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Wang Y, Tang H, Wang X, Sun Y, Joseph PV, Paterson AH. Detection of colinear blocks and synteny and evolutionary analyses based on utilization of MCScanX. Nat Protoc 2024; 19:2206-2229. [PMID: 38491145 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-024-00968-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
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As different taxa evolve, gene order often changes slowly enough that chromosomal 'blocks' with conserved gene orders (synteny) are discernible. The MCScanX toolkit ( https://github.com/wyp1125/MCScanX ) was published in 2012 as freely available software for the detection of such 'colinear blocks' and subsequent synteny and evolutionary analyses based on genome-wide gene location and protein sequence information. Owing to its simplicity and high efficiency for colinear block detection, MCScanX provides a powerful tool for conducting diverse synteny and evolutionary analyses. Moreover, the detection of colinear blocks has been embraced as an integral step for pangenome graph construction. Here, new application trends of MCScanX are explored, striving to better connect this increasingly used tool to other tools and accelerate insight generation from exponentially growing sequence data. We provide a detailed protocol that covers how to install MCScanX on diverse platforms, tune parameters, prepare input files from data from the National Center for Biotechnology Information, run MCScanX and its visualization and evolutionary analysis tools, and connect MCScanX with external tools, including MCScanX-transposed, Circos and SynVisio. This protocol is easily implemented by users with minimal computational background and is adaptable to new data of interest to them. The data and utility programs for this protocol can be obtained from http://bdx-consulting.com/mcscanx-protocol .
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- Yupeng Wang
- BDX Research & Consulting LLC, Herndon, VA, USA
- Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
- Center for Genomics and Biotechnology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, Key Laboratory of Genetics, Breeding and Multiple Utilization of Crops, Ministry of Education, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
- Center for Genomics, College of Science, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, China
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- BDX Research & Consulting LLC, Herndon, VA, USA
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- Section of Sensory Science and Metabolism, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD, USA.
- National Institute of Nursing Research, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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- Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
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Yang Q, Liu T, Wu T, Lei T, Li Y, Wang X. GGDB: A Grameneae genome alignment database of homologous genes hierarchically related to evolutionary events. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 190:340-351. [PMID: 35789395 PMCID: PMC9434254 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiac297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
The genomes of Gramineae plants have been preferentially sequenced owing to their economic value. These genomes are often quite complex, for example harboring many duplicated genes, and are the main source of genetic innovation and often the result of recurrent polyploidization. Deciphering these complex genome structures and linking duplicated genes to specific polyploidization events are important for understanding the biology and evolution of plants. However, efforts have been hampered by the complexity of analyzing these genomes. Here, we analyzed 29 well-assembled and up-to-date Gramineae genome sequences by hierarchically relating duplicated genes in collinear regions to specific polyploidization or speciation events. We separated duplicated genes produced by each event, established lists of paralogous and orthologous genes, and ultimately constructed an online database, GGDB (http://www.grassgenome.com/). Homologous gene lists from each plant and between plants can be displayed, searched, and downloaded from the database. Interactive comparison tools are deployed to demonstrate homology among user-selected plants and to draw genome-scale or local alignment figures and gene-based phylogenetic trees corrected by exploiting gene collinearity. Using these tools and figures, users can easily detect structural changes in genomes and explore the effects of paleo-polyploidy on crop genome structure and function. The GGDB will provide a useful platform for improving our understanding of genome changes and functional innovation in Gramineae plants.
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- Qihang Yang
- School of Life Science, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei 063210, China
- Center for Genomics and Bio-computing, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei 063210, China
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- School of Life Science, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei 063210, China
- College of Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei 063210, China
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- School of Life Science, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei 063210, China
- Center for Genomics and Bio-computing, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei 063210, China
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- School of Life Science, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei 063210, China
- Center for Genomics and Bio-computing, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei 063210, China
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- School of Life Science, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei 063210, China
- Center for Genomics and Bio-computing, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei 063210, China
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Wang J, Zhang L, Wang J, Hao Y, Xiao Q, Teng J, Shen S, Zhang Y, Feng Y, Bao S, Li Y, Yan Z, Wei C, Wang L, Wang J. Conversion between duplicated genes generated by polyploidization contributes to the divergence of poplar and willow. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 22:298. [PMID: 35710333 PMCID: PMC9205023 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-022-03684-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2021] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Gene conversion has an important effect on duplicate genes produced by polyploidization. Poplar (Populus trichocarpa) and willow (Salix brachista) are leading models and excellent green plants in the Salicaceae. Although much attention has been paid to the evolution of duplicated genes in poplar and willow, the role of conversion between duplicates generated from polyploidization remains poorly understood. RESULTS Here, through genomic synteny analyses, we identified duplicate genes generated by the Salicaceae common tetraploidization (SCT) in the poplar and willow genomes. We estimated that at least 0.58% and 0.25% of poplar and willow duplicates were affected by whole-gene conversion after the poplar-willow divergence, with more (5.73% and 2.66%) affected by partial-gene conversion. Moreover, we found that the converted duplicated genes were unevenly distributed on each chromosome in the two genomes, and the well-preserved homoeologous chromosome regions may facilitate the conversion of duplicates. Notably, we found that conversion maintained the similarity of duplicates, likely contributing to the conservation of certain sequences, but is essentially accelerated the rate of evolution and increased species divergence. In addition, we found that converted duplicates tended to have more similar expression patterns than nonconverted duplicates. We found that genes associated with multigene families were preferentially converted. We also found that the genes encoding conserved structural domains associated with specific traits exhibited a high frequency of conversion. CONCLUSIONS Extensive conversion between duplicate genes generated from the SCT contributes to the diversification of the family Salicaceae and has had long-lasting effects on those genes with important biological functions.
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- Jianyu Wang
- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China.
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 100093, China.
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Sharbrough J, Conover JL, Gyorfy MF, Grover CE, Miller ER, Wendel JF, Sloan DB. Global Patterns of subgenome evolution in organelle-targeted genes of six allotetraploid angiosperms. Mol Biol Evol 2022; 39:6564157. [PMID: 35383845 PMCID: PMC9040051 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msac074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Whole-genome duplications (WGDs) are a prominent process of diversification in eukaryotes. The genetic and evolutionary forces that WGD imposes on cytoplasmic genomes are not well understood, despite the central role that cytonuclear interactions play in eukaryotic function and fitness. Cellular respiration and photosynthesis depend on successful interaction between the 3,000+ nuclear-encoded proteins destined for the mitochondria or plastids and the gene products of cytoplasmic genomes in multi-subunit complexes such as OXPHOS, organellar ribosomes, Photosystems I and II, and Rubisco. Allopolyploids are thus faced with the critical task of coordinating interactions between the nuclear and cytoplasmic genes that were inherited from different species. Because the cytoplasmic genomes share a more recent history of common descent with the maternal nuclear subgenome than the paternal subgenome, evolutionary “mismatches” between the paternal subgenome and the cytoplasmic genomes in allopolyploids might lead to the accelerated rates of evolution in the paternal homoeologs of allopolyploids, either through relaxed purifying selection or strong directional selection to rectify these mismatches. We report evidence from six independently formed allotetraploids that the subgenomes exhibit unequal rates of protein-sequence evolution, but we found no evidence that cytonuclear incompatibilities result in altered evolutionary trajectories of the paternal homoeologs of organelle-targeted genes. The analyses of gene content revealed mixed evidence for whether the organelle-targeted genes are lost more rapidly than the non-organelle-targeted genes. Together, these global analyses provide insights into the complex evolutionary dynamics of allopolyploids, showing that the allopolyploid subgenomes have separate evolutionary trajectories despite sharing the same nucleus, generation time, and ecological context.
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- Joel Sharbrough
- Biology Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.,Biology Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Biology Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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Shen S, Li Y, Wang J, Wei C, Wang Z, Ge W, Yuan M, Zhang L, Wang L, Sun S, Teng J, Xiao Q, Bao S, Feng Y, Zhang Y, Wang J, Hao Y, Lei T, Wang J. Illegitimate Recombination between Duplicated Genes Generated from Recursive Polyploidizations Accelerated the Divergence of the Genus Arachis. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:genes12121944. [PMID: 34946893 PMCID: PMC8701993 DOI: 10.3390/genes12121944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [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: 11/01/2021] [Revised: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is the leading oil and food crop among the legume family. Extensive duplicate gene pairs generated from recursive polyploidizations with high sequence similarity could result from gene conversion, caused by illegitimate DNA recombination. Here, through synteny-based comparisons of two diploid and three tetraploid peanut genomes, we identified the duplicated genes generated from legume common tetraploidy (LCT) and peanut recent allo-tetraploidy (PRT) within genomes. In each peanut genome (or subgenomes), we inferred that 6.8–13.1% of LCT-related and 11.3–16.5% of PRT-related duplicates were affected by gene conversion, in which the LCT-related duplicates were the most affected by partial gene conversion, whereas the PRT-related duplicates were the most affected by whole gene conversion. Notably, we observed the conversion between duplicates as the long-lasting contribution of polyploidizations accelerated the divergence of different Arachis genomes. Moreover, we found that the converted duplicates are unevenly distributed across the chromosomes and are more often near the ends of the chromosomes in each genome. We also confirmed that well-preserved homoeologous chromosome regions may facilitate duplicates’ conversion. In addition, we found that these biological functions contain a higher number of preferentially converted genes, such as catalytic activity-related genes. We identified specific domains that are involved in converted genes, implying that conversions are associated with important traits of peanut growth and development.
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- Shaoqi Shen
- Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063000, China; (S.S.); (Y.L.); (J.W.); (C.W.); (Z.W.); (W.G.); (M.Y.); (L.Z.); (L.W.); (S.S.); (J.T.); (Q.X.); (S.B.); (Y.F.); (Y.Z.); (J.W.); (Y.H.)
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- Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063000, China; (S.S.); (Y.L.); (J.W.); (C.W.); (Z.W.); (W.G.); (M.Y.); (L.Z.); (L.W.); (S.S.); (J.T.); (Q.X.); (S.B.); (Y.F.); (Y.Z.); (J.W.); (Y.H.)
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- Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063000, China; (S.S.); (Y.L.); (J.W.); (C.W.); (Z.W.); (W.G.); (M.Y.); (L.Z.); (L.W.); (S.S.); (J.T.); (Q.X.); (S.B.); (Y.F.); (Y.Z.); (J.W.); (Y.H.)
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- Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063000, China; (S.S.); (Y.L.); (J.W.); (C.W.); (Z.W.); (W.G.); (M.Y.); (L.Z.); (L.W.); (S.S.); (J.T.); (Q.X.); (S.B.); (Y.F.); (Y.Z.); (J.W.); (Y.H.)
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- Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063000, China; (S.S.); (Y.L.); (J.W.); (C.W.); (Z.W.); (W.G.); (M.Y.); (L.Z.); (L.W.); (S.S.); (J.T.); (Q.X.); (S.B.); (Y.F.); (Y.Z.); (J.W.); (Y.H.)
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- Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063000, China; (S.S.); (Y.L.); (J.W.); (C.W.); (Z.W.); (W.G.); (M.Y.); (L.Z.); (L.W.); (S.S.); (J.T.); (Q.X.); (S.B.); (Y.F.); (Y.Z.); (J.W.); (Y.H.)
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- Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063000, China; (S.S.); (Y.L.); (J.W.); (C.W.); (Z.W.); (W.G.); (M.Y.); (L.Z.); (L.W.); (S.S.); (J.T.); (Q.X.); (S.B.); (Y.F.); (Y.Z.); (J.W.); (Y.H.)
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- Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063000, China; (S.S.); (Y.L.); (J.W.); (C.W.); (Z.W.); (W.G.); (M.Y.); (L.Z.); (L.W.); (S.S.); (J.T.); (Q.X.); (S.B.); (Y.F.); (Y.Z.); (J.W.); (Y.H.)
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- Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063000, China; (S.S.); (Y.L.); (J.W.); (C.W.); (Z.W.); (W.G.); (M.Y.); (L.Z.); (L.W.); (S.S.); (J.T.); (Q.X.); (S.B.); (Y.F.); (Y.Z.); (J.W.); (Y.H.)
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- Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063000, China; (S.S.); (Y.L.); (J.W.); (C.W.); (Z.W.); (W.G.); (M.Y.); (L.Z.); (L.W.); (S.S.); (J.T.); (Q.X.); (S.B.); (Y.F.); (Y.Z.); (J.W.); (Y.H.)
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- Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063000, China; (S.S.); (Y.L.); (J.W.); (C.W.); (Z.W.); (W.G.); (M.Y.); (L.Z.); (L.W.); (S.S.); (J.T.); (Q.X.); (S.B.); (Y.F.); (Y.Z.); (J.W.); (Y.H.)
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- Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063000, China; (S.S.); (Y.L.); (J.W.); (C.W.); (Z.W.); (W.G.); (M.Y.); (L.Z.); (L.W.); (S.S.); (J.T.); (Q.X.); (S.B.); (Y.F.); (Y.Z.); (J.W.); (Y.H.)
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- Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063000, China; (S.S.); (Y.L.); (J.W.); (C.W.); (Z.W.); (W.G.); (M.Y.); (L.Z.); (L.W.); (S.S.); (J.T.); (Q.X.); (S.B.); (Y.F.); (Y.Z.); (J.W.); (Y.H.)
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- Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063000, China; (S.S.); (Y.L.); (J.W.); (C.W.); (Z.W.); (W.G.); (M.Y.); (L.Z.); (L.W.); (S.S.); (J.T.); (Q.X.); (S.B.); (Y.F.); (Y.Z.); (J.W.); (Y.H.)
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- Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063000, China; (S.S.); (Y.L.); (J.W.); (C.W.); (Z.W.); (W.G.); (M.Y.); (L.Z.); (L.W.); (S.S.); (J.T.); (Q.X.); (S.B.); (Y.F.); (Y.Z.); (J.W.); (Y.H.)
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- Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063000, China; (S.S.); (Y.L.); (J.W.); (C.W.); (Z.W.); (W.G.); (M.Y.); (L.Z.); (L.W.); (S.S.); (J.T.); (Q.X.); (S.B.); (Y.F.); (Y.Z.); (J.W.); (Y.H.)
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- Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063000, China; (S.S.); (Y.L.); (J.W.); (C.W.); (Z.W.); (W.G.); (M.Y.); (L.Z.); (L.W.); (S.S.); (J.T.); (Q.X.); (S.B.); (Y.F.); (Y.Z.); (J.W.); (Y.H.)
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- Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063000, China; (S.S.); (Y.L.); (J.W.); (C.W.); (Z.W.); (W.G.); (M.Y.); (L.Z.); (L.W.); (S.S.); (J.T.); (Q.X.); (S.B.); (Y.F.); (Y.Z.); (J.W.); (Y.H.)
- Correspondence: (T.L.); (J.W.)
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- Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063000, China; (S.S.); (Y.L.); (J.W.); (C.W.); (Z.W.); (W.G.); (M.Y.); (L.Z.); (L.W.); (S.S.); (J.T.); (Q.X.); (S.B.); (Y.F.); (Y.Z.); (J.W.); (Y.H.)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- Correspondence: (T.L.); (J.W.)
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Wei C, Wang Z, Wang J, Teng J, Shen S, Xiao Q, Bao S, Feng Y, Zhang Y, Li Y, Sun S, Yue Y, Wu C, Wang Y, Zhou T, Xu W, Yu J, Wang L, Wang J. Conversion between 100-million-year-old duplicated genes contributes to rice subspecies divergence. BMC Genomics 2021; 22:460. [PMID: 34147070 PMCID: PMC8214281 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07776-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Duplicated gene pairs produced by ancient polyploidy maintain high sequence similarity over a long period of time and may result from illegitimate recombination between homeologous chromosomes. The genomes of Asian cultivated rice Oryza sativa ssp. indica (XI) and Oryza sativa ssp. japonica (GJ) have recently been updated, providing new opportunities for investigating ongoing gene conversion events and their impact on genome evolution. RESULTS Using comparative genomics and phylogenetic analyses, we evaluated gene conversion rates between duplicated genes produced by polyploidization 100 million years ago (mya) in GJ and XI. At least 5.19-5.77% of genes duplicated across the three rice genomes were affected by whole-gene conversion after the divergence of GJ and XI at ~ 0.4 mya, with more (7.77-9.53%) showing conversion of only portions of genes. Independently converted duplicates surviving in the genomes of different subspecies often use the same donor genes. The ongoing gene conversion frequency was higher near chromosome termini, with a single pair of homoeologous chromosomes, 11 and 12, in each rice genome being most affected. Notably, ongoing gene conversion has maintained similarity between very ancient duplicates, provided opportunities for further gene conversion, and accelerated rice divergence. Chromosome rearrangements after polyploidization are associated with ongoing gene conversion events, and they directly restrict recombination and inhibit duplicated gene conversion between homeologous regions. Furthermore, we found that the converted genes tended to have more similar expression patterns than nonconverted duplicates. Gene conversion affects biological functions associated with multiple genes, such as catalytic activity, implying opportunities for interaction among members of large gene families, such as NBS-LRR disease-resistance genes, contributing to the occurrence of the gene conversion. CONCLUSION Duplicated genes in rice subspecies generated by grass polyploidization ~ 100 mya remain affected by gene conversion at high frequency, with important implications for the divergence of rice subspecies.
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- Chendan Wei
- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.,State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 100093, China
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China.
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- School of Life Sciences, and Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, 063000, Hebei, China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China. .,State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 100093, China.
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Li Z, McKibben MTW, Finch GS, Blischak PD, Sutherland BL, Barker MS. Patterns and Processes of Diploidization in Land Plants. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 72:387-410. [PMID: 33684297 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-050718-100344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
Abstract
Most land plants are now known to be ancient polyploids that have rediploidized. Diploidization involves many changes in genome organization that ultimately restore bivalent chromosome pairing and disomic inheritance, and resolve dosage and other issues caused by genome duplication. In this review, we discuss the nature of polyploidy and its impact on chromosome pairing behavior. We also provide an overview of two major and largely independent processes of diploidization: cytological diploidization and genic diploidization/fractionation. Finally, we compare variation in gene fractionation across land plants and highlight the differences in diploidization between plants and animals. Altogether, we demonstrate recent advancements in our understanding of variation in the patterns and processes of diploidization in land plants and provide a road map for future research to unlock the mysteries of diploidization and eukaryotic genome evolution.
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- Zheng Li
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA; , , , , ,
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA; , , , , ,
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA; , , , , ,
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA; , , , , ,
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA; , , , , ,
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA; , , , , ,
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