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The sea lamprey germline genome provides insights into programmed genome rearrangement and vertebrate evolution.

ABSTRACT: The sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) serves as a comparative model for reconstructing vertebrate evolution. To enable more informed analyses, we developed a new assembly of the lamprey germline genome that integrates several complementary data sets. Analysis of this highly contiguous (chromosome-scale) assembly shows that both chromosomal and whole-genome duplications have played significant roles in the evolution of ancestral vertebrate and lamprey genomes, including chromosomes that carry the six lamprey HOX clusters. The assembly also contains several hundred genes that are reproducibly eliminated from somatic cells during early development in lamprey. Comparative analyses show that gnathostome (mouse) homologs of these genes are frequently marked by polycomb repressive complexes (PRCs) in embryonic stem cells, suggesting overlaps in the regulatory logic of somatic DNA elimination and bivalent states that are regulated by early embryonic PRCs. This new assembly will enhance diverse studies that are informed by lampreys' unique biology and evolutionary/comparative perspective.

SUBMITTER: Smith JJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5805609 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The sea lamprey germline genome provides insights into programmed genome rearrangement and vertebrate evolution.

Smith Jeramiah J JJ Timoshevskaya Nataliya N Ye Chengxi C Holt Carson C Keinath Melissa C MC Parker Hugo J HJ Cook Malcolm E ME Hess Jon E JE Narum Shawn R SR Lamanna Francesco F Kaessmann Henrik H Timoshevskiy Vladimir A VA Waterbury Courtney K M CKM Saraceno Cody C Wiedemann Leanne M LM Robb Sofia M C SMC Baker Carl C Eichler Evan E EE Hockman Dorit D Sauka-Spengler Tatjana T Yandell Mark M Krumlauf Robb R Elgar Greg G Amemiya Chris T CT

Nature genetics 20180122 2

The sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) serves as a comparative model for reconstructing vertebrate evolution. To enable more informed analyses, we developed a new assembly of the lamprey germline genome that integrates several complementary data sets. Analysis of this highly contiguous (chromosome-scale) assembly shows that both chromosomal and whole-genome duplications have played significant roles in the evolution of ancestral vertebrate and lamprey genomes, including chromosomes that carry the ...[more]

PMID: 29358652

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Project description:BackgroundThe mitochondrial (mt) genomes of Sarcoptiformes mites typically contain 37 genes. Although the loss of genes is rare in Sarcoptiformes mite mitogenomes, two of the six previously reported oribatid mites (Acariforms: Sarcoptiformes) are reported to have lost parts of their tRNA genes. To confirm whether the tRNA genes were indeed lost and whether the loss is universal, we re-annotated the available oribatid mite sequences and sequenced the mitogenome of Oribatula sakamorii.MethodsThe mitogenome of O. sakamorii was sequenced using an Illumina HiSeq sequencer. The mt tRNA gene was annotated using multi-software combined with a manual annotation approach. Phylogenetic analyses were performed using the maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference methods with concatenated nucleotide and amino acid sequences.ResultsThe mitogenomes of O. sakamorii contained 37 genes, including 22 tRNA genes. We identified all mt tRNA genes that were reported as "lost" in Steganacarus magnus and Paraleius leontonychus and revealed certain atypical tRNA annotation errors in oribatid mite sequences. Oribatid mite mitogenomes are characterized by low rates of genetic rearrangement, with six or seven gene blocks conserved between the mitogenome of all species and that of ancestral arthropods. Considering the relative order of the major genes (protein-coding genes and rRNAs), only one or two genes were rearranged with respect to their positions in the ancestral genome. We explored the phylogenetic relationships among the available oribatid mites, and the results confirmed the systematic position of Hermannia in the Crotonioidea superfamily. This was also supported by the synapomorphic gene-derived boundaries.ConclusionsThe tRNA "lost" phenomenon is not universal in oribatid mites. Rather, highly atypical secondary structure of the inferred mt tRNA genes made them unidentifiable using a single type of tRNA search program. The use of multi-software combined with a manual annotation approach can improve the accuracy of tRNA gene annotation. In addition, we identified the precise systematic position of Hermannia and validated that Astigmata is nested in Oribatida.

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The sea lamprey germline genome provides insights into programmed genome rearrangement and vertebrate evolution.

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The sea lamprey germline genome provides insights into programmed genome rearrangement and vertebrate evolution.

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