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Ren L, Huang W, Cannon EKS, Bertioli DJ, Cannon SB. A Mechanism for Genome Size Reduction Following Genomic Rearrangements. Front Genet 2018; 9:454. [PMID: 30356760 PMCID: PMC6189423 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2018.00454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2018] [Accepted: 09/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The factors behind genome size evolution have been of great interest, considering that eukaryotic genomes vary in size by more than three orders of magnitude. Using a model of two wild peanut relatives, Arachis duranensis and Arachis ipaensis, in which one genome experienced large rearrangements, we find that the main determinant in genome size reduction is a set of inversions that occurred in A. duranensis, and subsequent net sequence removal in the inverted regions. We observe a general pattern in which sequence is lost more rapidly at newly distal (telomeric) regions than it is gained at newly proximal (pericentromeric) regions - resulting in net sequence loss in the inverted regions. The major driver of this process is recombination, determined by the chromosomal location. Any type of genomic rearrangement that exposes proximal regions to higher recombination rates can cause genome size reduction by this mechanism. In comparisons between A. duranensis and A. ipaensis, we find that the inversions all occurred in A. duranensis. Sequence loss in those regions was primarily due to removal of transposable elements. Illegitimate recombination is likely the major mechanism responsible for the sequence removal, rather than unequal intrastrand recombination. We also measure the relative rate of genome size reduction in these two Arachis diploids. We also test our model in other plant species and find that it applies in all cases examined, suggesting our model is widely applicable.
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- Longhui Ren
- Interdepartmental Genetics Graduate Program, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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- Interdepartmental Genetics Graduate Program, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States.,Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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- Interdepartmental Genetics Graduate Program, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States.,Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Brasiìlia, Brasiìlia, Brazil.,Center for Applied Genetic Technologies, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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- Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Ames, IA, United States
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El Baidouri M, Panaud O. Comparative genomic paleontology across plant kingdom reveals the dynamics of TE-driven genome evolution. Genome Biol Evol 2013; 5:954-65. [PMID: 23426643 PMCID: PMC3673626 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evt025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Long terminal repeat-retrotransposons (LTR-RTs) are the most abundant class of transposable elements (TEs) in plants. They strongly impact the structure, function, and evolution of their host genome, and, in particular, their role in genome size variation has been clearly established. However, the dynamics of the process through which LTR-RTs have differentially shaped plant genomes is still poorly understood because of a lack of comparative studies. Using a new robust and automated family classification procedure, we exhaustively characterized the LTR-RTs in eight plant genomes for which a high-quality sequence is available (i.e., Arabidopsis thaliana, A. lyrata, grapevine, soybean, rice, Brachypodium dystachion, sorghum, and maize). This allowed us to perform a comparative genome-wide study of the retrotranspositional landscape in these eight plant lineages from both monocots and dicots. We show that retrotransposition has recurrently occurred in all plant genomes investigated, regardless their size, and through bursts, rather than a continuous process. Moreover, in each genome, only one or few LTR-RT families have been active in the recent past, and the difference in genome size among the species studied could thus mostly be accounted for by the extent of the latest transpositional burst(s). Following these bursts, LTR-RTs are efficiently eliminated from their host genomes through recombination and deletion, but we show that the removal rate is not lineage specific. These new findings lead us to propose a new model of TE-driven genome evolution in plants.
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- Moaine El Baidouri
- Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, Laboratoire Génome et développement des plantes, UMR UPVD/CNRS 5096, 66860 Perpignan, France
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Chénais B, Caruso A, Hiard S, Casse N. The impact of transposable elements on eukaryotic genomes: from genome size increase to genetic adaptation to stressful environments. Gene 2012; 509:7-15. [PMID: 22921893 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.07.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2012] [Revised: 07/16/2012] [Accepted: 07/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Transposable elements (TEs) are present in roughly all genomes. These mobile DNA sequences are able to invade genomes and their impact on genome evolution is substantial. The mobility of TEs can induce the appearance of deleterious mutations, gene disruption and chromosome rearrangements, but transposition activity also has positive aspects and the mutational activities of TEs contribute to the genetic diversity of organisms. This short review aims to give a brief overview of the impact TEs may have on animal and plant genome structure and expression, and the relationship between TEs and the stress response of organisms, including insecticide resistance.
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- Benoît Chénais
- Université du Maine, EA2160 Mer Molécules Santé, UFR Sciences et Techniques, Avenue Olivier Messiaen, F-72085 Le Mans, France.
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GARCIA SÒNIA, CANELA MIGUELÁ, GARNATJE TERESA, MCARTHUR EDURANT, PELLICER JAUME, SANDERSON STEWARTC, VALLÈS JOAN. Evolutionary and ecological implications of genome size in the North American endemic sagebrushes and allies (Artemisia, Asteraceae). Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01001.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Zuccolo A, Sebastian A, Talag J, Yu Y, Kim H, Collura K, Kudrna D, Wing RA. Transposable element distribution, abundance and role in genome size variation in the genus Oryza. BMC Evol Biol 2007; 7:152. [PMID: 17727727 PMCID: PMC2041954 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2007] [Accepted: 08/29/2007] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Background The genus Oryza is composed of 10 distinct genome types, 6 diploid and 4 polyploid, and includes the world's most important food crop – rice (Oryza sativa [AA]). Genome size variation in the Oryza is more than 3-fold and ranges from 357 Mbp in Oryza glaberrima [AA] to 1283 Mbp in the polyploid Oryza ridleyi [HHJJ]. Because repetitive elements are known to play a significant role in genome size variation, we constructed random sheared small insert genomic libraries from 12 representative Oryza species and conducted a comprehensive study of the repetitive element composition, distribution and phylogeny in this genus. Particular attention was paid to the role played by the most important classes of transposable elements (Long Terminal Repeats Retrotransposons, Long interspersed Nuclear Elements, helitrons, DNA transposable elements) in shaping these genomes and in their contributing to genome size variation. Results We identified the elements primarily responsible for the most strikingly genome size variation in Oryza. We demonstrated how Long Terminal Repeat retrotransposons belonging to the same families have proliferated to very different extents in various species. We also showed that the pool of Long Terminal Repeat Retrotransposons is substantially conserved and ubiquitous throughout the Oryza and so its origin is ancient and its existence predates the speciation events that originated the genus. Finally we described the peculiar behavior of repeats in the species Oryza coarctata [HHKK] whose placement in the Oryza genus is controversial. Conclusion Long Terminal Repeat retrotransposons are the major component of the Oryza genomes analyzed and, along with polyploidization, are the most important contributors to the genome size variation across the Oryza genus. Two families of Ty3-gypsy elements (RIRE2 and Atlantys) account for a significant portion of the genome size variations present in the Oryza genus.
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- Andrea Zuccolo
- Arizona Genomics Institute, Department of Plant Sciences, BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- Arizona Genomics Institute, Department of Plant Sciences, BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- Arizona Genomics Institute, Department of Plant Sciences, BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- Arizona Genomics Institute, Department of Plant Sciences, BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- Arizona Genomics Institute, Department of Plant Sciences, BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- Arizona Genomics Institute, Department of Plant Sciences, BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- Arizona Genomics Institute, Department of Plant Sciences, BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- Arizona Genomics Institute, Department of Plant Sciences, BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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Numerous theories have been proposed to account for the pronounced differences in the quantity of non-coding DNA among eukaryotic genomes, but the current repertoire remains incomplete because the only explicit mechanisms it provides involve DNA gain. It has been proposed more recently that biases in spontaneous insertions and deletions (indels) can lead to genome shrinkage by mutational mechanisms alone. The present article provides the first detailed critical discussion of this approach, and covers three different ideas related to it: (1) the general notion of DNA loss by deletion bias, (2) the "DNA loss hypothesis" which supposes that variation in genome size can be attributed to differences in DNA loss rate, and (3) the "mutational equilibrium model" which attempts to describe the long-term evolution of genome size. The mutational equilibrium model is found to be problematic, and it is noted that DNA loss by small indels is too slow in real time to determine variation in genome size above a relatively low threshold. Some alternative explanations for the observed patterns are provided, and the critique also identifies some potential problems with the current dataset. These include a failure to cite a more detailed (and somewhat contradictory) mammalian dataset, a questionable use of arithmetic means with highly skewed data, and important discrepancies among the particular DNA sequences so far analyzed. Overall, evolutionary reductions in genome size are considered important, but the specific mechanism relating to small deletion bias is far too weak to be accepted as a primary determinant of genome size variation in general.
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- T Ryan Gregory
- Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA.
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Soltis DE, Soltis PS, Bennett MD, Leitch IJ. Evolution of genome size in the angiosperms. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2003; 90:1596-603. [PMID: 21653334 DOI: 10.3732/ajb.90.11.1596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Genome size varies extensively across the flowering plants, which has stimulated speculation regarding the ancestral genome size of these plants and trends in genome evolution. We investigated the evolution of C-values across the angiosperms using a molecular phylogenetic framework and C-values not previously available for crucial basal angiosperms, including Amborella, Illiciaceae, and Austrobaileya. Reconstructions of genome size across the angiosperms and extant gymnosperms indicate that the ancestral genome size for angiosperms is very small (1C ≤ 1.4 pg), in agreement with an earlier analysis of Leitch et al. (1998). Furthermore, a very small genome size (1C ≤ 1.4 pg) is ancestral not only for the angiosperms in general, but also for most major clades of flowering plants, including the monocots and the eudicots. The ancestral genome of core eudicots may also have been very small given that very low 1C-values appear to be ancestral for major clades of core eudicots, such as Caryophyllales, Saxifragales, and asterids. Very large genomes occur in clades that occupy derived positions within the monocots and Santalales.
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- Douglas E Soltis
- Department of Botany and the Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611-5826 USA
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Rabinowicz PD, McCombie WR, Martienssen RA. Gene enrichment in plant genomic shotgun libraries. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2003; 6:150-156. [PMID: 12667872 DOI: 10.1016/s1369-5266(03)00008-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The Arabidopsis genome (about 130 Mbp) has been completely sequenced; whereas a draft sequence of the rice genome (about 430 Mbp) is now available and the sequencing of this genome will be completed in the near future. The much larger genomes of several important crop species, such as wheat (about 16,000 Mbp) or maize (about 2500 Mbp), may not be fully sequenced with current technology. Instead, sequencing-analysis strategies are being developed to obtain sequencing and mapping information selectively for the genic fraction (gene space) of complex plant genomes.
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- Pablo D Rabinowicz
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, USA.
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Joyner KL, Wang XR, Johnston JS, Price HJ, Williams CG. DNA content for Asian pines parallels New World relatives. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.1139/b00-151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This hypothesis is based on an observed correlation between DNA content and thermal regime for fish, zooplankton, salamanders, and some flowering plants. The Asian pine results provided no support for the latitudinal hypothesis; Asian tropical pine species did not have smaller genomes than their temperate or boreal relatives. DNA content of haploid megagametophyte tissue varied from 21.85 pg/C for hard pine Pinus densiflora Sieb. & Zucc. to 29.59 pg/C for soft pine Pinus bungeana Zucc. Pinus merkusii Jung. & De Vriese (29.63 pg/C) was the exceptional hard pine, with a genome size larger than many soft pines. The mean DNA content of Asian soft pines exceeded Asian hard pines (Δ 3.22 pg/C), a parallel to the previously reported trends for New World pines. No continental effect was detected. Based on 46 pines species sampled in centers of species diversity in Asian and the New World, soft pines had mean DNA content which exceeded hard pines by 4.97 pg/C.Key words: gymnosperms, conifers, laser flow cytometry, megagametophytes, C values, phylogeny.
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