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Specific LTR-Retrotransposons Show Copy Number Variations between Wild and Cultivated Sunflowers. Genes (Basel) 2018; 9:genes9090433. [PMID: 30158460 PMCID: PMC6162735 DOI: 10.3390/genes9090433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2018] [Revised: 08/22/2018] [Accepted: 08/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The relationship between variation of the repetitive component of the genome and domestication in plant species is not fully understood. In previous work, variations in the abundance and proximity to genes of long terminal repeats (LTR)-retrotransposons of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) were investigated by Illumina DNA sequencingtocompare cultivars and wild accessions. In this study, we annotated and characterized 22 specific retrotransposon families whose abundance varies between domesticated and wild genotypes. These families mostly belonged to the Chromovirus lineage of the Gypsy superfamily and were distributed overall chromosomes. They were also analyzed in respect to their proximity to genes. Genes close to retrotransposon were classified according to biochemical pathways, and differences between domesticated and wild genotypes are shown. These data suggest that structural variations related to retrotransposons might have occurred to produce phenotypic variation between wild and domesticated genotypes, possibly by affecting the expression of genes that lie close to inserted or deleted retrotransposons and belong to specific biochemical pathways as those involved in plant stress responses.
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Mascagni F, Cavallini A, Giordani T, Natali L. Different histories of two highly variable LTR retrotransposons in sunflower species. Gene 2017; 634:5-14. [PMID: 28867564 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2017.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2017] [Revised: 07/15/2017] [Accepted: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In the Helianthus genus, very large intra- and interspecific variability related to two specific retrotransposons of Helianthus annuus (Helicopia and SURE) exists. When comparing these two sequences to sunflower sequence databases recently produced by our lab, the Helicopia family was shown to belong to the Maximus/SIRE lineage of the Sirevirus genus of the Copia superfamily, whereas the SURE element (whose superfamily was not even previously identified) was classified as a Gypsy element of the Ogre/Tat lineage of the Metavirus genus. Bioinformatic analysis of the two retrotransposon families revealed their genomic abundance and relative proliferation timing. The genomic abundance of these families differed significantly among 12 Helianthus species. The ratio between the abundance of long terminal repeats and their reverse transcriptases suggested that the SURE family has relatively more solo long terminal repeats than does Helicopia. Pairwise comparisons of Illumina reads encoding the reverse transcriptase domain indicated that SURE amplification may have occurred more recently than that of Helicopia. Finally, the analysis of population structure based on the SURE and Helicopia polymorphisms of 32 Helianthus species evidenced two subpopulations, which roughly corresponded to species of the Helianthus and Divaricati/Ciliares sections. However, a number of species showed an admixed structure, confirming the importance of interspecific hybridisation in the evolution of this genus. In general, these two retrotransposon families differentially contributed to interspecific variability, emphasising the need to refer to specific families when studying genome evolution.
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- Flavia Mascagni
- Dept. of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, University of Pisa, Via delBorghetto 80, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Dept. of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, University of Pisa, Via delBorghetto 80, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Dept. of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, University of Pisa, Via delBorghetto 80, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Dept. of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, University of Pisa, Via delBorghetto 80, I-56124 Pisa, Italy.
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Mascagni F, Giordani T, Ceccarelli M, Cavallini A, Natali L. Genome-wide analysis of LTR-retrotransposon diversity and its impact on the evolution of the genus Helianthus (L.). BMC Genomics 2017; 18:634. [PMID: 28821238 PMCID: PMC5563062 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-4050-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2017] [Accepted: 08/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Genome divergence by mobile elements activity and recombination is a continuous process that plays a key role in the evolution of species. Nevertheless, knowledge on retrotransposon-related variability among species belonging to the same genus is still limited. Considering the importance of the genus Helianthus, a model system for studying the ecological genetics of speciation and adaptation, we performed a comparative analysis of the repetitive genome fraction across ten species and one subspecies of sunflower, focusing on long terminal repeat retrotransposons at superfamily, lineage and sublineage levels. Results After determining the relative genome size of each species, genomic DNA was isolated and subjected to Illumina sequencing. Then, different assembling and clustering approaches allowed exploring the repetitive component of all genomes. On average, repetitive DNA in Helianthus species represented more than 75% of the genome, being composed mostly by long terminal repeat retrotransposons. Also, the prevalence of Gypsy over Copia superfamily was observed and, among lineages, Chromovirus was by far the most represented. Although nearly all the same sublineages are present in all species, we found considerable variability in the abundance of diverse retrotransposon lineages and sublineages, especially between annual and perennial species. Conclusions This large variability should indicate that different events of amplification or loss related to these elements occurred following species separation and should have been involved in species differentiation. Our data allowed us inferring on the extent of interspecific repetitive DNA variation related to LTR-RE abundance, investigating the relationship between changes of LTR-RE abundance and the evolution of the genus, and determining the degree of coevolution of different LTR-RE lineages or sublineages between and within species. Moreover, the data suggested that LTR-RE abundance in a species was affected by the annual or perennial habit of that species. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-017-4050-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Flavia Mascagni
- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, 56124, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, 56124, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, 06123, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, 56124, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, 56124, Pisa, Italy.
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Mascagni F, Barghini E, Giordani T, Rieseberg LH, Cavallini A, Natali L. Repetitive DNA and Plant Domestication: Variation in Copy Number and Proximity to Genes of LTR-Retrotransposons among Wild and Cultivated Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) Genotypes. Genome Biol Evol 2015; 7:3368-82. [PMID: 26608057 PMCID: PMC4700961 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evv230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The sunflower (Helianthus annuus) genome contains a very large proportion of transposable elements, especially long terminal repeat retrotransposons. However, knowledge on the retrotransposon-related variability within this species is still limited. We used next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies to perform a quantitative and qualitative survey of intraspecific variation of the retrotransposon fraction of the genome across 15 genotypes—7 wild accessions and 8 cultivars—of H. annuus. By mapping the Illumina reads of the 15 genotypes onto a library of sunflower long terminal repeat retrotransposons, we observed considerable variability in redundancy among genotypes, at both superfamily and family levels. In another analysis, we mapped Illumina paired reads to two sets of sequences, that is, long terminal repeat retrotransposons and protein-encoding sequences, and evaluated the extent of retrotransposon proximity to genes in the sunflower genome by counting the number of paired reads in which one read mapped to a retrotransposon and the other to a gene. Large variability among genotypes was also ascertained for retrotransposon proximity to genes. Both long terminal repeat retrotransposon redundancy and proximity to genes varied among retrotransposon families and also between cultivated and wild genotypes. Such differences are discussed in relation to the possible role of long terminal repeat retrotransposons in the domestication of sunflower.
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- Flavia Mascagni
- Department of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- The Biodiversity Research Centre and Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Staton SE, Burke JM. Evolutionary transitions in the Asteraceae coincide with marked shifts in transposable element abundance. BMC Genomics 2015; 16:623. [PMID: 26290182 PMCID: PMC4546089 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1830-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2015] [Accepted: 08/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The transposable element (TE) content of the genomes of plant species varies from near zero in the genome of Utricularia gibba to more than 80% in many species. It is not well understood whether this variation in genome composition results from common mechanisms or stochastic variation. The major obstacles to investigating mechanisms of TE evolution have been a lack of comparative genomic data sets and efficient computational methods for measuring differences in TE composition between species. In this study, we describe patterns of TE evolution in 14 species in the flowering plant family Asteraceae and 1 outgroup species in the Calyceraceae to investigate phylogenetic patterns of TE dynamics in this important group of plants. RESULTS Our findings indicate that TE families in the Asteraceae exhibit distinct patterns of non-neutral evolution, and that there has been a directional increase in copy number of Gypsy retrotransposons since the origin of the Asteraceae. Specifically, there is marked increase in Gypsy abundance at the origin of the Asteraceae and at the base of the tribe Heliantheae. This latter shift in genome composition has had a significant impact on the diversity and abundance distribution of TEs in a lineage-specific manner. CONCLUSIONS We show that the TE-driven expansion of plant genomes can be facilitated by just a few TE families, and is likely accompanied by the modification and/or replacement of the TE community. Importantly, large shifts in TE composition may be correlated with major of phylogenetic transitions.
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- S Evan Staton
- Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
- Current address: Beaty Biodiversity Research Centre and Department of Botany, 3529-6270 University Blvd, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada.
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
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Gill N, Buti M, Kane N, Bellec A, Helmstetter N, Berges H, Rieseberg LH. Sequence-Based Analysis of Structural Organization and Composition of the Cultivated Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) Genome. BIOLOGY 2014; 3:295-319. [PMID: 24833511 PMCID: PMC4085609 DOI: 10.3390/biology3020295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2013] [Revised: 03/16/2014] [Accepted: 03/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Sunflower is an important oilseed crop, as well as a model system for evolutionary studies, but its 3.6 gigabase genome has proven difficult to assemble, in part because of the high repeat content of its genome. Here we report on the sequencing, assembly, and analyses of 96 randomly chosen BACs from sunflower to provide additional information on the repeat content of the sunflower genome, assess how repetitive elements in the sunflower genome are organized relative to genes, and compare the genomic distribution of these repeats to that found in other food crops and model species. We also examine the expression of transposable element-related transcripts in EST databases for sunflower to determine the representation of repeats in the transcriptome and to measure their transcriptional activity. Our data confirm previous reports in suggesting that the sunflower genome is >78% repetitive. Sunflower repeats share very little similarity to other plant repeats such as those of Arabidopsis, rice, maize and wheat; overall 28% of repeats are “novel” to sunflower. The repetitive sequences appear to be randomly distributed within the sequenced BACs. Assuming the 96 BACs are representative of the genome as a whole, then approximately 5.2% of the sunflower genome comprises non TE-related genic sequence, with an average gene density of 18kbp/gene. Expression levels of these transposable elements indicate tissue specificity and differential expression in vegetative and reproductive tissues, suggesting that expressed TEs might contribute to sunflower development. The assembled BACs will also be useful for assessing the quality of several different draft assemblies of the sunflower genome and for annotating the reference sequence.
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- Navdeep Gill
- Department of Botany and The Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, BC, Canada.
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- Applied Rosaceous Genomics Group, Centre for Research and Innovation, Michele all'Adige (TN) P.IVA 020384102, Italy.
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
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- French Plant Genomic Resource Centre, INRA-CNRGV, Chemin de Borde Rouge, CS 52627, 31326 Castanet Tolosan, France.
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- French Plant Genomic Resource Centre, INRA-CNRGV, Chemin de Borde Rouge, CS 52627, 31326 Castanet Tolosan, France.
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- French Plant Genomic Resource Centre, INRA-CNRGV, Chemin de Borde Rouge, CS 52627, 31326 Castanet Tolosan, France.
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- Department of Botany and The Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, BC, Canada.
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Natali L, Cossu RM, Barghini E, Giordani T, Buti M, Mascagni F, Morgante M, Gill N, Kane NC, Rieseberg L, Cavallini A. The repetitive component of the sunflower genome as shown by different procedures for assembling next generation sequencing reads. BMC Genomics 2013; 14:686. [PMID: 24093210 PMCID: PMC3852528 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2013] [Accepted: 10/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background Next generation sequencing provides a powerful tool to study genome structure in species whose genomes are far from being completely sequenced. In this work we describe and compare different computational approaches to evaluate the repetitive component of the genome of sunflower, by using medium/low coverage Illumina or 454 libraries. Results By varying sequencing technology (Illumina or 454), coverage (0.55 x-1.25 x), assemblers and assembly procedures, six different genomic databases were produced. The annotation of these databases showed that they were composed of different proportions of repetitive DNA families. The final assembly of the sequences belonging to the six databases produced a whole genome set of 283,800 contigs. The redundancy of each contig was estimated by mapping the whole genome set with a large Illumina read set and measuring the number of matched Illumina reads. The repetitive component amounted to 81% of the sunflower genome, that is composed mainly of numerous families of Gypsy and Copia retrotransposons. Also many families of non autonomous retrotransposons and DNA transposons (especially of the Helitron superfamily) were identified. Conclusions The results substantially matched those previously obtained by using a Sanger-sequenced shotgun library and a standard 454 whole-genome-shotgun approach, indicating the reliability of the proposed procedures also for other species. The repetitive sequences were collected to produce a database, SUNREP, that will be useful for the annotation of the sunflower genome sequence and for studying the genome evolution in dicotyledons.
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- Lucia Natali
- Department of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, I-56124 Pisa, Italy.
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Liu D, Zeng SH, Chen JJ, Zhang YJ, Xiao G, Zhu LY, Wang Y. First insights into the large genome of Epimedium sagittatum (Sieb. et Zucc) Maxim, a Chinese Ttaditional medicinal plant. Int J Mol Sci 2013; 14:13559-76. [PMID: 23807511 PMCID: PMC3742203 DOI: 10.3390/ijms140713559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2013] [Revised: 05/16/2013] [Accepted: 06/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Epimedium sagittatum (Sieb. et Zucc) Maxim is a member of the Berberidaceae family of basal eudicot plants, widely distributed and used as a traditional medicinal plant in China for therapeutic effects on many diseases with a long history. Recent data shows that E. sagittatum has a relatively large genome, with a haploid genome size of ~4496 Mbp, divided into a small number of only 12 diploid chromosomes (2n = 2x = 12). However, little is known about Epimedium genome structure and composition. Here we present the analysis of 691 kb of high-quality genomic sequence derived from 672 randomly selected plasmid clones of E. sagittatum genomic DNA, representing ~0.0154% of the genome. The sampled sequences comprised at least 78.41% repetitive DNA elements and 2.51% confirmed annotated gene sequences, with a total GC% content of 39%. Retrotransposons represented the major class of transposable element (TE) repeats identified (65.37% of all TE repeats), particularly LTR (Long Terminal Repeat) retrotransposons (52.27% of all TE repeats). Chromosome analysis and Fluorescence in situ Hybridization of Gypsy-Ty3 retrotransposons were performed to survey the E. sagittatum genome at the cytological level. Our data provide the first insights into the composition and structure of the E. sagittatum genome, and will facilitate the functional genomic analysis of this valuable medicinal plant.
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- Di Liu
- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China; E-Mails: (D.L.); (J.-J.C.); (Y.-J.Z.); (G.X.)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China; E-Mail:
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China; E-Mails: (D.L.); (J.-J.C.); (Y.-J.Z.); (G.X.)
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China; E-Mails: (D.L.); (J.-J.C.); (Y.-J.Z.); (G.X.)
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China; E-Mails: (D.L.); (J.-J.C.); (Y.-J.Z.); (G.X.)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- Wuhan Vegetable Research Station, Wuhan 430065, China; E-Mail:
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China; E-Mails: (D.L.); (J.-J.C.); (Y.-J.Z.); (G.X.)
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Staton SE, Bakken BH, Blackman BK, Chapman MA, Kane NC, Tang S, Ungerer MC, Knapp SJ, Rieseberg LH, Burke JM. The sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) genome reflects a recent history of biased accumulation of transposable elements. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2012; 72:142-53. [PMID: 22691070 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2012.05072.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Aside from polyploidy, transposable elements are the major drivers of genome size increases in plants. Thus, understanding the diversity and evolutionary dynamics of transposable elements in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.), especially given its large genome size (∼3.5 Gb) and the well-documented cases of amplification of certain transposons within the genus, is of considerable importance for understanding the evolutionary history of this emerging model species. By analyzing approximately 25% of the sunflower genome from random sequence reads and assembled bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) clones, we show that it is composed of over 81% transposable elements, 77% of which are long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons. Moreover, the LTR retrotransposon fraction in BAC clones harboring genes is disproportionately composed of chromodomain-containing Gypsy LTR retrotransposons ('chromoviruses'), and the majority of the intact chromoviruses contain tandem chromodomain duplications. We show that there is a bias in the efficacy of homologous recombination in removing LTR retrotransposon DNA, thereby providing insight into the mechanisms associated with transposable element (TE) composition in the sunflower genome. We also show that the vast majority of observed LTR retrotransposon insertions have likely occurred since the origin of this species, providing further evidence that biased LTR retrotransposon activity has played a major role in shaping the chromatin and DNA landscape of the sunflower genome. Although our findings on LTR retrotransposon age and structure could be influenced by the selection of the BAC clones analyzed, a global analysis of random sequence reads indicates that the evolutionary patterns described herein apply to the sunflower genome as a whole.
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- S Evan Staton
- Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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Woodrow P, Ciarmiello LF, Fantaccione S, Annunziata MG, Pontecorvo G, Carillo P. Ty1-copia group retrotransposons and the evolution of retroelements in several angiosperm plants: evidence of horizontal transmission. Bioinformation 2012; 8:267-71. [PMID: 22493534 PMCID: PMC3321236 DOI: 10.6026/97320630008267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2012] [Accepted: 03/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The phylogenetic relationships among thirty-seven new Ty1-copia group retrotransposons in seven angiosperm plants were examined by reverse transcriptase and ribonuclease H sequence analysis. Distribution pattern of the retrotransposons of closely related plant species generally reflects a close phylogenetic relationship. In contrast, we found that several retrotransposon sequences from the same genome exhibited a high degree of divergence and had a relatively high degree of identity versus retrotransposon sequences from widely divergent species, including an ancestral phytopathogen fungus. This finding supports the hypothesis that the horizontal transmission from phytopatogen organism to the host flowering plants could have played a role in the evolutionary dynamics of Ty1-copia group retrotransposons.
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- Pasqualina Woodrow
- II University of Naples, Department of Life Science, via Vivaldi 43, 81100 Caserta, Italy
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- II University of Naples, Department of Life Science, via Vivaldi 43, 81100 Caserta, Italy
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- II University of Naples, Department of Life Science, via Vivaldi 43, 81100 Caserta, Italy
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- II University of Naples, Department of Life Science, via Vivaldi 43, 81100 Caserta, Italy
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- II University of Naples, Department of Life Science, via Vivaldi 43, 81100 Caserta, Italy
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Buti M, Giordani T, Cattonaro F, Cossu RM, Pistelli L, Vukich M, Morgante M, Cavallini A, Natali L. Temporal dynamics in the evolution of the sunflower genome as revealed by sequencing and annotation of three large genomic regions. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2011; 123:779-91. [PMID: 21647740 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-011-1626-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2011] [Accepted: 05/09/2011] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Improved knowledge of genome composition, especially of its repetitive component, generates important informations in both theoretical and applied research. In this study, we provide the first insight into the local organization of the sunflower genome by sequencing and annotating 349,380 bp from 3 BAC clones, each including one single-copy gene. These analyses resulted in the identification of 11 putative gene sequences, 18 full-length LTR retrotransposons, 6 incomplete LTR retrotransposons, 2 non-autonomous LTR-retroelements (LINEs), 2 putative DNA transposons fragments and one putative helitron. Among LTR-retrotransposons, non-autonomous elements (the so-called LARDs), which do not carry any protein-encoding sequence, were discovered for the first time in the sunflower. The insertion time of intact retroelements was measured, based on sister LTRs divergence. All isolated elements were inserted relatively recently, especially those belonging to the Gypsy superfamily. Retrotransposon families related to those identified in the BAC clones are present also in other species of Helianthus, both annual and perennial, and even in other Asteraceae. In one of the three BAC clones, we found five copies of a lipid transfer protein (LTP) encoding gene within less than 100,000 bp, four of which are potentially functional. Two of these are interrupted by LTR retrotransposons, in the intron and in the coding sequence, respectively. The divergence between sister LTRs of the retrotransposons inserted within the genes indicates that LTP gene duplication started earlier than 1.749 MYRS ago. On the whole, the results reported in this study confirm that the sunflower is an excellent system to study transposons dynamics and evolution.
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- M Buti
- Department of Crop Plant Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Park M, Jo S, Kwon JK, Park J, Ahn JH, Kim S, Lee YH, Yang TJ, Hur CG, Kang BC, Kim BD, Choi D. Comparative analysis of pepper and tomato reveals euchromatin expansion of pepper genome caused by differential accumulation of Ty3/Gypsy-like elements. BMC Genomics 2011; 12:85. [PMID: 21276256 PMCID: PMC3042944 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2010] [Accepted: 01/29/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Among the Solanaceae plants, the pepper genome is three times larger than that of tomato. Although the gene repertoire and gene order of both species are well conserved, the cause of the genome-size difference is not known. To determine the causes for the expansion of pepper euchromatic regions, we compared the pepper genome to that of tomato. Results For sequence-level analysis, we generated 35.6 Mb of pepper genomic sequences from euchromatin enriched 1,245 pepper BAC clones. The comparative analysis of orthologous gene-rich regions between both species revealed insertion of transposons exclusively in the pepper sequences, maintaining the gene order and content. The most common type of the transposon found was the LTR retrotransposon. Phylogenetic comparison of the LTR retrotransposons revealed that two groups of Ty3/Gypsy-like elements (Tat and Athila) were overly accumulated in the pepper genome. The FISH analysis of the pepper Tat elements showed a random distribution in heterochromatic and euchromatic regions, whereas the tomato Tat elements showed heterochromatin-preferential accumulation. Conclusions Compared to tomato pepper euchromatin doubled its size by differential accumulation of a specific group of Ty3/Gypsy-like elements. Our results could provide an insight on the mechanism of genome evolution in the Solanaceae family.
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- Minkyu Park
- Interdisciplinary Program in Agriculture Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Korea
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Gaeta ML, Yuyama PM, Sartori D, Fungaro MHP, Vanzela ALL. Occurrence and chromosome distribution of retroelements and NUPT sequences in Copaifera langsdorffii Desf. (Caesalpinioideae). Chromosome Res 2010; 18:515-24. [DOI: 10.1007/s10577-010-9131-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2010] [Revised: 03/31/2010] [Accepted: 04/06/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Buti M, Giordani T, Vukich M, Gentzbittel L, Pistelli L, Cattonaro F, Morgante M, Cavallini A, Natali L. HACRE1, a recently inserted copia-like retrotransposon of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Genome 2010; 52:904-11. [PMID: 19935914 DOI: 10.1139/g09-064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In this paper we report on the isolation and characterization, for the first time, of a complete 6511 bp retrotransposon of sunflower. Considering its protein domain order and sequence similarity to other copia elements of dicotyledons, this retrotransposon was assigned to the copia retrotransposon superfamily and named HACRE1 (Helianthus annuus copia-like retroelement 1). HACRE1 carries 5' and 3' long terminal repeats (LTRs) flanking an internal region of 4661 bp. The LTRs are identical in their sequence except for two deletions of 7 and 5 nucleotides in the 5' LTR. Based on the sequence identity of the LTRs, HACRE1 was estimated to have inserted within the last approximately 84 000 years. The isolated sequence contains a complete open reading frame with only one complete reading frame. The absence of nonsense mutations agrees with the very high sequence identity between LTRs, confirming that HACRE1 insertion is recent. The haploid genome of sunflower (inbred line HCM) contains about 160 copies of HACRE1. This retrotransposon is expressed in leaflets from 7-day-old plantlets under different light conditions, probably in relation to the occurrence of many putative light-related regulatory cis-elements in the LTRs. However, sequenced cDNAs show less variability than HACRE1 genomic sequences, indicating that only a subset of this family is expressed under these conditions.
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- M Buti
- Dipartimento di Biologia delle Piante Agrarie, Universita di Pisa, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
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Vukich M, Schulman AH, Giordani T, Natali L, Kalendar R, Cavallini A. Genetic variability in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) and in the Helianthus genus as assessed by retrotransposon-based molecular markers. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2009; 119:1027-38. [PMID: 19618160 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-009-1106-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2009] [Accepted: 06/30/2009] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The inter-retrotransposon amplified polymorphism (IRAP) protocol was applied for the first time within the genus Helianthus to assess intraspecific variability based on retrotransposon sequences among 36 wild accessions and 26 cultivars of Helianthus annuus L., and interspecific variability among 39 species of Helianthus. Two groups of LTRs, one belonging to a Copia-like retroelement and the other to a putative retrotransposon of unknown nature (SURE) have been isolated, sequenced and primers were designed to obtain IRAP fingerprints. The number of polymorphic bands in H. annuus wild accessions is as high as in Helianthus species. If we assume that a polymorphic band can be related to a retrotransposon insertion, this result suggests that retrotransposon activity continued after Helianthus speciation. Calculation of similarity indices from binary matrices (Shannon's and Jaccard's indices) show that variability is reduced among domesticated H. annuus. On the contrary, similarity indices among Helianthus species were as large as those observed among wild H. annuus accessions, probably related to their scattered geographic distribution. Principal component analysis of IRAP fingerprints allows the distinction between perennial and annual Helianthus species especially when the SURE element is concerned.
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- M Vukich
- Department of Crop Plant Biology, Genetics Section, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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Staton SE, Ungerer MC, Moore RC. The genomic organization of Ty3/gypsy-like retrotransposons in Helianthus (Asteraceae) homoploid hybrid species. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2009; 96:1646-1655. [PMID: 21622351 DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The origin of new diploid, or homoploid, hybrid species is associated with rapid genomic restructuring in the hybrid neospecies. This mode of speciation has been best characterized in wild sunflower species in the genus Helianthus, where three homoploid hybrid species (H. anomalus, H. deserticola, and H. paradoxus) have independently arisen via ancient hybridization events between the same two parental species (H. annuus and H. petiolaris). Most previous work examining genomic restructuring in these sunflower hybrid species has focused on chromosomal rearrangements. However, the origin of all three homoploid hybrid sunflower species also is associated with massive proliferation events of Ty3/gypsy-like retrotransposons in the hybrid species' genomes. We compared the genomic organization of these elements in the parent species and two of the homoploid hybrid species using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). We found a significant expansion of Ty3/gypsy-like retrotransposons confined to the pericentromeric regions of two hybrid sunflower species, H. deserticola and H. paradoxus. In contrast, we detected no significant increase in the frequency or extent of dispersed retrotransposon populations in the hybrid species within the resolution limits of our assay. We discuss the potential role that transposable element proliferation and localization plays in the evolution of homoploid hybrid species.
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- S Evan Staton
- Miami University, Department of Botany, 316 Pearson Hall, Oxford, Ohio 45056 USA
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Anisimova IN, Tumanova LG, Gavrilova VA, Dyagileva AV, Pasha LI, Mitin VA, Timofeyeva GI. Genomic instability in sunflower interspecific hybrids. RUSS J GENET+ 2009. [DOI: 10.1134/s1022795409080079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Peters SA, Datema E, Szinay D, van Staveren MJ, Schijlen EGWM, van Haarst JC, Hesselink T, Abma-Henkens MHC, Bai Y, de Jong H, Stiekema WJ, Klein Lankhorst RM, van Ham RCHJ. Solanum lycopersicum cv. Heinz 1706 chromosome 6: distribution and abundance of genes and retrotransposable elements. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2009; 58:857-69. [PMID: 19207213 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2009.03822.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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We studied the physical and genetic organization of chromosome 6 of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) cv. Heinz 1706 by combining bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) sequence analysis, high-information-content fingerprinting, genetic analysis, and BAC-fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) mapping data. The chromosome positions of 81 anchored seed and extension BACs corresponded in most cases with the linear marker order on the high-density EXPEN 2000 linkage map. We assembled 25 BAC contigs and eight singleton BACs spanning 2.0 Mb of the short-arm euchromatin, 1.8 Mb of the pericentromeric heterochromatin and 6.9 Mb of the long-arm euchromatin. Sequence data were combined with their corresponding genetic and pachytene chromosome positions into an integrated map that covers approximately a third of the chromosome 6 euchromatin and a small part of the pericentromeric heterochromatin. We then compared physical length (Mb), genetic (cM) and chromosome distances (microm) for determining gap sizes between contigs, revealing relative hot and cold spots of recombination. Through sequence annotation we identified several clusters of functionally related genes and an uneven distribution of both gene and repeat sequences between heterochromatin and euchromatin domains. Although a greater number of the non-transposon genes were located in the euchromatin, the highly repetitive (22.4%) pericentromeric heterochromatin displayed an unexpectedly high gene content of one gene per 36.7 kb. Surprisingly, the short-arm euchromatin was relatively rich in repeats as well, with a repeat content of 13.4%, yet the ratio of Ty3/Gypsy and Ty1/Copia retrotransposable elements across the chromosome clearly distinguished euchromatin (2:3) from heterochromatin (3:2).
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- Sander A Peters
- Wageningen University Centre for Biosystems Genomics, Droevendaalsesteeg 1 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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