Homoeologous Recombination of the V1r1-V1r2 Gene Cluster of Pheromone Receptors in an Allotetraploid Lineage of Teleosts.
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SUBMITTER: Zhong L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5704247 | biostudies-literature |
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Project description:BackgroundPoa annua (annual bluegrass) is an allotetraploid turfgrass, an agronomically significant weed, and one of the most widely dispersed plant species on earth. Here, we report the chromosome-scale genome assemblies of P. annua's diploid progenitors, P. infirma and P. supina, and use multi-omic analyses spanning all three species to better understand P. annua's evolutionary novelty.ResultsWe find that the diploids diverged from their common ancestor 5.5 - 6.3 million years ago and hybridized to form P. annua ≤ 50,000 years ago. The diploid genomes are similar in chromosome structure and most notably distinguished by the divergent evolutionary histories of their transposable elements, leading to a 1.7 × difference in genome size. In allotetraploid P. annua, we find biased movement of retrotransposons from the larger (A) subgenome to the smaller (B) subgenome. We show that P. annua's B subgenome is preferentially accumulating genes and that its genes are more highly expressed. Whole-genome resequencing of several additional P. annua accessions revealed large-scale chromosomal rearrangements characterized by extensive TE-downsizing and evidence to support the Genome Balance Hypothesis.ConclusionsThe divergent evolutions of the diploid progenitors played a central role in conferring onto P. annua its remarkable phenotypic plasticity. We find that plant genes (guided by selection and drift) and transposable elements (mostly guided by host immunity) each respond to polyploidy in unique ways and that P. annua uses whole-genome duplication to purge highly parasitized heterochromatic sequences. The findings and genomic resources presented here will enable the development of homoeolog-specific markers for accelerated weed science and turfgrass breeding.
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Project description:BackgroundCotton, as an allopolyploid species, contains homoeologous A and D subgenomes. The study of the homoeologous (duplicated) segments or chromosomes can facilitate insight into the evolutionary process of polyploidy and the development of genomic resources. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) clones as probes has commonly been used to provide a reliable cytological technique for chromosome identification. In polyploids, it also presents a useful approach for identification and localization of duplicated segments. Here, two types of BACs that contained the duplicated segments were isolated and analyzed in tetraploid cotton by FISH.ResultsHomologous and homoeologous BACs were isolated by way of SSR marker-based selection and then used to develop BAC-FISH probes. Duplicated segments in homoeologous chromosomes were detected by FISH. The FISH and related linkage map results followed known reinforced the relationships of homoeologous chromosomes in allotetraploid cotton, and presented a useful approach for isolation of homoeologous loci or segments and for mapping of monomorphic loci. It is very important to find that the large duplicated segments (homologous BACs) do exist between homoeologous chromosomes, so the shot-gun approach for genome sequencing was unavailable for tetraploid cotton. However, without doubt, it will contain more information and promote the research for duplicated segments as well as the genome evolution in cotton.ConclusionThese findings and the analysis method by BAC-FISH demonstrated the powerful nature and wide use for the genome and genome evolutionary researches in cotton and other polyploidy species.
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2016-09-30 | GSE83372 | GEO
Project description:Histone modifications regulate gene expression in eukaryotes, but their roles in gene expression changes in interspecific hybrids or allotetraploids are poorly understood. Histone modifications can be mapped by immunostaining of metaphase chromosomes at the single cell level and/or by chromatin immunoprecipitation-sequencing (ChIP-seq) for individual genes. Here we examined H3K4me3 density and transcriptome maps in root-tip cells of allotetraploid cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). The overall H3K4me3 levels were relatively equal between A and D chromosomes, which were consistent with equal numbers of expressed genes between the two subgenomes. However, intensities per chromosomal area were nearly twice as high in the D homoeologs as in the A homoeologs. Consistent with the cytological observation, ChIP-seq analysis showed more D-homoeologs with biased H3K4me3 levels than A-homoeologs with biased modifications, which correlated with the greater number of genes with D-biased expression than that with A-biased expression in most homoeologous chromosome pairs. Two chromosomes displayed different expression levels compared with other chromosomes probably because of translocations, which may affect the local chromatin structure (hence expression levels) for the genes involved. This example of genome-wide histone modifications that determine expression bias of homoeologous genes in allopolyploids provides a molecular basis for the evolution and domestication of polyploid species including important crops.
2016-09-30 | GSE83371 | GEO
Project description:Histone modifications regulate gene expression in eukaryotes, but their roles in gene expression changes in interspecific hybrids or allotetraploids are poorly understood. Histone modifications can be mapped by immunostaining of metaphase chromosomes at the single cell level and/or by chromatin immunoprecipitation-sequencing (ChIP-seq) for individual genes. Here we examined H3K4me3 density and transcriptome maps in root-tip cells of allotetraploid cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). The overall H3K4me3 levels were relatively equal between A and D chromosomes, which were consistent with equal numbers of expressed genes between the two subgenomes. However, intensities per chromosomal area were nearly twice as high in the D homoeologs as in the A homoeologs. Consistent with the cytological observation, ChIP-seq analysis showed more D-homoeologs with biased H3K4me3 levels than A-homoeologs with biased modifications, which correlated with the greater number of genes with D-biased expression than that with A-biased expression in most homoeologous chromosome pairs. Two chromosomes displayed different expression levels compared with other chromosomes probably because of translocations, which may affect the local chromatin structure (hence expression levels) for the genes involved. This example of genome-wide histone modifications that determine expression bias of homoeologous genes in allopolyploids provides a molecular basis for the evolution and domestication of polyploid species including important crops.
2016-09-30 | GSE71418 | GEO
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