constitution was StYH. Phylogenetic analysis results also supported that this species contained St, Y, and H genomes. In their F1 hybrids, pollen activity was 53.90%, and the seed setting rate was 22.46%. Those indicated that the relationship between E. sinosubmuticus and E. breviaristatus is intersubspecific rather than interspecific, and it is reasonable to treated E. sinosubmuticus as the subspecies of E. breviaristatus. CONCLUSIONS In all, the genomic constitutions of E. sinosubmuticus and E. breviaristatus were StYH, and they are species in the genus Campeiostachys. Because E. breviaristatus was treated as Campeistachys breviaristata, Elymus sinosubmuticus should be renamed Campeiostachys breviaristata (Keng) Y. H. Zhou, H. Q. Zhang et C. R. Yang subsp. sinosubmuticus (S. L. Chen) Y. H. Zhou, H. Q. Zhang et L. Tan.
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- Lu Tan
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang 611130, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang 611130, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang 611130, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang 611130, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang 611130, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang 611130, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang 611130, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Sichuan Academy of Grassland Science, Chengdu, 610000, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang 611130, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang 611130, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang 611130, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang 611130, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang 611130, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang 611130, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang 611130, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang 611130, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, China.
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang 611130, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang 611130, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
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Leach CR, Houben A, Field B, Pistrick K, Demidov D, Timmis JN. Molecular evidence for transcription of genes on a B chromosome in Crepis capillaris. Genetics 2005; 171:269-78. [PMID: 15956665 PMCID: PMC1456518 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.105.043273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2005] [Accepted: 05/10/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Dispensable, supernumerary (B) chromosomes are found in diverse eukaryotic species. The origin and genetic consequences of B chromosomes have been the subjects of speculation for more than a century. Until now, there has been no molecular evidence that B chromosome DNA is transcribed and there is no unequivocal evidence as to their origin. B chromosomes are considered to be genetically inert although they appear to cause a variety of phenotypic effects. We report that members of one of two ribosomal RNA gene families that are confined to the B chromosomes of a plant, Crepis capillaris, are transcribed--thus providing the first molecular evidence of gene activity on B chromosomes. Sequence analysis of part of the A and B chromosome rRNA genes, together with comparisons with related species, indicates that the B chromosome rRNA genes originate from the A chromosome.
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MESH Headings
- Base Sequence
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosomes, Plant/genetics
- Crepis/genetics
- DNA, Plant/chemistry
- DNA, Plant/genetics
- DNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- DNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/genetics
- Flowers/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Plant Leaves/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S/genetics
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Transcription, Genetic/genetics
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- Carolyn R Leach
- School of Molecular and Biomedical Science (Genetics), The University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Kovarik A, Pires JC, Leitch AR, Lim KY, Sherwood AM, Matyasek R, Rocca J, Soltis DE, Soltis PS. Rapid concerted evolution of nuclear ribosomal DNA in two Tragopogon allopolyploids of recent and recurrent origin. Genetics 2005; 169:931-44. [PMID: 15654116 PMCID: PMC1449095 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.104.032839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
We investigated concerted evolution of rRNA genes in multiple populations of Tragopogon mirus and T. miscellus, two allotetraploids that formed recurrently within the last 80 years following the introduction of three diploids (T. dubius, T. pratensis, and T. porrifolius) from Europe to North America. Using the earliest herbarium specimens of the allotetraploids (1949 and 1953) to represent the genomic condition near the time of polyploidization, we found that the parental rDNA repeats were inherited in roughly equal numbers. In contrast, in most present-day populations of both tetraploids, the rDNA of T. dubius origin is reduced and may occupy as little as 5% of total rDNA in some individuals. However, in two populations of T. mirus the repeats of T. dubius origin outnumber the repeats of the second diploid parent (T. porrifolius), indicating bidirectional concerted evolution within a single species. In plants of T. miscellus having a low rDNA contribution from T. dubius, the rDNA of T. dubius was nonetheless expressed. We have apparently caught homogenization of rDNA repeats (concerted evolution) in the act, although it has not proceeded to completion in any allopolyploid population yet examined.
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- A Kovarik
- Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CS-61265 Brno, Czech Republic.
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