1
|
Kang JS, Yu JG, Xiang QP, Zhang XC. The Possible Earliest Allopolyploidization in Tracheophytes Revealed by Phylotranscriptomics and Morphology of Selaginellaceae. Mol Biol Evol 2024; 41:msae153. [PMID: 39101470 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msae153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2023] [Revised: 07/15/2024] [Accepted: 07/19/2024] [Indexed: 08/06/2024] Open
Abstract
Selaginellaceae, originated in the Carboniferous and survived the Permian-Triassic mass extinction, is the largest family of lycophyte, which is sister to other tracheophytes. It stands out from tracheophytes by exhibiting extraordinary habitat diversity and lacking polyploidization. The organelle genome-based phylogenies confirmed the monophyly of Selaginella, with six or seven subgenera grouped into two superclades, but the phylogenetic positions of the enigmatic Selaginella sanguinolenta clade remained problematic. Here, we conducted a phylogenomic study on Selaginellaceae utilizing large-scale nuclear gene data from RNA-seq to elucidate the phylogeny and explore the causes of the phylogenetic incongruence of the S. sanguinolenta clade. Our phylogenetic analyses resolved three different positions of the S. sanguinolenta clade, which were supported by the sorted three nuclear gene sets, respectively. The results from the gene flow test, species network inference, and plastome-based phylogeny congruently suggested a probable hybrid origin of the S. sanguinolenta clade involving each common ancestor of the two superclades in Selaginellaceae. The hybrid hypothesis is corroborated by the evidence from rhizophore morphology and spore micromorphology. The chromosome observation and Ks distributions further suggested hybridization accompanied by polyploidization. Divergence time estimation based on independent datasets from nuclear gene sets and plastid genome data congruently inferred that allopolyploidization occurred in the Early Triassic. To our best knowledge, the allopolyploidization in the Mesozoic reported here represents the earliest record of tracheophytes. Our study revealed a unique triad of phylogenetic positions for a hybrid-originated group with comprehensive evidence and proposed a hypothesis for retaining both parental alleles through gene conversion.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Jong-Soo Kang
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
| | - Ji-Gao Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- China National Botanical Garden, Beijing 100093, China
| | - Qiao-Ping Xiang
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- China National Botanical Garden, Beijing 100093, China
| | - Xian-Chun Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- China National Botanical Garden, Beijing 100093, China
| |
Collapse
|
2
|
Cao Y, Yin D, Pang B, Li H, Liu Q, Zhai Y, Ma N, Shen H, Jia Q, Wang D. Assembly and phylogenetic analysis of the mitochondrial genome of endangered medicinal plant Huperzia crispata. Funct Integr Genomics 2023; 23:295. [PMID: 37691055 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-023-01223-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Revised: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
Abstract
Huperzia crispata is a traditional Chinese herb plant and has attracted special attention in recent years for its products Hup A can serve as an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor (AChEI). Although the chloroplast (cp) genome of H. crispata has been studied, there are no reports regarding the Huperzia mitochondrial (mt) genome since the previously reported H. squarrosa has been revised as Phlegmariurus squarrosus. The mt genome of H. crispata was sequenced using a combination of long-read nanopore and Illumina sequencing platforms. The entire H. crispata mt genome was assembled in a circular with a length of 412,594 bp and a total of 91 genes, including 45 tRNAs, 6 rRNAs, 37 protein-coding genes (PCGs), and 3 pseudogenes. Notably, the rps8 gene was present in P. squarrosus and a pseudogene rps8 was presented in H. crispata, which was lacking in most of Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae. Intron-encoded maturase (mat-atp9i85 and mat-cobi787) genes were present in H. crispata and P. squarrosus, but lost in other examined lycophytes, ferns, and Gymnospermae plants. Collinearity analysis showed that the mt genome of H. crispata and P. squarrossus is highly conservative compared to other ferns. Relative synonymous codon usage (RSCU) analysis showed that the amino acids most frequently found were phenylalanine (Phe) (4.77%), isoleucine (Ile) (4.71%), lysine (Lys) (4.26%), while arginine (Arg) (0.32%), and histidine (His) (0.42%) were rarely found. Simple sequence repeats (SSR) analysis revealed that a total of 114 SSRs were identified in the mt genome of H. crispata and account for 0.35% of the whole mt genome. Monomer repeats were the majority types of SSRs and represent 91.89% of the total SSRs. In addition, a total of 1948 interspersed repeats (158 forward, 147 palindromic, and 5 reverse repeats) with a length ranging from 30 bp to 14,945 bp were identified in the H. crispata mt genome and the 30-39-bp repeats were the most abundant type. Gene transfer analysis indicated that a total of 12 homologous fragments were discovered between the cp and mt genomes of H. crispata, accounting for 0.93% and 2.48% of the total cp and mt genomes, respectively. The phylogenetic trees revealed that H. crispata was the sister of P. squarrosus. The Ka/Ks analysis results suggested that most PCGs, except atp6 gene, were subject to purification selection during evolution. Our study provides extensive information on the features of the H. crispata mt genome and will help unravel evolutionary relationships, and molecular identification within lycophytes.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Yu Cao
- Key Laboratory of Plant Secondary Metabolism Regulation in Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Zhejiang, 310018, Hangzhou, China
| | - Dengpan Yin
- Key Laboratory of Plant Secondary Metabolism Regulation in Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Zhejiang, 310018, Hangzhou, China
| | - Bo Pang
- Key Laboratory of Plant Secondary Metabolism Regulation in Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Zhejiang, 310018, Hangzhou, China
| | - Haibo Li
- Yuyao Seedling Management Station, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315400, China
| | - Qiao Liu
- Key Laboratory of Plant Secondary Metabolism Regulation in Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Zhejiang, 310018, Hangzhou, China
| | - Yufeng Zhai
- Key Laboratory of Plant Secondary Metabolism Regulation in Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Zhejiang, 310018, Hangzhou, China
| | - Nan Ma
- Key Laboratory of Plant Secondary Metabolism Regulation in Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Zhejiang, 310018, Hangzhou, China
| | - Hongjun Shen
- Ningbo Delai Medicinal Material Planting Co, Ltd, 315444, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315444, China
| | - Qiaojun Jia
- Key Laboratory of Plant Secondary Metabolism Regulation in Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Zhejiang, 310018, Hangzhou, China
| | - Dekai Wang
- Key Laboratory of Plant Secondary Metabolism Regulation in Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Zhejiang, 310018, Hangzhou, China.
| |
Collapse
|
3
|
Bi D, Han S, Zhou J, Zhao M, Zhang S, Kan X. Codon Usage Analyses Reveal the Evolutionary Patterns among Plastid Genes of Saxifragales at a Larger-Sampling Scale. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:genes14030694. [PMID: 36980966 PMCID: PMC10048229 DOI: 10.3390/genes14030694] [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: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 03/07/2023] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 03/14/2023] Open
Abstract
Saxifragales is a 15-family order of early-divergent Eudicots with a rich morphological diversity and an ancient rapid radiation. Codon usage bias (CUB) analyses have emerged as an essential tool for understanding the evolutionary dynamics in genes. Thus far, the codon utilization patterns had only been reported in four separate genera within Saxifragales. This study provides a comprehensive assessment of the codon manipulation based on 50 plastid genes, covering 11 constituent families at a larger sampling scale. Our results first showed a high preference for AT bases and AT-ending codons. We then used effective number of codons (ENC) to assess a range of codon bias levels in the plastid genes. We also detected high-informative intrafamilial differences of ENC in three families. Subsequently, parity rule 2 (PR2) plot analyses revealed both family-unique and order-shared bias patterns. Most importantly, the ENC plots and neutrality analyses collectively supported the dominant roles of selection in the CUB of Saxifragales plastid genes. Notably, the phylogenetic affinities inferred by both ML and BI methods were consistent with each other, and they all comprised two primary clades and four subclades. These findings significantly enhance our understanding of the evolutionary processes of the Saxifrage order, and could potentially inspire more CUB analyses at higher taxonomic levels.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- De Bi
- Suzhou Polytechnic Institute of Agriculture, Suzhou 215000, China
| | - Shiyun Han
- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China
- The Institute of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China
| | - Jun Zhou
- Suzhou Polytechnic Institute of Agriculture, Suzhou 215000, China
| | - Maojin Zhao
- Suzhou Polytechnic Institute of Agriculture, Suzhou 215000, China
| | - Sijia Zhang
- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China
- The Institute of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China
| | - Xianzhao Kan
- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China
- The Institute of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-139-5537-2268
| |
Collapse
|
4
|
Han S, Wang R, Hong X, Wu C, Zhang S, Kan X. Plastomes of Bletilla (Orchidaceae) and Phylogenetic Implications. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231710151. [PMID: 36077549 PMCID: PMC9456473 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231710151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2022] [Revised: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
The genus Bletilla is a small genus of only five species distributed across Asia, including B. chartacea, B. foliosa, B. formosana, B. ochracea and B. striata, which is of great medicinal importance. Furthermore, this genus is a member of the key tribe Arethuseae (Orchidaceae), harboring an extremely complicated taxonomic history. Recently, the monophyletic status of Bletilla has been challenged, and the phylogenetic relationships within this genus are still unclear. The plastome, which is rich in both sequence and structural variation, has emerged as a powerful tool for understanding plant evolution. Along with four new plastomes, this work is committed to exploring plastomic markers to elucidate the phylogeny of Bletilla. Our results reveal considerable plastomic differences between B. sinensis and the other three taxa in many aspects. Most importantly, the specific features of the IR junction patterns, novel pttRNA structures and codon aversion motifs can serve as useful molecular markers for Bletilla phylogeny. Moreover, based on maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference methods, our phylogenetic analyses based on two datasets of Arethuseae strongly imply that Bletilla is non-monophyletic. Accordingly, our findings from this study provide novel potential markers for species identification, and shed light on the evolution of Bletilla and Arethuseae.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Shiyun Han
- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources, Wuhu 241000, China
| | - Rongbin Wang
- Institute of Chinese Medicine Resources, Anhui College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wuhu 241002, China
- Institute of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China
| | - Xin Hong
- Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Wetland Ecosystem Protection and Restoration, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
| | - Cuilian Wu
- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources, Wuhu 241000, China
- Institute of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China
| | - Sijia Zhang
- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources, Wuhu 241000, China
- Institute of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China
| | - Xianzhao Kan
- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources, Wuhu 241000, China
- Institute of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-139-5537-2268
| |
Collapse
|