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Relaxed purifying selection in autopolyploids drives transposable element over-accumulation which provides variants for local adaptation.


ABSTRACT: Polyploidization is frequently associated with increased transposable element (TE) content. However, what drives TE dynamics following whole genome duplication (WGD) and the evolutionary implications remain unclear. Here, we leverage whole-genome resequencing data available for ~300 individuals of Arabidopsis arenosa, a well characterized natural diploid-autotetraploid plant species, to address these questions. Based on 43,176 TE insertions we detect in these genomes, we demonstrate that relaxed purifying selection rather than transposition bursts is the main driver of TE over-accumulation after WGD. Furthermore, the increased pool of TE insertions in tetraploids is especially enriched within or near environmentally responsive genes. Notably, we show that the major flowering-time repressor gene FLC is disrupted by a TE insertion specifically in the rapid-cycling tetraploid lineage that colonized mainland railways. Together, our findings indicate that tetrasomy leads to an enhanced accumulation of genic TE insertions, some of which likely contribute to local adaptation.

SUBMITTER: Baduel P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6925279 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Relaxed purifying selection in autopolyploids drives transposable element over-accumulation which provides variants for local adaptation.

Baduel Pierre P   Quadrana Leandro L   Hunter Ben B   Bomblies Kirsten K   Colot Vincent V  

Nature communications 20191220 1


Polyploidization is frequently associated with increased transposable element (TE) content. However, what drives TE dynamics following whole genome duplication (WGD) and the evolutionary implications remain unclear. Here, we leverage whole-genome resequencing data available for ~300 individuals of Arabidopsis arenosa, a well characterized natural diploid-autotetraploid plant species, to address these questions. Based on 43,176 TE insertions we detect in these genomes, we demonstrate that relaxed  ...[more]

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