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Nguyen VC, Villate L, Gutierrez-Gutierrez C, Castillo P, Van Ghelder C, Plantard O, Esmenjaud D. Phylogeography of the soil-borne vector nematode Xiphinema index highly suggests Eastern origin and dissemination with domesticated grapevine. Sci Rep 2019; 9:7313. [PMID: 31086246 PMCID: PMC6513855 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-43812-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2018] [Accepted: 04/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The soil-borne nematode Xiphinema index is closely linked to its main host, the grapevine, and presents a major threat to vineyards worldwide due to its ability to transmit Grapevine fanleaf virus (GFLV). The phylogeography of X. index has been studied using mitochondrial and microsatellite markers in samples from most regions of its worldwide distribution to reveal its genetic diversity. We first used the mitochondrial marker CytB and illustrated the low intraspecific divergence of this mainly meiotic parthenogenetic species. To generate a higher polymorphism level, we then concatenated the sequences of CytB and three mitochondrial markers, ATP6, CO1 and ND4, to obtain a 3044-bp fragment. We differentiated two clades, which each contained two well-supported subclades. Samples from the eastern Mediterranean and the Near and Middle East were grouped into three of these subclades, whereas the samples from the western Mediterranean, Europe and the Americas all belonged to the fourth subclade. The highest polymorphism level was found in the samples of one of the Middle and Near East subclades, strongly suggesting that this region contained the native area of the nematode. An east-to-west nematode dissemination hypothesis appeared to match the routes of the domesticated grapevine during Antiquity, presumably mainly dispersed by the Greeks and the Romans. Surprisingly, the samples of the western subclade comprised only two highly similar mitochondrial haplotypes. The first haplotype, from southern Iberian Peninsula, Bordeaux and Provence vineyards, exhibited a high microsatellite polymorphism level that suggests introductions dating from Antiquity. The second haplotype contained a highly predominant microsatellite genotype widespread in distant western countries that may be a consequence of the massive grapevine replanting following the 19th-century phylloxera crisis. Finally, our study enabled us to draw a first scaffold of X. index diversity at the global scale.
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- Van Chung Nguyen
- INRA, Université Nice Côte d'Azur, CNRS, ISA, Sophia Antipolis, 06903, France. .,Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), Hanoi, Vietnam.
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- UMR1202 BIOGECO, INRA, University of Bordeaux, Pessac, 33615, France
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- NemaLab/ICAAM, Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias e Ambientais Mediterranicas & Dept. de Biologia, Universidade de Evora, Evora, 7002-554, Portugal
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- Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (IAS), CSIC, Cordoba, 14004, Spain
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- INRA, Université Nice Côte d'Azur, CNRS, ISA, Sophia Antipolis, 06903, France
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- INRA, Université Nice Côte d'Azur, CNRS, ISA, Sophia Antipolis, 06903, France.
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de Groot T, Meis JF. Microsatellite Stability in STR Analysis Aspergillus fumigatus Depends on Number of Repeat Units. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2019; 9:82. [PMID: 30984630 PMCID: PMC6449440 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2019.00082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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More than a decade ago a short tandem repeat-based typing method was developed for the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus. This STRAf assay is based on the analysis of nine short tandem repeat markers. Interpretation of this STRAf assay is complicated when there are only one or two differences in tandem repeat markers between isolates, as the stability of these markers is unknown. To determine the stability of these nine markers, a STRAf assay was performed on 73–100 successive generations of five clonally expanded A. fumigatus isolates. In a total of 473 generations we found five times an increase of one tandem repeat unit. Three changes were found in the trinucleotide repeat marker STRAf 3A, while the other two were found in the trinucleotide repeat marker STRAf 3C. The di- or tetranucleotide repeats were not altered. The altered STRAf markers 3A and 3C demonstrated the highest number of repeat units (≥50) as compared to the other markers (≤26). Altogether, we demonstrated that 7 of 9 STRAf markers remain stable for 473 generations and that the frequency of alterations in tandem repeats is positively correlated with the number of repeats. The potential low level instability of STRAf markers 3A and 3C should be taken into account when interpreting STRAf data during an outbreak.
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- Theun de Groot
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital (CWZ), Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital (CWZ), Nijmegen, Netherlands.,Centre of Expertise in Mycology, Radboudumc/CWZ, Nijmegen, Netherlands.,Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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Nejsum P, Hawash MBF, Betson M, Stothard JR, Gasser RB, Andersen LO. Ascaris phylogeny based on multiple whole mtDNA genomes. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2016; 48:4-9. [PMID: 27939588 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2016] [Revised: 11/29/2016] [Accepted: 12/02/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Ascaris lumbricoides and A. suum are two parasitic nematodes infecting humans and pigs, respectively. There has been considerable debate as to whether Ascaris in the two hosts should be considered a single or two separate species. Previous studies identified at least three major clusters (A, B and C) of human and pig Ascaris based on partial cox1 sequences. In the present study, we selected major haplotypes from these different clusters to characterize their whole mitochondrial genomes for phylogenetic analysis. We also undertook coalescent simulations to investigate the evolutionary history of the different Ascaris haplotypes. The topology of the phylogenetic tree based on complete mitochondrial genomic sequences was found to be similar to partial cox1 sequencing, but the support at internal nodes was higher in the former. Coalescent simulations suggested the presence of at least two divergence events: the first one occurring early in the Neolithic period which resulted in a differentiated population of Ascaris in pigs (cluster C), the second occurring more recently (~900 generations ago), resulting in clusters A and B which might have been spread worldwide by human activities.
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- Peter Nejsum
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Health, Aarhus University, Denmark; Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Department of Genetics, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montréal, Canada; Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Gracianne C, Jan P, Fournet S, Olivier E, Arnaud J, Porte C, Bardou‐Valette S, Denis M, Petit EJ. Temporal sampling helps unravel the genetic structure of naturally occurring populations of a phytoparasitic nematode. 2. Separating the relative effects of gene flow and genetic drift. Evol Appl 2016; 9:1005-16. [PMID: 27606008 PMCID: PMC4999530 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2015] [Accepted: 06/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Studying wild pathogen populations in natural ecosystems offers the opportunity to better understand the evolutionary dynamics of biotic diseases in crops and to enhance pest control strategies. We used simulations and genetic markers to investigate the spatial and temporal population genetic structure of wild populations of the beet cyst nematode Heterodera schachtii on a wild host plant species, the sea beet (Beta vulgaris spp. maritima), the wild ancestor of cultivated beets. Our analysis of the variation of eight microsatellite loci across four study sites showed that (i) wild H. schachtii populations displayed fine-scaled genetic structure with no evidence of substantial levels of gene flow beyond the scale of the host plant, and comparisons with simulations indicated that (ii) genetic drift substantially affected the residual signals of isolation-by-distance processes, leading to departures from migration-drift equilibrium. In contrast to what can be suspected for (crop) field populations, this showed that wild cyst nematodes have very low dispersal capabilities and are strongly disconnected from each other. Our results provide some key elements for designing pest control strategies, such as decreasing passive dispersal events to limit the spread of virulence among field nematode populations.
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- Cécile Gracianne
- IGEPPINRA, Agrocampus OuestUniversité Rennes 1Le RheuFrance
- VetAgro Sup, UMR 1095, GDECClermont UniversitéClermont‐FerrandFrance
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- IGEPPINRA, Agrocampus OuestUniversité Rennes 1Le RheuFrance
- ESE, Ecology and Ecosystems HealthAgrocampus OuestINRARennesFrance
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- IGEPPINRA, Agrocampus OuestUniversité Rennes 1Le RheuFrance
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- UMR CNRS 8198 ÉvolutionÉcologie et PaléontologieUniversité Lille 1 ‐ Sciences et TechnologiesVilleneuve d'Ascq CedexFrance
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- ESE, Ecology and Ecosystems HealthAgrocampus OuestINRARennesFrance
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Butler IA, Siletti K, Oxley PR, Kronauer DJC. Conserved microsatellites in ants enable population genetic and colony pedigree studies across a wide range of species. PLoS One 2014; 9:e107334. [PMID: 25244681 PMCID: PMC4170976 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2014] [Accepted: 08/15/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Broadly applicable polymorphic genetic markers are essential tools for population genetics, and different types of markers have been developed for this purpose. Microsatellites have been employed as particularly polymorphic markers for over 20 years. However, PCR primers for microsatellite loci are often not useful outside the species for which they were designed. This implies that a new set of loci has to be identified and primers developed for every new study species. To overcome this constraint, we identified 45 conserved microsatellite loci based on the eight currently available ant genomes and designed primers for PCR amplification. Among these loci, we chose 24 for in-depth study in six species covering six different ant subfamilies. On average, 11.16 of these 24 loci were polymorphic and in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in any given species. The average number of alleles for these polymorphic loci within single populations of the different species was 4.59. This set of genetic markers will thus be useful for population genetic and colony pedigree studies across a wide range of ant species, supplementing the markers available for previously studied species and greatly facilitating the study of the many ant species lacking genetic markers. Our study shows that it is possible to develop microsatellite loci that are both conserved over a broad range of taxa, yet polymorphic within species. This should encourage researchers to develop similar tools for other large taxonomic groups.
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- Ian A. Butler
- Laboratory of Insect Social Evolution, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Insect Social Evolution, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Insect Social Evolution, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Insect Social Evolution, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America
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Teske PR, Sandoval-Castillo J, Waters JM, Beheregaray LB. Can novel genetic analyses help to identify low-dispersal marine invasive species? Ecol Evol 2014; 4:2848-66. [PMID: 25165524 PMCID: PMC4130444 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2014] [Revised: 05/04/2014] [Accepted: 05/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Genetic methods can be a powerful tool to resolve the native versus introduced status of populations whose taxonomy and biogeography are poorly understood. The genetic study of introduced species is presently dominated by analyses that identify signatures of recent colonization by means of summary statistics. Unfortunately, such approaches cannot be used in low-dispersal species, in which recently established populations originating from elsewhere in the species' native range also experience periods of low population size because they are founded by few individuals. We tested whether coalescent-based molecular analyses that provide detailed information about demographic history supported the hypothesis that a sea squirt whose distribution is centered on Tasmania was recently introduced to mainland Australia and New Zealand through human activities. Methods comparing trends in population size (Bayesian Skyline Plots and Approximate Bayesian Computation) were no more informative than summary statistics, likely because of recent intra-Tasmanian dispersal. However, IMa2 estimates of divergence between putatively native and introduced populations provided information at a temporal scale suitable to differentiate between recent (potentially anthropogenic) introductions and ancient divergence, and indicated that all three non-Tasmanian populations were founded during the period of European settlement. While this approach can be affected by inaccurate molecular dating, it has considerable (albeit largely unexplored) potential to corroborate nongenetic information in species with limited dispersal capabilities.
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- Peter R Teske
- Molecular Ecology Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University Adelaide, South Australia, 5001, Australia ; Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg Auckland Park, 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Molecular Ecology Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University Adelaide, South Australia, 5001, Australia
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- Department of Zoology, University of Otago PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Molecular Ecology Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University Adelaide, South Australia, 5001, Australia
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Characterization of genetic diversity in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus from population-scale resequencing data. Genetics 2014; 196:1153-65. [PMID: 24443445 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.113.159855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The hermaphroditic nematode Pristionchus pacificus is an established model system for comparative studies with Caenorhabditis elegans in developmental biology, ecology, and population genetics. In this study, we present whole-genome sequencing data of 104 P. pacificus strains and the draft assembly of the obligate outcrossing sister species P. exspectatus. We characterize genetic diversity within P. pacificus and investigate the population genetic processes shaping this diversity. P. pacificus is 10 times more diverse than C. elegans and exhibits substantial population structure that allows us to probe its evolution on multiple timescales. Consistent with reduced effective recombination in this self-fertilizing species, we find haplotype blocks that span several megabases. Using the P. exspectatus genome as an outgroup, we polarized variation in P. pacificus and found a site frequency spectrum (SFS) that decays more rapidly than expected in neutral models. The SFS at putatively neutral sites is U shaped, which is a characteristic feature of pervasive linked selection. Based on the additional findings (i) that the majority of nonsynonymous variation is eliminated over timescales on the order of the separation between clades, (ii) that diversity is reduced in gene-rich regions, and (iii) that highly differentiated clades show very similar patterns of diversity, we conclude that purifying selection on many mutations with weak effects is a major force shaping genetic diversity in P. pacificus.
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Stolle E, Kidner JH, Moritz RFA. Patterns of evolutionary conservation of microsatellites (SSRs) suggest a faster rate of genome evolution in Hymenoptera than in Diptera. Genome Biol Evol 2013; 5:151-62. [PMID: 23292136 PMCID: PMC3595035 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evs133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Microsatellites, or simple sequence repeats (SSRs), are common and widespread DNA elements in genomes of many organisms. However, their dynamics in genome evolution is unclear, whereby they are thought to evolve neutrally. More available genome sequences along with dated phylogenies allowed for studying the evolution of these repetitive DNA elements along evolutionary time scales. This could be used to compare rates of genome evolution. We show that SSRs in insects can be retained for several hundred million years. Different types of microsatellites seem to be retained longer than others. By comparing Dipteran with Hymenopteran species, we found very similar patterns of SSR loss during their evolution, but both taxa differ profoundly in the rate. Relative to divergence time, Diptera lost SSRs twice as fast as Hymenoptera. The loss of SSRs on the Drosophila melanogaster X-chromosome was higher than on the other chromosomes. However, accounting for generation time, the Diptera show an 8.5-fold slower rate of SSR loss than the Hymenoptera, which, in contrast to previous studies, suggests a faster genome evolution in the latter. This shows that generation time differences can have a profound effect. A faster genome evolution in these insects could be facilitated by several factors very different to Diptera, which is discussed in light of our results on the haplodiploid D. melanogaster X-chromosome. Furthermore, large numbers of SSRs can be found to be in synteny and thus could be exploited as a tool to investigate genome structure and evolution.
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- Eckart Stolle
- Department of Zoology, Institute of Biology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany.
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