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Feng B, Li Y, Liu H, Steenwyk JL, David KT, Tian X, Xu B, Gonçalves C, Opulente DA, LaBella AL, Harrison MC, Wolters JF, Shao S, Chen Z, Fisher KJ, Groenewald M, Hittinger CT, Shen XX, Rokas A, Zhou X, Li Y. Unique trajectory of gene family evolution from genomic analysis of nearly all known species in an ancient yeast lineage. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.06.05.597512. [PMID: 38895429 PMCID: PMC11185758 DOI: 10.1101/2024.06.05.597512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
Abstract
Gene gains and losses are a major driver of genome evolution; their precise characterization can provide insights into the origin and diversification of major lineages. Here, we examined gene family evolution of 1,154 genomes from nearly all known species in the medically and technologically important yeast subphylum Saccharomycotina. We found that yeast gene family and genome evolution are distinct from plants, animals, and filamentous ascomycetes and are characterized by small genome sizes and smaller gene numbers but larger gene family sizes. Faster-evolving lineages (FELs) in yeasts experienced significantly higher rates of gene losses-commensurate with a narrowing of metabolic niche breadth-but higher speciation rates than their slower-evolving sister lineages (SELs). Gene families most often lost are those involved in mRNA splicing, carbohydrate metabolism, and cell division and are likely associated with intron loss, metabolic breadth, and non-canonical cell cycle processes. Our results highlight the significant role of gene family contractions in the evolution of yeast metabolism, genome function, and speciation, and suggest that gene family evolutionary trajectories have differed markedly across major eukaryotic lineages.
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Affiliation(s)
- Bo Feng
- Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao Marine Science and Technology Center, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, Integrative Microbiology Research Center, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Howards Hughes Medical Institute and the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
- Evolutionary Studies Initiative, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
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- Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
- Evolutionary Studies Initiative, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
- Associate Laboratory i4HB—Institute for Health and Bioeconomy and UCIBIO—Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Department of Life Sciences, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
- UCIBIO-i4HB, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Genetics, J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, Center for Genomic Science Innovation, Department of Energy (DOE) Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53726, USA
- Biology Department, Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
- Evolutionary Studies Initiative, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
- Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis NC 28223, USA AND Center for Computational Intelligence to Predict Health and Environmental Risks (CIPHER), University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, 28233, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
- Evolutionary Studies Initiative, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics, J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, Center for Genomic Science Innovation, Department of Energy (DOE) Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53726, USA
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- Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Laboratory of Genetics, J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, Center for Genomic Science Innovation, Department of Energy (DOE) Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53726, USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, NY, 13126, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics, J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, Center for Genomic Science Innovation, Department of Energy (DOE) Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53726, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects of Zhejiang Province, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
- Evolutionary Studies Initiative, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
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- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, Integrative Microbiology Research Center, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao Marine Science and Technology Center, Qingdao 266237, China
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Peris D, Ubbelohde EJ, Kuang MC, Kominek J, Langdon QK, Adams M, Koshalek JA, Hulfachor AB, Opulente DA, Hall DJ, Hyma K, Fay JC, Leducq JB, Charron G, Landry CR, Libkind D, Gonçalves C, Gonçalves P, Sampaio JP, Wang QM, Bai FY, Wrobel RL, Hittinger CT. Macroevolutionary diversity of traits and genomes in the model yeast genus Saccharomyces. Nat Commun 2023; 14:690. [PMID: 36755033 PMCID: PMC9908912 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36139-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Species is the fundamental unit to quantify biodiversity. In recent years, the model yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has seen an increased number of studies related to its geographical distribution, population structure, and phenotypic diversity. However, seven additional species from the same genus have been less thoroughly studied, which has limited our understanding of the macroevolutionary events leading to the diversification of this genus over the last 20 million years. Here, we show the geographies, hosts, substrates, and phylogenetic relationships for approximately 1,800 Saccharomyces strains, covering the complete genus with unprecedented breadth and depth. We generated and analyzed complete genome sequences of 163 strains and phenotyped 128 phylogenetically diverse strains. This dataset provides insights about genetic and phenotypic diversity within and between species and populations, quantifies reticulation and incomplete lineage sorting, and demonstrates how gene flow and selection have affected traits, such as galactose metabolism. These findings elevate the genus Saccharomyces as a model to understand biodiversity and evolution in microbial eukaryotes.
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Grants
- R01 GM080669 NIGMS NIH HHS
- T32 GM007133 NIGMS NIH HHS
- We thank the University of Wisconsin Biotechnology Center DNA Sequencing Facility for providing Illumina and Sanger sequencing facilities and services; Maria Sardi, Audrey Gasch, and Ursula Bond for providing strains; Sean McIlwain for providing guidance for genome ultra-scaffolding; Yury V. Bukhman for discussing applications of the Growth Curve Analysis Tool (GCAT); Mick McGee for HPLC analysis; Raúl Ortíz-Merino for assistance during YGAP annotations; Jessica Leigh for assistance with PopART; Cecile Ané for suggestions about BUCKy utilization and phylogenetic network analyses; Samina Naseeb and Daniela Delneri for sharing preliminary multi-locus Saccharomyces jurei data; and Branden Timm, Brian Kyle, and Dan Metzger for computational assistance. Some computations were performed on Tirant III of the Spanish Supercomputing Network (‘‘Servei d’Informàtica de la Universitat de València”) under the project BCV-2021-1-0001 granted to DP, while others were performed at the Wisconsin Energy Institute and the Center for High-Throughput Computing of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During a portion of this project, DP was a researcher funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme Marie Sklodowska-Curie, grant agreement No. 747775, the Research Council of Norway (RCN) grant Nos. RCN 324253 and 274337, and the Generalitat Valenciana plan GenT grant No. CIDEGENT/2021/039. DP is a recipient of an Illumina Grant for Illumina Sequencing Saccharomyces strains in this study. QKL was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DGE-1256259 (Graduate Research Fellowship) and the Predoctoral Training Program in Genetics, funded by the National Institutes of Health (5T32GM007133). This material is based upon work supported in part by the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research under Award Numbers DE-SC0018409 and DE-FC02-07ER64494; the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. DEB-1253634, DEB-1442148, and DEB-2110403; and the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Hatch Project Number 1020204. C.T.H. is an H. I. Romnes Faculty Fellow, supported by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education with funding from Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. QMW was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) under Grant Nos. 31770018 and 31961133020. CRL holds the Canada Research Chair in Cellular Systems and Synthetic Biology, and his research on wild yeast is supported by a NSERC Discovery Grant.
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Affiliation(s)
- David Peris
- Laboratory of Genetics, J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
- Section for Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
- Department of Food Biotechnology, Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA), CSIC, Valencia, Spain.
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- Laboratory of Genetics, J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics, J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics, J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics, J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Biotechnology Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Biotechnology Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics, J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics, J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Departement des Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Département de Biologie, PROTEO, Pavillon Charles‑Eugène‑Marchand, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
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- Canada Natural Resources, Laurentian Forestry Centre, Quebec City, QC, Canada
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- Département de Biologie, PROTEO, Pavillon Charles‑Eugène‑Marchand, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
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- Centro de Referencia en Levaduras y Tecnología Cervecera (CRELTEC), Instituto Andino Patagónico de Tecnologías Biológicas y Geoambientales (IPATEC), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones, Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)-Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Bariloche, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Genetics, J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
- Associate Laboratory i4HB - Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
- UCIBIO-i4HB, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
- Vanderbilt University, Department of Biological Sciences, Nashville, TN, USA
- Evolutionary Studies Initiative, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- UCIBIO-i4HB, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
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- UCIBIO-i4HB, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Genetics, J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
- School of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Sciences and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Laboratory of Genetics, J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics, J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Genome Center of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
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Bendixsen DP, Frazão JG, Stelkens R. Saccharomyces yeast hybrids on the rise. Yeast 2021; 39:40-54. [PMID: 34907582 DOI: 10.1002/yea.3684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Revised: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Saccharomyces hybrid yeasts are receiving increasing attention as a powerful model system to understand adaptation to environmental stress and speciation mechanisms, using experimental evolution and omics techniques. We compiled all genomic resources available from public repositories of the eight recognized Saccharomyces species and their interspecific hybrids. We present the newest numbers on genomes sequenced, assemblies, annotations, and sequencing runs, and an updated species phylogeny using orthogroup inference. While genomic resources are highly skewed towards Saccharomyces cerevisiae, there is a noticeable movement to use wild, recently discovered yeast species in recent years. To illustrate the degree and potential causes of reproductive isolation, we reanalyzed published data on hybrid spore viabilities across the entire genus and tested for the role of genetic, geographic, and ecological divergence within and between species (28 cross types and 371 independent crosses). Hybrid viability generally decreased with parental genetic distance likely due to antirecombination and negative epistasis, but notable exceptions emphasize the importance of strain-specific structural variation and ploidy differences. Surprisingly, the viability of crosses within species varied widely, from near reproductive isolation to near-perfect viability. Geographic and ecological origins of the parents predicted cross viability to an extent, but with certain caveats. Finally, we highlight publication trends in the field and point out areas of special interest, where hybrid yeasts are particularly promising for innovation through research and development, and experimental evolution and fermentation.
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- Devin P Bendixsen
- Division of Population Genetics, Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Population Genetics, Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Population Genetics, Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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