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Elewa A, Wang H, Talavera-López C, Joven A, Brito G, Kumar A, Hameed LS, Penrad-Mobayed M, Yao Z, Zamani N, Abbas Y, Abdullayev I, Sandberg R, Grabherr M, Andersson B, Simon A. Reading and editing the Pleurodeles waltl genome reveals novel features of tetrapod regeneration. Nat Commun 2017; 8:2286. [PMID: 29273779 PMCID: PMC5741667 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01964-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2017] [Accepted: 10/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Salamanders exhibit an extraordinary ability among vertebrates to regenerate complex body parts. However, scarce genomic resources have limited our understanding of regeneration in adult salamanders. Here, we present the ~20 Gb genome and transcriptome of the Iberian ribbed newt Pleurodeles waltl, a tractable species suitable for laboratory research. We find that embryonic stem cell-specific miRNAs mir-93b and mir-427/430/302, as well as Harbinger DNA transposons carrying the Myb-like proto-oncogene have expanded dramatically in the Pleurodeleswaltl genome and are co-expressed during limb regeneration. Moreover, we find that a family of salamander methyltransferases is expressed specifically in adult appendages. Using CRISPR/Cas9 technology to perturb transcription factors, we demonstrate that, unlike the axolotl, Pax3 is present and necessary for development and that contrary to mammals, muscle regeneration is normal without functional Pax7 gene. Our data provide a foundation for comparative genomic studies that generate models for the uneven distribution of regenerative capacities among vertebrates. The Iberian ribbed newt Pleurodeles waltl has a wide spectrum of regeneration abilities. Here, Elewa et al. sequence its ~20 Gb genome and transcriptome to investigate the molecular features underlying its regenerative capacities.
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- Ahmed Elewa
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, SE-171 65, Sweden.
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, SE-171 65, Sweden.,The Francis Crick Institute, NW1 1AT, London, UK
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, SE-171 65, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, SE-171 65, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, SE-171 65, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, SE-171 65, Sweden
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- Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS & University Paris-Diderot, Paris, 75205, France
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, SE-171 65, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SE-751 23, Sweden
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- Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, SE-171 65, Sweden.,Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Stockholm, SE-171 65, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, SE-171 65, Sweden.,Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Stockholm, SE-171 65, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SE-751 23, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, SE-171 65, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, SE-171 65, Sweden.
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Polyploidy-the increase in the number of whole chromosome sets-is an important evolutionary force in eukaryotes. Polyploidy is well recognized throughout the evolutionary history of plants and animals, where several ancient events have been hypothesized to be drivers of major evolutionary radiations. However, fungi provide a striking contrast: while numerous recent polyploids have been documented, ancient fungal polyploidy is virtually unknown. We present a survey of known fungal polyploids that confirms the absence of ancient fungal polyploidy events. Three hypotheses may explain this finding. First, ancient fungal polyploids are indeed rare, with unique aspects of fungal biology providing similar benefits without genome duplication. Second, fungal polyploids are not successful in the long term, leading to few extant species derived from ancient polyploidy events. Third, ancient fungal polyploids are difficult to detect, causing the real contribution of polyploidy to fungal evolution to be underappreciated. We consider each of these hypotheses in turn and propose that failure to detect ancient events is the most likely reason for the lack of observed ancient fungal polyploids. We examine whether existing data can provide evidence for previously unrecognized ancient fungal polyploidy events but discover that current resources are too limited. We contend that establishing whether unrecognized ancient fungal polyploidy events exist is important to ascertain whether polyploidy has played a key role in the evolution of the extensive complexity and diversity observed in fungi today and, thus, whether polyploidy is a driver of evolutionary diversifications across eukaryotes. Therefore, we conclude by suggesting ways to test the hypothesis that there are unrecognized polyploidy events in the deep evolutionary history of the fungi.
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This review summarizes the current status of the known extant genuine polyploid anuran and urodelan species, as well as spontaneously originated and/or experimentally produced amphibian polyploids. The mechanisms by which polyploids can originate, the meiotic pairing configurations, the diploidization processes operating in polyploid genomes, the phenomenon of hybridogenesis, and the relationship between polyploidization and sex chromosome evolution are discussed. The polyploid systems in some important amphibian taxa are described in more detail.
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DOYLE JACQUELINEM, McCORMICK CORYR, DeWOODY JANDREW. The quantification of spermatozoa by real‐time quantitative PCR, spectrophotometry, and spermatophore cap size. Mol Ecol Resour 2010; 11:101-6. [PMID: 21429105 DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02892.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- JACQUELINE M. DOYLE
- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
- Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Smith JJ, Putta S, Zhu W, Pao GM, Verma IM, Hunter T, Bryant SV, Gardiner DM, Harkins TT, Voss SR. Genic regions of a large salamander genome contain long introns and novel genes. BMC Genomics 2009; 10:19. [PMID: 19144141 PMCID: PMC2633012 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2008] [Accepted: 01/13/2009] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The basis of genome size variation remains an outstanding question because DNA sequence data are lacking for organisms with large genomes. Sixteen BAC clones from the Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum: c-value = 32 x 10(9) bp) were isolated and sequenced to characterize the structure of genic regions. RESULTS Annotation of genes within BACs showed that axolotl introns are on average 10x longer than orthologous vertebrate introns and they are predicted to contain more functional elements, including miRNAs and snoRNAs. Loci were discovered within BACs for two novel EST transcripts that are differentially expressed during spinal cord regeneration and skin metamorphosis. Unexpectedly, a third novel gene was also discovered while manually annotating BACs. Analysis of human-axolotl protein-coding sequences suggests there are 2% more lineage specific genes in the axolotl genome than the human genome, but the great majority (86%) of genes between axolotl and human are predicted to be 1:1 orthologs. Considering that axolotl genes are on average 5x larger than human genes, the genic component of the salamander genome is estimated to be incredibly large, approximately 2.8 gigabases! CONCLUSION This study shows that a large salamander genome has a correspondingly large genic component, primarily because genes have incredibly long introns. These intronic sequences may harbor novel coding and non-coding sequences that regulate biological processes that are unique to salamanders.
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- Jeramiah J Smith
- Department of Biology and Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
- University of Washington, Department of Genome Sciences, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
- Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
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- Department of Biology and Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
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- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
- The Developmental Biology Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
- The Developmental Biology Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Biology and Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
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Salamanders (Amphibia: Caudata/Urodela) have been the subject of numerous cytogenetic studies, and data on karyotypes and genome sizes are available for most groups. Salamanders show a more-or-less distinct dichotomy between families with large chromosome numbers and interspecific variation in chromosome number, relative size, and shape (i.e. position of the centromere), and those that exhibit very little variation in these karyological features. This dichotomy is the basis of a major model of karyotype evolution in salamanders involving a kind of 'karyotypic orthoselection'. Salamanders are also characterized by extremely large genomes (in terms of absolute mass of nuclear DNA) and extensive variation in genome size (and overall size of the chromosomes), which transcends variation in chromosome number and shape. The biological significance and evolution of chromosome number and shape within the karyotype is not yet understood, but genome size variation has been found to have strong phenotypic, biogeographic, and phylogenetic correlates that reveal information about the biological significance of this cytogenetic variable. Urodeles also present the advantage of only 10 families and less than 600 species, which facilitates the analysis of patterns within the entire order. The purpose of this review is to present a summary of what is currently known about overall patterns of variation in karyology and genome size in salamanders. These patterns are discussed within an evolutionary context.
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Comparative rates of oxygen consumption and water loss in diploid and polyploid salamanders (genus ambystoma). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(90)90129-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Morescalchi A. New developments in vertebrate cytotaxonomy I. cytotaxonomy of the amphibians. Genetica 1979. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00122043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Examination of the vertebral columns of representatives of all families of salamanders revealed that, in contrast to the condition found in most other vertebrates, salamander spinal nerves of often pass through foramina in the vertebrae. Two kinds of spinal nerve foramina were found: those in the anterior halves of vertebrae, and those in the posterior halves. In addition, many salamanders retain intervertebral nerves. However, within each family or, in a few cases, subfamily there is a characteristic pattern of spinal nerve-vertebral relationships. The first spinal nerve of all salamanders exits through a foramen in the anterior half of the atlas. All more posterior nerves are intervertebral in the families Cryptobranchidae, Hynobiidae and Proteidae. The posterior caudal nerves exit through the posterior halves of the caudal vertebrae in the family Amphiumidae, while in the subfamilies Dicamptodontinae and Rhyacotritoninae all post-sacral nerves exit through the posterior halves of the vertebrae. All but the first three nerves exit through posterior foramina in the family Plethodontidae and the subfamily Ambystomatinae, while all but the first two nerves pass through posterior foramina in the families Salamandridae and Sirenidae. Several fossil salamanders were also examined. These showed that the amphiumid and dicamptodontine-rhyacotritonine nerve patterns had evolved by the Late Cretaceous, and the sirenid pattern had probably evolved by that time. Other Cretaceous genera associated with the Ambystomatoidea still possessed the primitive intervertebral pattern. Using spinal nerve patterns and several other previously described morphological characters, a new hypothesis of the phylogeny of recent and fossil salamanders is presented and compared to earlier proposed phylogenies of the group. A new classification of salamander families is presented.
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