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Balini LC, Fernandes CA, Portela-Castro ALDB, Melo RFD, Zawadzki CH, Borin-Carvalho LA. Initial Steps of XY Sex Chromosome Differentiation in the Armored Catfish Hypostomus albopunctatus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) Revealed by Heterochromatin Accumulation. Zebrafish 2024. [PMID: 38386543 DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2023.0100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
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In fish species, heterochromatinization is one process that could trigger sex chromosome differentiation. The present article describes a nascent XX/XY sex chromosome system evidenced by heterochromatin accumulation and microsatellite (GATA)8 in Hypostomus albopunctatus from two populations of the Paraná River basin. The specimens of H. albopunctatus from the Campo and Bossi Rivers share the same karyotype. The species exhibits 74 chromosomes (8m+14sm +16st +36a, fundamental number = 112). The C-banding technique suggests male heterogamety in H. albopunctatus, where the Y-chromosome is morphologically like the X-chromosome but differs from it for having long arms that are entirely heterochromatic. Double fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with 18S and 5S rDNA probes confirmed the Ag-nucleolus organizer region sites in a single pair for both populations, and minor rDNA clusters showed interpopulational variation. FISH with the microsatellite (GATA)8 probe showed a dispersed pattern in the karyotype, accumulating these sequences of sex chromosomes of both populations. FISH with microsatellite (CGC)10 probe showed interpopulational variation. The absence of differentiated sex chromosomes in H. albopunctatus is described previously, and a new variant is documented herein where XY chromosomes can be seen in an early stage of differentiation.
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- Ligia Carla Balini
- Department of Biotechnology, Genetics, and Cell Biology, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
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- Department of Biotechnology, Genetics, and Cell Biology, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
- Limnology, Ichthyology and Aquaculture Research Nucleus (NUPELIA), Biological Sciences Center, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
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- Department of Biotechnology, Genetics, and Cell Biology, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
- Limnology, Ichthyology and Aquaculture Research Nucleus (NUPELIA), Biological Sciences Center, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
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- Department of Biotechnology, Genetics, and Cell Biology, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
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- Limnology, Ichthyology and Aquaculture Research Nucleus (NUPELIA), Biological Sciences Center, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
- Department of Biology, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
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Rasoarahona R, Wattanadilokchatkun P, Panthum T, Jaisamut K, Lisachov A, Thong T, Singchat W, Ahmad SF, Han K, Kraichak E, Muangmai N, Koga A, Duengkae P, Antunes A, Srikulnath K. MicrosatNavigator: exploring nonrandom distribution and lineage-specificity of microsatellite repeat motifs on vertebrate sex chromosomes across 186 whole genomes. Chromosome Res 2023; 31:29. [PMID: 37775555 DOI: 10.1007/s10577-023-09738-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Revised: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/01/2023]
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Microsatellites are short tandem DNA repeats, ubiquitous in genomes. They are believed to be under selection pressure, considering their high distribution and abundance beyond chance or random accumulation. However, limited analysis of microsatellites in single taxonomic groups makes it challenging to understand their evolutionary significance across taxonomic boundaries. Despite abundant genomic information, microsatellites have been studied in limited contexts and within a few species, warranting an unbiased examination of their genome-wide distribution in distinct versus closely related-clades. Large-scale comparisons have revealed relevant trends, especially in vertebrates. Here, "MicrosatNavigator", a new tool that allows quick and reliable investigation of perfect microsatellites in DNA sequences, was developed. This tool can identify microsatellites across the entire genome sequences. Using this tool, microsatellite repeat motifs were identified in the genome sequences of 186 vertebrates. A significant positive correlation was noted between the abundance, density, length, and GC bias of microsatellites and specific lineages. The (AC)n motif is the most prevalent in vertebrate genomes, showing distinct patterns in closely related species. Longer microsatellites were observed on sex chromosomes in birds and mammals but not on autosomes. Microsatellites on sex chromosomes of non-fish vertebrates have the lowest GC content, whereas high-GC microsatellites (≥ 50 M% GC) are preferred in bony and cartilaginous fishes. Thus, similar selective forces and mutational processes may constrain GC-rich microsatellites to different clades. These findings should facilitate investigations into the roles of microsatellites in sex chromosome differentiation and provide candidate microsatellites for functional analysis across the vertebrate evolutionary spectrum.
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- Ryan Rasoarahona
- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
- Sciences for Industry, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
- Special Research Unit for Wildlife Genomics (SRUWG), Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
- Special Research Unit for Wildlife Genomics (SRUWG), Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
- Special Research Unit for Wildlife Genomics (SRUWG), Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
- Department of Microbiology, College of Science & Technology, Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea
- Center for Bio-Medical Engineering Core Facility, Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
- Department of Fishery Biology, Faculty of Fisheries, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
- Special Research Unit for Wildlife Genomics (SRUWG), Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
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- CIIMAR/CIMAR, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros Do Porto de Leixes, Av. General Norton de Matos, S/N, 4450-208, Porto, Portugal
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, S/N, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal
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- Animal Genomics and Bioresource Research Unit (AGB Research Unit), Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand.
- Sciences for Industry, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand.
- Special Research Unit for Wildlife Genomics (SRUWG), Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand.
- Center for Advanced Studies in Tropical Natural Resources, National Research University-Kasetsart University, Kasetsart University, (CASTNAR, NRU-KU, Thailand), Bangkok, 10900, Thailand.
- Center of Excellence on Agricultural Biotechnology (AG-BIO/PERDO-CHE), Bangkok, 10900, Thailand.
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Montiel EE, Badenhorst D, Lee L, Valenzuela N. Evolution and dosage compensation of nucleolar organizing regions (NORs) mediated by mobile elements in turtles with female (ZZ/ZW) but not with male (XX/XY) heterogamety. J Evol Biol 2022; 35:1709-1720. [PMID: 35877473 PMCID: PMC10087745 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.14064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Revised: 04/26/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Understanding the evolution and regulation of nucleolar organizing regions (NORs) is important to elucidate genome structure and function. This is because ribosomal gene (rDNA) copy number and activity mediate protein biosynthesis, stress response, ageing, disease, dosage compensation and genome stability. Here, we found contrasting dosage compensation of sex-linked NORs in turtles with male and female heterogamety. Most taxa examined exhibit homomorphic rRNA gene clusters in a single autosome pair (determined by 28S rDNA fluorescence in situ hybridization), whereas NORs are sex-linked in Apalone spinifera, Pelodiscus sinensis and Staurotypus triporcatus. Full-dosage compensation upregulates the male X-NOR (determined via silver staining-AgNOR) in Staurotypus (who lacks Y-NOR) compared with female X-AgNORs. In softshell Apalone and Pelodiscus, who share homologous ZZ/ZW micro-chromosomes, their enlarged W-NOR is partially active (due to 28S rDNA invasion by R2 retroelements), whereas their smaller Z-NOR is silent in females but active in both male-Zs (presumably because the W-NOR meets cellular demands and excessive NOR activity is costly). We hypothesize that R2 disruption favoured W enlargement to add intact 28S-units, perhaps facilitated by reduced recombination during sex chromosome evolution. The molecular basis of the potentially adaptive female Z-silencing is likely intricate and perhaps epigenetic, as non-ribosomal Z genes are active in Apalone females. Yet, Emydura maquarii exhibit identical heteromorphism in their autosomal NOR (R2 invaded 28S-units and the small-autosome NOR is silent), suggesting that the softshell turtle pattern can evolve independent of sex chromosome evolution. Our study illuminates the complex sex chromosome evolution and dosage compensation of non-model systems that challenges classic paradigms.
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- Eugenia E Montiel
- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA.,Department of Experimental Biology (Genetics Area), University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
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Steinberg ER, Bressa MJ, Mudry MD. Sex chromosome systems in Neotropical Primates: What have we learnt so far from cytogenetics and genomics? J Evol Biol 2022; 35:1589-1600. [PMID: 35731796 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.14039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2022] [Revised: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Neotropical Primates (Platyrrhini) show great diversity in their life histories, ecology, behaviour and genetics. This diversity extends to their chromosome complements, both to autosomes and to sex chromosomes. In this contribution, we will review what is currently known about sex chromosomes in this group, both from cytogenetic and from genomic evidence. The X and Y chromosomes in Neotropical Primates, also known as New World Monkeys, have striking structural differences compared with Old World Monkeys when Catarrhini sex chromosomes are considered. The XY bivalent displays a different meiotic behaviour in prophase I, and their Y chromosome shows extensive genomic differences. Even though the most widespread sex chromosome system is the XX/XY and thus considered the ancestral one for Platyrrhini, modifications of this sexual system are observed within this group. Multiple sex chromosome systems originated from Y-autosome translocations were described in several genera (Aotus, Callimico and Alouatta). In the howler monkeys, genus Alouatta, an independent origin of the sexual systems in South American and Mesoamerican species was postulated. All the above-mentioned evidence suggests that the Y chromosome of Platyrrhini has a different evolutionary history compared with the Catarrhini Y. There is still much to understand regarding their sex chromosome systems.
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- Eliana Ruth Steinberg
- Grupo de Investigación en Biología Evolutiva (GIBE). Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires (IEGEBA), Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución (EGE), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FCEyN), Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), CONICET, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Grupo de Citogenética de Insectos. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires (IEGEBA), Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución (EGE), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FCEyN), Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), CONICET, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Grupo de Investigación en Biología Evolutiva (GIBE). Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires (IEGEBA), Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución (EGE), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FCEyN), Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), CONICET, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Gatto KP, Timoshevskaya N, Smith JJ, Lourenço LB. Sequencing of laser captured Z and W chromosomes of the tocantins paradoxical frog (Pseudis tocantins) provides insights on repeatome and chromosomal homology. J Evol Biol 2022; 35:1659-1674. [PMID: 35642451 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.14027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2021] [Revised: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Pseudis tocantins is the only frog species of the hylid genus Pseudis that possesses highly heteromorphic sex chromosomes. Z and W chromosomes of Ps. tocantins differ in size, morphology, position of the nucleolar organizer region (NOR) and the amount and distribution of heterochromatin. A chromosomal inversion and heterochromatin amplification on the W chromosome were previously inferred to be involved in the evolution of this sex chromosome pair. Despite these findings, knowledge related to the molecular composition of the large heterochromatic band of this W chromosome is restricted to the PcP190 satellite DNA, and no data are available regarding the gene content of either the W or the Z chromosome of Ps. tocantins. Here, we sequenced microdissected Z and W chromosomes of this species to further resolve their molecular composition. Comparative genomic analysis suggests that Ps. tocantins sex chromosomes are likely homologous to chromosomes 4 and 10 of Xenopus tropicalis. Analyses of the repetitive DNA landscape in the Z and W assemblies allowed for the identification of several transposable elements and putative satellite DNA sequences. Finally, some transposable elements from the W assembly were found to be highly diverse and divergent from elements found elsewhere in the genome, suggesting a rapid amplification of these elements on the W chromosome.
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- Kaleb Pretto Gatto
- Laboratory of Chromosome Studies, Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil.,Laboratory of Herpetology and Aquaculture Center, Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University, Rio Claro, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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- Laboratory of Chromosome Studies, Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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Augstenová B, Pensabene E, Kratochvíl L, Rovatsos M. Cytogenetic Evidence for Sex Chromosomes and Karyotype Evolution in Anguimorphan Lizards. Cells 2021; 10:cells10071612. [PMID: 34203198 PMCID: PMC8304200 DOI: 10.3390/cells10071612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Revised: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Anguimorphan lizards are a morphologically variable group of squamate reptiles with a wide geographical distribution. In spite of their importance, they have been cytogenetically understudied. Here, we present the results of the cytogenetic examination of 23 species from five anguimorphan families (Anguidae, Helodermatidae, Shinisauridae, Varanidae and Xenosauridae). We applied both conventional (Giemsa staining and C-banding) and molecular cytogenetic methods (fluorescence in situ hybridization with probes for the telomeric motifs and rDNA loci, comparative genome hybridization), intending to describe the karyotypes of previously unstudied species, to uncover the sex determination mode, and to reveal the distribution of variability in cytogenetic characteristics among anguimorphan lizards. We documented that karyotypes are generally quite variable across anguimorphan lineages, with anguids being the most varying. However, the derived chromosome number of 2n = 40 exhibits a notable long-term evolutionary stasis in monitors. Differentiated ZZ/ZW sex chromosomes were documented in monitors and helodermatids, as well as in the anguids Abronia lythrochila, and preliminary also in Celestus warreni and Gerrhonotus liocephalus. Several other anguimorphan species have likely poorly differentiated sex chromosomes, which cannot be detected by the applied cytogenetic methods, although the presence of environmental sex determination cannot be excluded. In addition, we uncovered a rare case of spontaneous triploidy in a fully grown Varanus primordius.
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Palacios-Gimenez OM, Koelman J, Palmada-Flores M, Bradford TM, Jones KK, Cooper SJB, Kawakami T, Suh A. Comparative analysis of morabine grasshopper genomes reveals highly abundant transposable elements and rapidly proliferating satellite DNA repeats. BMC Biol 2020; 18:199. [PMID: 33349252 PMCID: PMC7754599 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-020-00925-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Repetitive DNA sequences, including transposable elements (TEs) and tandemly repeated satellite DNA (satDNAs), collectively called the "repeatome", are found in high proportion in organisms across the Tree of Life. Grasshoppers have large genomes, averaging 9 Gb, that contain a high proportion of repetitive DNA, which has hampered progress in assembling reference genomes. Here we combined linked-read genomics with transcriptomics to assemble, characterize, and compare the structure of repetitive DNA sequences in four chromosomal races of the morabine grasshopper Vandiemenella viatica species complex and determine their contribution to genome evolution. RESULTS We obtained linked-read genome assemblies of 2.73-3.27 Gb from estimated genome sizes of 4.26-5.07 Gb DNA per haploid genome of the four chromosomal races of V. viatica. These constitute the third largest insect genomes assembled so far. Combining complementary annotation tools and manual curation, we found a large diversity of TEs and satDNAs, constituting 66 to 75% per genome assembly. A comparison of sequence divergence within the TE classes revealed massive accumulation of recent TEs in all four races (314-463 Mb per assembly), indicating that their large genome sizes are likely due to similar rates of TE accumulation. Transcriptome sequencing showed more biased TE expression in reproductive tissues than somatic tissues, implying permissive transcription in gametogenesis. Out of 129 satDNA families, 102 satDNA families were shared among the four chromosomal races, which likely represent a diversity of satDNA families in the ancestor of the V. viatica chromosomal races. Notably, 50 of these shared satDNA families underwent differential proliferation since the recent diversification of the V. viatica species complex. CONCLUSION This in-depth annotation of the repeatome in morabine grasshoppers provided new insights into the genome evolution of Orthoptera. Our TEs analysis revealed a massive recent accumulation of TEs equivalent to the size of entire Drosophila genomes, which likely explains the large genome sizes in grasshoppers. Despite an overall high similarity of the TE and satDNA diversity between races, the patterns of TE expression and satDNA proliferation suggest rapid evolution of grasshopper genomes on recent timescales.
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- Octavio M Palacios-Gimenez
- Department of Ecology and Genetics - Evolutionary Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, SE-752 36, Uppsala, Sweden.
- Department of Organismal Biology - Systematic Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, SE-752 36, Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics - Evolutionary Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, SE-752 36, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics - Evolutionary Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, SE-752 36, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Evolutionary Biology Unit, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia
- School of Biological Sciences and Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- Evolutionary Biology Unit, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia
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- Evolutionary Biology Unit, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia
- School of Biological Sciences and Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics - Evolutionary Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, SE-752 36, Uppsala, Sweden.
- Embark Veterinary, Inc., Boston, MA, USA.
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics - Evolutionary Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, SE-752 36, Uppsala, Sweden.
- Department of Organismal Biology - Systematic Biology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, SE-752 36, Uppsala, Sweden.
- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TU, UK.
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Highly Rearranged Karyotypes and Multiple Sex Chromosome Systems in Armored Catfishes from the Genus Harttia (Teleostei, Siluriformes). Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:genes11111366. [PMID: 33218104 PMCID: PMC7698909 DOI: 10.3390/genes11111366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2020] [Revised: 11/15/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Harttia comprises an armored catfish genus endemic to the Neotropical region, including 27 valid species with low dispersion rates that are restricted to small distribution areas. Cytogenetics data point to a wide chromosomal diversity in this genus due to changes that occurred in isolated populations, with chromosomal fusions and fissions explaining the 2n number variation. In addition, different multiple sex chromosome systems and rDNA loci location are also found in some species. However, several Harttia species and populations remain to be investigated. In this study, Harttia intermontana and two still undescribed species, morphologically identified as Harttia sp. 1 and Harttia sp. 2, were cytogenetically analyzed. Harttia intermontana has 2n = 52 and 2n = 53 chromosomes, while Harttia sp. 1 has 2n = 56 and 2n = 57 chromosomes in females and males, respectively, thus highlighting the occurrence of an XX/XY1Y2 multiple sex chromosome system in both species. Harttia sp. 2 presents 2n = 62 chromosomes for both females and males, with fission events explaining its karyotype diversification. Chromosomal locations of the rDNA sites were also quite different among species, reinforcing that extensive rearrangements had occurred in their karyotype evolution. Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) experiments among some Harttia species evidenced a shared content of the XY1Y2 sex chromosomes in three of them, thus pointing towards their common origin. Therefore, the comparative analysis among all Harttia species cytogenetically studied thus far allowed us to provide an evolutionary scenario related to the speciation process of this fish group.
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Dulz TA, Azambuja M, Nascimento VD, Lorscheider CA, Noleto RB, Moreira-Filho O, Nogaroto V, Diniz D, Affonso PRADM, Vicari MR. Karyotypic Diversification in Two Megaleporinus Species (Characiformes, Anostomidae) Inferred from In Situ Localization of Repetitive DNA Sequences. Zebrafish 2020; 17:333-341. [PMID: 32990531 DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2020.1918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Anostomidae species have conserved diploid numbers (2n = 54), although comparative cytogenetic studies have demonstrated chromosomal rearrangements occurrence among them, especially in repetitive DNA rich regions. The location and distribution of ribosomal DNA (rDNA) and small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs) multigene families are highly dynamic in the genomes of several organisms. In this study, we in situ located the rDNA and snRNA sites in two populations of Megaleporinus obtusidens and a sample of Megaleporinus reinhardti to infer their chromosomal changes in the evolutionary lineages. Both species of Megaleporinus shared 2n = 54 chromosomes with the presence of ZZ/ZW sex chromosome system, but they diverged in relationship to the location of 5S and 45S rDNAs as well as the distribution of snRNAs sites. The characterization of the analyzed sequences revealed the presence of complete rDNA and snRNAs sequences as well as snRNAs containing transposable elements (TEs) and microsatellite repeats. After chromosomal mapping, the sequences encompassing TEs proved to be dispersed through autosomes and accumulated on sex chromosomes. The data demonstrate that intra- and interspecific chromosomal changes occurred involving the multigene family's sites in Megaleporinus karyotypes. Furthermore, we detected TE-like sequences in the differentiation of sex chromosome systems in M. obtusidens and M. reinhardti.
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- Thais Aparecida Dulz
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.,Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual do Paraná, União da Vitória, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual do Paraná, União da Vitória, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Estrutural, Molecular e Genética, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Jequié, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.,Departamento de Biologia Estrutural, Molecular e Genética, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, Brazil
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Ferretti ABSM, Milani D, Palacios-Gimenez OM, Ruiz-Ruano FJ, Cabral-de-Mello DC. High dynamism for neo-sex chromosomes: satellite DNAs reveal complex evolution in a grasshopper. Heredity (Edinb) 2020; 125:124-137. [PMID: 32499661 PMCID: PMC7426270 DOI: 10.1038/s41437-020-0327-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Revised: 05/24/2020] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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A common characteristic of sex chromosomes is the accumulation of repetitive DNA, which accounts for their diversification and degeneration. In grasshoppers, the X0 sex-determining system in males is considered ancestral. However, in some species, derived variants like neo-XY in males evolved several times independently by Robertsonian translocation. This is the case of Ronderosia bergii, in which further large pericentromeric inversion in the neo-Y also took place, making this species particularly interesting for investigating sex chromosome evolution. Here, we characterized the satellite DNAs (satDNAs) and transposable elements (TEs) of the species to investigate the quantitative differences in repeat composition between male and female genomes putatively associated with sex chromosomes. We found a total of 53 satDNA families and 56 families of TEs. The satDNAs were 13.5% more abundant in males than in females, while TEs were just 1.02% more abundant in females. These results imply differential amplification of satDNAs on neo-Y chromosome and a minor role of TEs in sex chromosome differentiation. We showed highly differentiated neo-XY sex chromosomes owing to major amplification of satDNAs in neo-Y. Furthermore, chromosomal mapping of satDNAs suggests high turnover of neo-sex chromosomes in R. bergii at the intrapopulation level, caused by multiple paracentric inversions, amplifications, and transpositions. Finally, the species is an example of the action of repetitive DNAs in the generation of variability for sex chromosomes after the suppression of recombination, and helps understand sex chromosome evolution at the intrapopulation level.
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- Ana B S M Ferretti
- Departamento de Biologia Geral e Aplicada, UNESP-Univ Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências/IB, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral e Aplicada, UNESP-Univ Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências/IB, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral e Aplicada, UNESP-Univ Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências/IB, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Ahmad SF, Singchat W, Jehangir M, Panthum T, Srikulnath K. Consequence of Paradigm Shift with Repeat Landscapes in Reptiles: Powerful Facilitators of Chromosomal Rearrangements for Diversity and Evolution. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:E827. [PMID: 32708239 PMCID: PMC7397244 DOI: 10.3390/genes11070827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Revised: 07/16/2020] [Accepted: 07/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Reptiles are notable for the extensive genomic diversity and species richness among amniote classes, but there is nevertheless a need for detailed genome-scale studies. Although the monophyletic amniotes have recently been a focus of attention through an increasing number of genome sequencing projects, the abundant repetitive portion of the genome, termed the "repeatome", remains poorly understood across different lineages. Consisting predominantly of transposable elements or mobile and satellite sequences, these repeat elements are considered crucial in causing chromosomal rearrangements that lead to genomic diversity and evolution. Here, we propose major repeat landscapes in representative reptilian species, highlighting their evolutionary dynamics and role in mediating chromosomal rearrangements. Distinct karyotype variability, which is typically a conspicuous feature of reptile genomes, is discussed, with a particular focus on rearrangements correlated with evolutionary reorganization of micro- and macrochromosomes and sex chromosomes. The exceptional karyotype variation and extreme genomic diversity of reptiles are used to test several hypotheses concerning genomic structure, function, and evolution.
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- Syed Farhan Ahmad
- Laboratory of Animal Cytogenetics and Comparative Genomics (ACCG), Department of Genetics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; (S.F.A.); (W.S.); (M.J.); (T.P.)
- Special Research Unit for Wildlife Genomics (SRUWG), Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Laboratory of Animal Cytogenetics and Comparative Genomics (ACCG), Department of Genetics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; (S.F.A.); (W.S.); (M.J.); (T.P.)
- Special Research Unit for Wildlife Genomics (SRUWG), Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Laboratory of Animal Cytogenetics and Comparative Genomics (ACCG), Department of Genetics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; (S.F.A.); (W.S.); (M.J.); (T.P.)
- Integrative Genomics Lab-LGI, Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Bioscience at Botucatu, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu 18618-689, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Animal Cytogenetics and Comparative Genomics (ACCG), Department of Genetics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; (S.F.A.); (W.S.); (M.J.); (T.P.)
- Special Research Unit for Wildlife Genomics (SRUWG), Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Laboratory of Animal Cytogenetics and Comparative Genomics (ACCG), Department of Genetics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; (S.F.A.); (W.S.); (M.J.); (T.P.)
- Special Research Unit for Wildlife Genomics (SRUWG), Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University, 50 Ngamwongwan, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
- Center for Advanced Studies in Tropical Natural Resources, National Research University-Kasetsart University, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
- Center of Excellence on Agricultural Biotechnology (AG-BIO/PERDO-CHE), Bangkok 10900, Thailand
- Omics Center for Agriculture, Bioresources, Food and Health, Kasetsart University (OmiKU), Bangkok 10900, Thailand
- Amphibian Research Center, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1, Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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García E, Cross I, Portela-Bens S, Rodríguez ME, García-Angulo A, Molina B, Cuadrado A, Liehr T, Rebordinos L. Integrative genetic map of repetitive DNA in the sole Solea senegalensis genome shows a Rex transposon located in a proto-sex chromosome. Sci Rep 2019; 9:17146. [PMID: 31748593 PMCID: PMC6868151 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-53673-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2019] [Accepted: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Repetitive sequences play an essential role in the structural and functional evolution of the genome, particularly in the sexual chromosomes. The Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) is a valuable flatfish in aquaculture albeit few studies have addressed the mapping and characterization of repetitive DNA families. Here we analyzed the Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs) and Transposable elements (TEs) content from fifty-seven BAC clones (spanning 7.9 Mb) of this species, located in chromosomes by multiple fluorescence in situ hybridization (m-BAC-FISH) technique. The SSR analysis revealed an average density of 675.1 loci per Mb and a high abundance (59.69%) of dinucleotide coverage was observed, being ‘AC’ the most abundant. An SSR-FISH analysis using eleven probes was also carried out and seven of the 11 probes yielded positive signals. ‘AC’ probes were present as large clusters in almost all chromosomes, supporting the bioinformatic analysis. Regarding TEs, DNA transposons (Class II) were the most abundant. In Class I, LINE elements were the most abundant and the hAT family was the most represented in Class II. Rex/Babar subfamily, observed in two BAC clones mapping to chromosome pair 1, showed the longest match. This chromosome pair has been recently reported as a putative sexual proto-chromosome in this species, highlighting the possible role of the Rex element in the evolution of this chromosome. In the Rex1 phylogenetic tree, the Senegalese sole Rex1 retrotransposon could be associated with one of the four major ancient lineages in fish genomes, in which it is included O. latipes.
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- Emilio García
- Área de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, INMAR, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510, Cádiz, Spain
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- Área de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, INMAR, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510, Cádiz, Spain
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- Área de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, INMAR, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510, Cádiz, Spain
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- Área de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, INMAR, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510, Cádiz, Spain
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- Área de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, INMAR, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510, Cádiz, Spain
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- Área de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, INMAR, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510, Cádiz, Spain
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- Department of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, University of Alcala, 28871, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), Spain
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- Institut für Humangenetik, Universitätsklinikum Jena, 07747, Jena, Germany
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- Área de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, INMAR, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510, Cádiz, Spain.
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Schemberger MO, Nascimento VD, Coan R, Ramos É, Nogaroto V, Ziemniczak K, Valente GT, Moreira-Filho O, Martins C, Vicari MR. DNA transposon invasion and microsatellite accumulation guide W chromosome differentiation in a Neotropical fish genome. Chromosoma 2019; 128:547-560. [DOI: 10.1007/s00412-019-00721-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2019] [Revised: 05/25/2019] [Accepted: 08/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Gatto KP, Seger KR, Garcia PCDA, Lourenço LB. Satellite DNA Mapping in Pseudis fusca (Hylidae, Pseudinae) Provides New Insights into Sex Chromosome Evolution in Paradoxical Frogs. Genes (Basel) 2019; 10:E160. [PMID: 30791490 PMCID: PMC6410007 DOI: 10.3390/genes10020160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2018] [Revised: 01/31/2019] [Accepted: 02/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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In the frog genus Pseudis, previous works found a sex-linked heteromorphism of the PcP190 satellite DNA in the nucleolus organizer region (NOR)-bearing chromosome pairs of Pseudis bolbodactyla and Pseudis tocantins, which possess a ZZ/ZW sex determination system. A pericentromeric inversion was inferred to have occurred during W chromosome evolution, moving a chromosomal cluster enriched by the PcP190 from the short arm (as observed in P. bolbodactyla) to the NOR-bearing long arm (as observed in P. tocantins). However, whether such an inversion happened in P. tocantins or in the common ancestor of Pseudis fusca and P. tocantins remained unclear. To assess this question, we mapped PcP190 in the karyotype of P. fusca from three distinct localities. Southern blotting was used to compare males and females. The mitochondrial H1 fragment (which contains the 12S ribosomal RNA (rRNA), tRNAval, and 16S rRNA genes) and cytochrome b gene were partially sequenced, and a species tree was inferred to guide our analysis. Pseudis fusca specimens were placed together as the sister group of P. tocantins, but based on genetic distance, one of the analyzed populations is probably an undescribed species. A cluster of PcP190, located in the long arm of chromosome 7, is sex linked in this putative new species but not in the remaining P. fusca. We could infer that the pericentromeric inversion that moved the PcP190 site to the NOR-bearing chromosome arm (long arm) occurred in the common ancestor of P. fusca, the putative undescribed species, and P. tocantins.
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- Kaleb Pretto Gatto
- Laboratory of Chromosome Studies, Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Campinas 13083-863, SP, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Chromosome Studies, Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Campinas 13083-863, SP, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Chromosome Studies, Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Campinas 13083-863, SP, Brazil.
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Singchat W, O'Connor RE, Tawichasri P, Suntronpong A, Sillapaprayoon S, Suntrarachun S, Muangmai N, Baicharoen S, Peyachoknagul S, Chanhome L, Griffin D, Srikulnath K. Chromosome map of the Siamese cobra: did partial synteny of sex chromosomes in the amniote represent "a hypothetical ancestral super-sex chromosome" or random distribution? BMC Genomics 2018; 19:939. [PMID: 30558533 PMCID: PMC6296137 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-018-5293-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2018] [Accepted: 11/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Unlike the chromosome constitution of most snakes (2n=36), the cobra karyotype shows a diploid chromosome number of 38 with a highly heterochromatic W chromosome and a large morphologically different chromosome 2. To investigate the process of sex chromosome differentiation and evolution between cobras, most snakes, and other amniotes, we constructed a chromosome map of the Siamese cobra (Naja kaouthia) with 43 bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs) derived from the chicken and zebra finch libraries using the fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technique, and compared it with those of the chicken, the zebra finch, and other amniotes. RESULTS We produced a detailed chromosome map of the Siamese cobra genome, focusing on chromosome 2 and sex chromosomes. Synteny of the Siamese cobra chromosome 2 (NKA2) and NKAZ were highly conserved among snakes and other squamate reptiles, except for intrachromosomal rearrangements occurring in NKA2. Interestingly, twelve BACs that had partial homology with sex chromosomes of several amniotes were mapped on the heterochromatic NKAW as hybridization signals such as repeat sequences. Sequence analysis showed that most of these BACs contained high proportions of transposable elements. In addition, hybridization signals of telomeric repeat (TTAGGG)n and six microsatellite repeat motifs ((AAGG)8, (AGAT)8, (AAAC)8, (ACAG)8, (AATC)8, and (AAAAT)6) were observed on NKAW, and most of these were also found on other amniote sex chromosomes. CONCLUSIONS The frequent amplification of repeats might involve heterochromatinization and promote sex chromosome differentiation in the Siamese cobra W sex chromosome. Repeat sequences are also shared among amniote sex chromosomes, which supports the hypothesis of an ancestral super-sex chromosome with overlaps of partial syntenies. Alternatively, amplification of microsatellite repeat motifs could have occurred independently in each lineage, representing convergent sex chromosomal differentiation among amniote sex chromosomes.
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- Worapong Singchat
- Laboratory of Animal Cytogenetics and Comparative Genomics (ACCG), Department of Genetics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
- Animal Breeding and Genetics Consortium of Kasetsart University (ABG-KU), Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
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- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NY, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Animal Cytogenetics and Comparative Genomics (ACCG), Department of Genetics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
- Animal Breeding and Genetics Consortium of Kasetsart University (ABG-KU), Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
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- Laboratory of Animal Cytogenetics and Comparative Genomics (ACCG), Department of Genetics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
- Animal Breeding and Genetics Consortium of Kasetsart University (ABG-KU), Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
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- Laboratory of Animal Cytogenetics and Comparative Genomics (ACCG), Department of Genetics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
- Animal Breeding and Genetics Consortium of Kasetsart University (ABG-KU), Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
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- Department of Research and Development, Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute, The Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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- Animal Breeding and Genetics Consortium of Kasetsart University (ABG-KU), Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
- Department of Fishery Biology, Faculty of Fisheries, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
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- Bureau of Conservation and Research, Zoological Park Organization under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, 65000, Thailand
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- Snake Farm, Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute, The Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NY, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Animal Cytogenetics and Comparative Genomics (ACCG), Department of Genetics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand.
- Animal Breeding and Genetics Consortium of Kasetsart University (ABG-KU), Bangkok, 10900, Thailand.
- Center for Advanced Studies in Tropical Natural Resources, National Research University-Kasetsart University, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand.
- Center of Excellence on Agricultural Biotechnology (AG-BIO/PERDO-CHE), Bangkok, 10900, Thailand.
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Rosolen LAM, Vicari MR, Almeida MC. Accumulation of Transposable Elements in Autosomes and Giant Sex Chromosomes of Omophoita (Chrysomelidae: Alticinae). Cytogenet Genome Res 2018; 156:215-222. [PMID: 30504708 DOI: 10.1159/000495199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Coleoptera is the most diverse order among insects, and comparative molecular cytogenetic studies in this group are lacking. The species of Omophoita (Oedionychina) possess a karyotype of 2n = 22 = 10II+X+Y. They are interesting models for evolutionary cytogenetic studies due to giant sex chromosomes which are asynaptic during meiosis. Transposable elements (TEs) confer plasticity and mobility to genomes and are considered hotspots for DNA double-strand breaks and chromosomal rearrangements. The objective of the present study was to verify the role of TEs in the karyotype and in the size expansion of the giant sex chromosomes in Omophoita. Thus, different TEs were characterized in the Omophoita genome and localized in the chromosomes by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). The DNA sequencing data revealed identity with TE families Tc1/Mariner and RTE/L1-56_XT. FISH showed signals of all TEs in the karyotypes and a high accumulation in the sex chromosomes of the 3 Omophoita species analyzed. These data suggest that the genome size expansion and the origin of the giant sex chromosomes of Omophoita are due to an intensive genomic invasion of TEs, as those characterized here as Tc1/Mariner-Ooc and RTE-Ooc. Differences in the chromosomal location of the TEs among the 3 species indicate that they have participated in the karyotype differentiation in Omophoita.
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Carducci F, Barucca M, Canapa A, Biscotti MA. Rex Retroelements and Teleost Genomes: An Overview. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19113653. [PMID: 30463278 PMCID: PMC6274825 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19113653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2018] [Revised: 10/31/2018] [Accepted: 11/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Repetitive DNA is an intriguing portion of the genome still not completely discovered and shows a high variability in terms of sequence, genomic organization, and evolutionary mode. On the basis of the genomic organization, it includes satellite DNAs, which are organized as long arrays of head-to-tail linked repeats, and transposable elements, which are dispersed throughout the genome. These repeated elements represent a considerable fraction of vertebrate genomes contributing significantly in species evolution. In this review, we focus our attention on Rex1, Rex3 and Rex6, three elements specific of teleost genomes. We report an overview of data available on these retroelements highlighting their significative impact in chromatin and heterochromatin organization, in the differentiation of sex chromosomes, in the formation of supernumerary chromosomes, and in karyotype evolution in teleosts.
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- Federica Carducci
- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy.
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Lee J, Yang EC, Graf L, Yang JH, Qiu H, Zelzion U, Chan CX, Stephens TG, Weber APM, Boo GH, Boo SM, Kim KM, Shin Y, Jung M, Lee SJ, Yim HS, Lee JH, Bhattacharya D, Yoon HS. Analysis of the Draft Genome of the Red Seaweed Gracilariopsis chorda Provides Insights into Genome Size Evolution in Rhodophyta. Mol Biol Evol 2018; 35:1869-1886. [DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msy081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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- JunMo Lee
- Department of Biological Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea
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- Marine Ecosystem Research Center, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea
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- Department of Ecology Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
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- Department of Ecology Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Cluster of Excellence on Plant Science (CEPLAS), Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Biology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea
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- National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea, Seocheon, Korea
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- Bioinformatics Group, R&D Center, Insilicogen, Inc., Suwon, Korea
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- Bioinformatics Group, R&D Center, Insilicogen, Inc., Suwon, Korea
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- Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Busan, Korea
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- Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea
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Palacios-Gimenez OM, Milani D, Lemos B, Castillo ER, Martí DA, Ramos E, Martins C, Cabral-de-Mello DC. Uncovering the evolutionary history of neo-XY sex chromosomes in the grasshopper Ronderosia bergii (Orthoptera, Melanoplinae) through satellite DNA analysis. BMC Evol Biol 2018; 18:2. [PMID: 29329524 PMCID: PMC5767042 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-017-1113-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2017] [Accepted: 12/08/2017] [Indexed: 03/26/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Neo-sex chromosome systems arose independently multiple times in evolution, presenting the remarkable characteristic of repetitive DNAs accumulation. Among grasshoppers, occurrence of neo-XY was repeatedly noticed in Melanoplinae. Here we analyzed the most abundant tandem repeats of R. bergii (2n = 22, neo-XY♂) using deep Illumina sequencing and graph-based clustering in order to address the neo-sex chromosomes evolution. RESULTS The analyses revealed ten families of satDNAs comprising about ~1% of the male genome, which occupied mainly C-positive regions of autosomes. Regarding the sex chromosomes, satDNAs were recorded within centromeric or interstitial regions of the neo-X chromosome and four satDNAs occurred in the neo-Y, two of them being exclusive (Rber248 and Rber299). Using a combination of probes we uncovered five well-defined cytological variants for neo-Y, originated by multiple paracentric inversions and satDNA amplification, besides fragmented neo-Y. These neo-Y variants were distinct in frequency between embryos and adult males. CONCLUSIONS The genomic data together with cytogenetic mapping enabled us to better understand the neo-sex chromosome dynamics in grasshoppers, reinforcing differentiation of neo-X and neo-Y and revealing the occurrence of multiple additional rearrangements involved in the neo-Y evolution of R. bergii. We discussed the possible causes that led to differences in frequency for the neo-Y variants between embryos and adults. Finally we hypothesize about the role of DNA satellites in R. bergii as well as putative historical events involved in the evolution of the R. bergii neo-XY.
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- Octavio M. Palacios-Gimenez
- Departamento de Biologia, UNESP - Univ Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências/IB, Rio Claro, São Paulo 13506-900 Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia, UNESP - Univ Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências/IB, Rio Claro, São Paulo 13506-900 Brazil
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- Program in Molecular and Integrative Physiological Sciences, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard University T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 USA
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- Departamento de Morfologia, UNESP – Univ Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências/IB, Botucatu, São Paulo Brazil
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- Departamento de Morfologia, UNESP – Univ Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências/IB, Botucatu, São Paulo Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia, UNESP - Univ Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências/IB, Rio Claro, São Paulo 13506-900 Brazil
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Chromosomal Evolution in Lower Vertebrates: Sex Chromosomes in Neotropical Fishes. Genes (Basel) 2017; 8:genes8100258. [PMID: 28981468 PMCID: PMC5664108 DOI: 10.3390/genes8100258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2017] [Revised: 09/27/2017] [Accepted: 09/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Fishes exhibit the greatest diversity of species among vertebrates, offering a number of relevant models for genetic and evolutionary studies. The investigation of sex chromosome differentiation is a very active and striking research area of fish cytogenetics, as fishes represent one of the most vital model groups. Neotropical fish species show an amazing variety of sex chromosome systems, where different stages of differentiation can be found, ranging from homomorphic to highly differentiated sex chromosomes. Here, we draw attention on the impact of recent developments in molecular cytogenetic analyses that helped to elucidate many unknown questions about fish sex chromosome evolution, using excellent characiform models occurring in the Neotropical region, namely the Erythrinidae family and the Triportheus genus. While in Erythrinidae distinct XY and/or multiple XY-derived sex chromosome systems have independently evolved at least four different times, representatives of Triportheus show an opposite scenario, i.e., highly conserved ZZ/ZW system with a monophyletic origin. In both cases, recent molecular approaches, such as mapping of repetitive DNA classes, comparative genomic hybridization (CGH), and whole chromosome painting (WCP), allowed us to unmask several new features linked to the molecular composition and differentiation processes of sex chromosomes in fishes.
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Palacios-Gimenez OM, Dias GB, de Lima LG, Kuhn GCES, Ramos É, Martins C, Cabral-de-Mello DC. High-throughput analysis of the satellitome revealed enormous diversity of satellite DNAs in the neo-Y chromosome of the cricket Eneoptera surinamensis. Sci Rep 2017; 7:6422. [PMID: 28743997 PMCID: PMC5527012 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-06822-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2017] [Accepted: 06/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Satellite DNAs (satDNAs) constitute large portion of eukaryote genomes, comprising non-protein-coding sequences tandemly repeated. They are mostly found in heterochromatic regions of chromosomes such as around centromere or near telomeres, in intercalary heterochromatin, and often in non-recombining segments of sex chromosomes. We examined the satellitome in the cricket Eneoptera surinamensis (2n = 9, neo-X1X2Y, males) to characterize the molecular evolution of its neo-sex chromosomes. To achieve this, we analyzed illumina reads using graph-based clustering and complementary analyses. We found an unusually high number of 45 families of satDNAs, ranging from 4 bp to 517 bp, accounting for about 14% of the genome and showing different modular structures and high diversity of arrays. FISH mapping revealed that satDNAs are located mostly in C-positive pericentromeric regions of the chromosomes. SatDNAs enrichment was also observed in the neo-sex chromosomes in comparison to autosomes. Especially astonishing accumulation of satDNAs loci was found in the highly differentiated neo-Y, including 39 satDNAs over-represented in this chromosome, which is the greatest satDNAs diversity yet reported for sex chromosomes. Our results suggest possible involvement of satDNAs in genome increasing and in molecular differentiation of the neo-sex chromosomes in this species, contributing to the understanding of sex chromosome composition and evolution in Orthoptera.
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- UNESP - Univ Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências/IB, Departamento de Morfologia, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil
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- UNESP - Univ Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências/IB, Departamento de Morfologia, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil
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Chang CH, Larracuente AM. Genomic changes following the reversal of a Y chromosome to an autosome in Drosophila pseudoobscura. Evolution 2017; 71:1285-1296. [PMID: 28322435 PMCID: PMC5485016 DOI: 10.1111/evo.13229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2017] [Accepted: 03/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Robertsonian translocations resulting in fusions between sex chromosomes and autosomes shape karyotype evolution by creating new sex chromosomes from autosomes. These translocations can also reverse sex chromosomes back into autosomes, which is especially intriguing given the dramatic differences between autosomes and sex chromosomes. To study the genomic events following a Y chromosome reversal, we investigated an autosome‐Y translocation in Drosophila pseudoobscura. The ancestral Y chromosome fused to a small autosome (the dot chromosome) approximately 10–15 Mya. We used single molecule real‐time sequencing reads to assemble the D. pseudoobscura dot chromosome, including this Y‐to‐dot translocation. We find that the intervening sequence between the ancestral Y and the rest of the dot chromosome is only ∼78 Kb and is not repeat‐dense, suggesting that the centromere now falls outside, rather than between, the fused chromosomes. The Y‐to‐dot region is 100 times smaller than the D. melanogaster Y chromosome, owing to changes in repeat landscape. However, we do not find a consistent reduction in intron sizes across the Y‐to‐dot region. Instead, deletions in intergenic regions and possibly a small ancestral Y chromosome size may explain the compact size of the Y‐to‐dot translocation.
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- Ching-Ho Chang
- Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, 14627
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da Silva KR, Mariotto S, Centofante L, Parise-Maltempi PP. Chromosome mapping of a Tc1-like transposon in species of the catfish Ancistrus. COMPARATIVE CYTOGENETICS 2017; 11:65-79. [PMID: 28919950 PMCID: PMC5599695 DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v11i1.10519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2016] [Accepted: 11/28/2016] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The Tc1 mariner element is widely distributed among organisms and have been already described in different species of fish. The genus Ancistrus (Kner, 1854) has 68 nominal species and is part of an interesting taxonomic and cytogenetic group, as well as presenting a variation of chromosome number, ranging from 2n=34 to 54 chromosomes, and the existence of simple and multiple sex chromosome system and the occurrence of chromosomal polymorphisms involving chromosomes that carry the nucleolus organizer region. In this study, a repetitive element by restriction enzyme, from Ancistrus sp.1 "Flecha" was isolated, which showed similarity with a transposable element Tc1-mariner. Its chromosomal location is distributed in heterochromatic regions and along the chromosomal arms of all specimens covered in this study, confirming the pattern dispersed of this element found in other studies carried out with other species. Thus, this result reinforces the hypothesis that the sequence AnDraI is really a dispersed element isolated. As this isolated sequence showed the same pattern in all species which have different sex chromosomes systems, including in all sex chromosomes, we could know that it is not involved in sex chromosome differentiation.
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- Keteryne Rodrigues da Silva
- Laboratório de Citogenética Animal – Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” Campus de Rio Claro – Av 24A, 1515 Jardim Bela Vista- 13600-000- Rio Claro/SP, Brasil
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- Instituto Federal de Ciências e Tecnologia do Mato Grosso, campus de Cuiabá – Bela Vista, MT, Brasil
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- Instituto de Biociências, UFMT Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, MT, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Citogenética Animal – Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” Campus de Rio Claro – Av 24A, 1515 Jardim Bela Vista- 13600-000- Rio Claro/SP, Brasil
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Pucci MB, Barbosa P, Nogaroto V, Almeida MC, Artoni RF, Scacchetti PC, Pansonato-Alves JC, Foresti F, Moreira-Filho O, Vicari MR. Chromosomal Spreading of Microsatellites and (TTAGGG)n Sequences in the Characidium zebra and C. gomesi Genomes (Characiformes: Crenuchidae). Cytogenet Genome Res 2016; 149:182-190. [DOI: 10.1159/000447959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Sex chromosome evolution involves the accumulation of repeat sequences such as multigenic families, noncoding repetitive DNA (satellite, minisatellite, and microsatellite), and mobile elements such as transposons and retrotransposons. Most species of Characidium exhibit heteromorphic ZZ/ZW sex chromosomes; the W is characterized by an intense accumulation of repetitive DNA including dispersed satellite DNA sequences and transposable elements. The aim of this study was to analyze the distribution pattern of 18 different tandem repeats, including (GATA)n and (TTAGGG)n, in the genomes of C. zebra and C. gomesi, especially in the C. gomesi W chromosome. In the C. gomesi W chromosome, weak signals were seen for (CAA)10, (CAC)10, (CAT)10, (CGG)10, (GAC)10, and (CA)15 probes. (GA)15 and (TA)15 hybridized to the autosomes but not to the W chromosome. The (GATA)n probe hybridized to the short arms of the W chromosome as well as the (CG)15 probe. The (GATA)n repeat is known to be a protein-binding motif. GATA-binding proteins are necessary for the decondensation of heterochromatic regions that hold coding genes, especially in some heteromorphic sex chromosomes that may keep genes related to oocyte development. The (TAA)10 repeat is accumulated in the entire W chromosome, and this microsatellite accumulation is probably involved in the sex chromosome differentiation process and crossover suppression in C. gomesi. These additional data on the W chromosome DNA composition help to explain the evolution of sex chromosomes in Characidium.
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Altmanová M, Rovatsos M, Kratochvíl L, Johnson Pokorná M. Minute Y chromosomes and karyotype evolution in Madagascan iguanas (Squamata: Iguania: Opluridae). Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/bij.12751 10.1080/11250000409356641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Marie Altmanová
- Faculty of Science; Department of Ecology; Charles University in Prague; Viničná 7 Praha 2 Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science; Department of Ecology; Charles University in Prague; Viničná 7 Praha 2 Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science; Department of Ecology; Charles University in Prague; Viničná 7 Praha 2 Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science; Department of Ecology; Charles University in Prague; Viničná 7 Praha 2 Czech Republic
- Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics; The Czech Academy of Sciences; Rumburská 89 Liběchov Czech Republic
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Li SF, Zhang GJ, Yuan JH, Deng CL, Gao WJ. Repetitive sequences and epigenetic modification: inseparable partners play important roles in the evolution of plant sex chromosomes. PLANTA 2016; 243:1083-95. [PMID: 26919983 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-016-2485-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2016] [Accepted: 02/07/2016] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The present review discusses the roles of repetitive sequences played in plant sex chromosome evolution, and highlights epigenetic modification as potential mechanism of repetitive sequences involved in sex chromosome evolution. Sex determination in plants is mostly based on sex chromosomes. Classic theory proposes that sex chromosomes evolve from a specific pair of autosomes with emergence of a sex-determining gene(s). Subsequently, the newly formed sex chromosomes stop recombination in a small region around the sex-determining locus, and over time, the non-recombining region expands to almost all parts of the sex chromosomes. Accumulation of repetitive sequences, mostly transposable elements and tandem repeats, is a conspicuous feature of the non-recombining region of the Y chromosome, even in primitive one. Repetitive sequences may play multiple roles in sex chromosome evolution, such as triggering heterochromatization and causing recombination suppression, leading to structural and morphological differentiation of sex chromosomes, and promoting Y chromosome degeneration and X chromosome dosage compensation. In this article, we review the current status of this field, and based on preliminary evidence, we posit that repetitive sequences are involved in sex chromosome evolution probably via epigenetic modification, such as DNA and histone methylation, with small interfering RNAs as the mediator.
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- Shu-Fen Li
- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, 453003, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007, China.
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Altmanová M, Rovatsos M, Kratochvíl L, Johnson Pokorná M. Minute Y chromosomes and karyotype evolution in Madagascan iguanas (Squamata: Iguania: Opluridae). Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/bij.12751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Marie Altmanová
- Faculty of Science; Department of Ecology; Charles University in Prague; Viničná 7 Praha 2 Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science; Department of Ecology; Charles University in Prague; Viničná 7 Praha 2 Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science; Department of Ecology; Charles University in Prague; Viničná 7 Praha 2 Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Science; Department of Ecology; Charles University in Prague; Viničná 7 Praha 2 Czech Republic
- Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics; The Czech Academy of Sciences; Rumburská 89 Liběchov Czech Republic
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Palacios-Gimenez OM, Carvalho CR, Ferrari Soares FA, Cabral-de-Mello DC. Contrasting the Chromosomal Organization of Repetitive DNAs in Two Gryllidae Crickets with Highly Divergent Karyotypes. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0143540. [PMID: 26630487 PMCID: PMC4667936 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2015] [Accepted: 11/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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A large percentage of eukaryotic genomes consist of repetitive DNA that plays an important role in the organization, size and evolution. In the case of crickets, chromosomal variability has been found using classical cytogenetics, but almost no information concerning the organization of their repetitive DNAs is available. To better understand the chromosomal organization and diversification of repetitive DNAs in crickets, we studied the chromosomes of two Gryllidae species with highly divergent karyotypes, i.e., 2n(♂) = 29,X0 (Gryllus assimilis) and 2n = 9, neo-X1X2Y (Eneoptera surinamensis). The analyses were performed using classical cytogenetic techniques, repetitive DNA mapping and genome-size estimation. Conserved characteristics were observed, such as the occurrence of a small number of clusters of rDNAs and U snDNAs, in contrast to the multiple clusters/dispersal of the H3 histone genes. The positions of U2 snDNA and 18S rDNA are also conserved, being intermingled within the largest autosome. The distribution and base-pair composition of the heterochromatin and repetitive DNA pools of these organisms differed, suggesting reorganization. Although the microsatellite arrays had a similar distribution pattern, being dispersed along entire chromosomes, as has been observed in some grasshopper species, a band-like pattern was also observed in the E. surinamensis chromosomes, putatively due to their amplification and clustering. In addition to these differences, the genome of E. surinamensis is approximately 2.5 times larger than that of G. assimilis, which we hypothesize is due to the amplification of repetitive DNAs. Finally, we discuss the possible involvement of repetitive DNAs in the differentiation of the neo-sex chromosomes of E. surinamensis, as has been reported in other eukaryotic groups. This study provided an opportunity to explore the evolutionary dynamics of repetitive DNAs in two non-model species and will contribute to the understanding of chromosomal evolution in a group about which little chromosomal and genomic information is known.
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- UFV–Univ. Federal de Viçosa, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Biologia Geral, Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- UNESP—Univ. Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências/IB, Departamento de Biologia, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
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Schemberger MO, Oliveira JIN, Nogaroto V, Almeida MC, Artoni RF, Cestari MM, Moreira-Filho O, Vicari MR. Construction and characterization of a repetitive DNA library in Parodontidae (Atinopterygii:Characiformes): a genomic and evolutionary approach to the degeneration of the w sex cromosome. Zebrafish 2015; 11:518-27. [PMID: 25122415 DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2014.1013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Repetitive DNA sequences, including tandem and dispersed repeats, comprise a large portion of eukaryotic genomes and are important for gene regulation, sex chromosome differentiation, and karyotype evolution. In Parodontidae, only the repetitive DNAs WAp and pPh2004 and rDNAs were previously studied using fluorescence in situ hybridization. This study aimed to build a library of repetitive DNA in Parodontidae. We isolated 40 clones using Cot-1; 17 of these clones exhibited similarity to repetitive DNA sequences, including satellites, minisatellites, microsatellites, and class I and class II transposable elements (TEs), from Danio rerio and other organisms. The physical mapping of the clones to chromosomes revealed the presence of a satellite DNA, a Helitron element, and degenerate short interspersed element (SINE), long interspersed element (LINE), and tc1-mariner elements on the sex chromosomes. Some clones exhibited dispersed signals; other sequences were not detected. The 5S rDNA was detected on an autosomal pair. These elements likely function in the molecular degeneration of the W chromosome in Parodontidae. Thus, the location of these elements on the chromosomes is important for understanding the function of these repetitive DNAs and for integrative studies with genome sequencing. The presented data demonstrate that an intensive invasion of TEs occurred during W sex chromosome differentiation in the Parodontidae.
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- Michelle Orane Schemberger
- 1 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética, Departamento de Genética, Centro Politécnico, Universidade Federal do Paraná , Curitiba, Paraná State, Brazil
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Ziemniczak K, Traldi JB, Nogaroto V, Almeida MC, Artoni RF, Moreira-Filho O, Vicari MR. In situ Localization of (GATA)n and (TTAGGG)n Repeated DNAs and W Sex Chromosome Differentiation in Parodontidae (Actinopterygii: Characiformes). Cytogenet Genome Res 2015; 144:325-32. [DOI: 10.1159/000370297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Palacios-Gimenez OM, Marti DA, Cabral-de-Mello DC. Neo-sex chromosomes of Ronderosia bergi: insight into the evolution of sex chromosomes in grasshoppers. Chromosoma 2015; 124:353-65. [DOI: 10.1007/s00412-015-0505-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2014] [Revised: 12/27/2014] [Accepted: 01/05/2015] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Palacios-Gimenez OM, Cabral-de-Mello DC. Repetitive DNA chromosomal organization in the cricket Cycloptiloides americanus: a case of the unusual X1X 20 sex chromosome system in Orthoptera. Mol Genet Genomics 2014; 290:623-31. [PMID: 25373534 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-014-0947-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2014] [Accepted: 10/23/2014] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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A common placement for most sex chromosomes that is involved in their evolutionary histories is the accumulation of distinct classes of repetitive DNAs. Here, with the aim of understanding the poorly studied repetitive DNA organization in crickets and its possible role in sex chromosome differentiation, we characterized the chromosomes of the cricket species Cycloptiloides americanus, a species with the remarkable presence of the unusual sex chromosome system X1X20♂/X1X1X2X2♀. For these proposes, we used C-banding and mapping through the fluorescence in situ hybridization of some repetitive DNAs. The C-banding and distribution of highly and moderately repetitive DNAs (C 0t-1 DNA) varied depending of the chromosome. The greater accumulation of repetitive DNAs in the X2 chromosome was evidenced. The microsatellites were spread along entire chromosomes, but (AG)10 and (TAA)10 were less enriched, mainly in the centromeric areas. Among the multigene families, the 18S rDNA was spread throughout almost all of the chromosomes, except for pair 5 and X2, while the U2 snDNA was placed exclusively in the largest chromosome. Finally, the 5S rDNA was exclusively located in the short arms of the sex chromosomes. The obtained data reinforce the importance of chromosomal dissociation and inversion as a primary evolutionary mechanism to generate neo-sex chromosomes in the species studied, followed by the repetitive DNAs accumulation. Moreover the exclusive placement of 5S rDNA in the sex chromosomes suggests the involvement of this sequence in sex chromosome recognition throughout meiosis and, consequently, their maintenance, in addition to their avoiding degeneration.
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- Octavio M Palacios-Gimenez
- Departamento de Biologia, Instituto de Biociências/IB, UNESP-Univ Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, São Paulo, CEP 13506-900, Brazil
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Retroposon presence/absence patterns in orthologous genomic loci are known to be strong and almost homoplasy-free phylogenetic markers of common ancestry. This is evidenced by the comprehensive reconstruction of various species trees of vertebrate lineages in recent years, as well as the inference of the evolution of genes via retroposon-based gene trees of paralogous genes. Recently, it has been shown that retroposon markers are also suitable for the inference of differentiation events of gametologous genes, i.e., homologous genes on opposite sex chromosomes. This is because sex chromosomes evolved via stepwise cessation of recombination, making the presence or absence of a particular retroposon insertion among the two different gametologs in more or less closely related species a clear-cut indicator of the timing of differentiation events. Here, I examine the advantages and current limitations of this novel perspective for understanding avian sex chromosome evolution, compare the retroposon-based and sequence-based insights into gametolog differentiation and show that retroposons promise to be equally applicable to other sex chromosomal systems, such as the human X and Y chromosomes.
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- Alexander Suh
- Institute of Experimental Pathology (ZMBE); University of Münster; Münster, Germany
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Kubat Z, Zluvova J, Vogel I, Kovacova V, Cermak T, Cegan R, Hobza R, Vyskot B, Kejnovsky E. Possible mechanisms responsible for absence of a retrotransposon family on a plant Y chromosome. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2014; 202:662-678. [PMID: 24456522 DOI: 10.1111/nph.12669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2013] [Accepted: 11/25/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Some transposable elements (TEs) show extraordinary variance in abundance along sex chromosomes but the mechanisms responsible for this variance are unknown. Here, we studied Ogre long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons in Silene latifolia, a dioecious plant with evolutionarily young heteromorphic sex chromosomes. Ogre elements are ubiquitous in the S. latifolia genome but surprisingly absent on the Y chromosome. Bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library analysis and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) were used to determine Ogre structure and chromosomal localization. Next generation sequencing (NGS) data were analysed to assess the transcription level and abundance of small RNAs. Methylation of Ogres was determined by bisulphite sequencing. Phylogenetic analysis was used to determine mobilization time and selection forces acting on Ogre elements. We characterized three Ogre families ubiquitous in the S. latifolia genome. One family is nearly absent on the Y chromosome despite all the families having similar structures and spreading mechanisms. We showed that Ogre retrotransposons evolved before sex chromosomes appeared but were mobilized after formation of the Y chromosome. Our data suggest that the absence of one Ogre family on the Y chromosome may be caused by 24-nucleotide (24-nt) small RNA-mediated silencing leading to female-specific spreading. Our findings highlight epigenetic silencing mechanisms as potentially crucial factors in sex-specific spreading of some TEs, but other possible mechanisms are also discussed.
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- Zdenek Kubat
- Department of Plant Developmental Genetics, Institute of Biophysics ASCR, Kralovopolska 135, Brno, 61200, Czech Republic
- Laboratory of Genome Dynamics, CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 62500, Czech Republic
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- Department of Plant Developmental Genetics, Institute of Biophysics ASCR, Kralovopolska 135, Brno, 61200, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Genome Dynamics, CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 62500, Czech Republic
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- Department of Plant Developmental Genetics, Institute of Biophysics ASCR, Kralovopolska 135, Brno, 61200, Czech Republic
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- Department of Plant Developmental Genetics, Institute of Biophysics ASCR, Kralovopolska 135, Brno, 61200, Czech Republic
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- Department of Plant Developmental Genetics, Institute of Biophysics ASCR, Kralovopolska 135, Brno, 61200, Czech Republic
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- Department of Plant Developmental Genetics, Institute of Biophysics ASCR, Kralovopolska 135, Brno, 61200, Czech Republic
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Sokolovska 6, Olomouc, 77200, Czech Republic
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- Department of Plant Developmental Genetics, Institute of Biophysics ASCR, Kralovopolska 135, Brno, 61200, Czech Republic
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- Department of Plant Developmental Genetics, Institute of Biophysics ASCR, Kralovopolska 135, Brno, 61200, Czech Republic
- Laboratory of Genome Dynamics, CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 62500, Czech Republic
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Golczyk H, Massouh A, Greiner S. Translocations of chromosome end-segments and facultative heterochromatin promote meiotic ring formation in evening primroses. THE PLANT CELL 2014; 26:1280-93. [PMID: 24681616 PMCID: PMC4001384 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.122655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Due to reciprocal chromosomal translocations, many species of Oenothera (evening primrose) form permanent multichromosomal meiotic rings. However, regular bivalent pairing is also observed. Chiasmata are restricted to chromosomal ends, which makes homologous recombination virtually undetectable. Genetic diversity is achieved by changing linkage relations of chromosomes in rings and bivalents via hybridization and reciprocal translocations. Although the structural prerequisite for this system is enigmatic, whole-arm translocations are widely assumed to be the mechanistic driving force. We demonstrate that this prerequisite is genome compartmentation into two epigenetically defined chromatin fractions. The first one facultatively condenses in cycling cells into chromocenters negative both for histone H3 dimethylated at lysine 4 and for C-banding, and forms huge condensed middle chromosome regions on prophase chromosomes. Remarkably, it decondenses in differentiating cells. The second fraction is euchromatin confined to distal chromosome segments, positive for histone H3 lysine 4 dimethylation and for histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation. The end-segments are deprived of canonical telomeres but capped with constitutive heterochromatin. This genomic organization promotes translocation breakpoints between the two chromatin fractions, thus facilitating exchanges of end-segments. We challenge the whole-arm translocation hypothesis by demonstrating why reciprocal translocations of chromosomal end-segments should strongly promote meiotic rings and evolution toward permanent translocation heterozygosity. Reshuffled end-segments, each possessing a major crossover hot spot, can furthermore explain meiotic compatibility between genomes with different translocation histories.
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- Hieronim Golczyk
- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Konstantynów 1I 20-708, Poland
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Department 3, Potsdam-Golm 14476, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Department 3, Potsdam-Golm 14476, Germany
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Terencio ML, Schneider CH, Gross MC, Vicari MR, Farias IP, Passos KB, Feldberg E. Evolutionary dynamics of repetitive DNA in semaprochilodus (characiformes, prochilodontidae): a fish model for sex chromosome differentiation. Sex Dev 2013; 7:325-33. [PMID: 24296872 DOI: 10.1159/000356691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Distribution of 6 microsatellites and 5 transposable elements on the chromosomes of Semaprochilodus taeniurus and S. insignis, commonly referred to as Jaraqui, was performed using their physical mapping with fluorescence in situ hybridization. In this study, we aim to understand the evolutionary dynamics in genomes of S. taeniurus and S. insignis by comparing the position, abundance and contribution of the repetitive sequences in the origins and differentiation of a ZZ/ZW sex chromosome system in S. taeniurus. Results revealed that distribution patterns of repetitive DNAs along the chromosomes varied considerably. Hybridization signals were observed on several autosomes in both species; however, in S. taeniurus genome, the repetitive sequences were more abundant. In addition, large clusters of known repetitive sequences were detected in sex chromosomes of S. taeniurus. This observation is notable because the accumulation of repetitive DNAs could reflect the degradation of genetic activities and the differentiation of protosex chromosomes, evolving into the heteromorphic ZW pair observed in S. taeniurus.
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- M L Terencio
- Laboratório de Citogenômica Animal, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil
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Palacios-Gimenez OM, Castillo ER, Martí DA, Cabral-de-Mello DC. Tracking the evolution of sex chromosome systems in Melanoplinae grasshoppers through chromosomal mapping of repetitive DNA sequences. BMC Evol Biol 2013; 13:167. [PMID: 23937327 PMCID: PMC3751140 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2013] [Accepted: 08/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The accumulation of repetitive DNA during sex chromosome differentiation is a common feature of many eukaryotes and becomes more evident after recombination has been restricted or abolished. The accumulated repetitive sequences include multigene families, microsatellites, satellite DNAs and mobile elements, all of which are important for the structural remodeling of heterochromatin. In grasshoppers, derived sex chromosome systems, such as neo-XY♂/XX♀ and neo-X1X2Y♂/X1X1X2X2♀, are frequently observed in the Melanoplinae subfamily. However, no studies concerning the evolution of sex chromosomes in Melanoplinae have addressed the role of the repetitive DNA sequences. To further investigate the evolution of sex chromosomes in grasshoppers, we used classical cytogenetic and FISH analyses to examine the repetitive DNA sequences in six phylogenetically related Melanoplinae species with X0♂/XX♀, neo-XY♂/XX♀ and neo-X1X2Y♂/X1X1X2X2♀ sex chromosome systems. RESULTS Our data indicate a non-spreading of heterochromatic blocks and pool of repetitive DNAs (C0t-1 DNA) in the sex chromosomes; however, the spreading of multigene families among the neo-sex chromosomes of Eurotettix and Dichromatos was remarkable, particularly for 5S rDNA. In autosomes, FISH mapping of multigene families revealed distinct patterns of chromosomal organization at the intra- and intergenomic levels. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest a common origin and subsequent differential accumulation of repetitive DNAs in the sex chromosomes of Dichromatos and an independent origin of the sex chromosomes of the neo-XY and neo-X1X2Y systems. Our data indicate a possible role for repetitive DNAs in the diversification of sex chromosome systems in grasshoppers.
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Repetitive sequences associated with differentiation of W chromosome in Semaprochilodus taeniurus. Genetica 2013; 140:505-12. [DOI: 10.1007/s10709-013-9699-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2012] [Accepted: 01/08/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Schemberger MO, Bellafronte E, Nogaroto V, Almeida MC, Schühli GS, Artoni RF, Moreira-Filho O, Vicari MR. Differentiation of repetitive DNA sites and sex chromosome systems reveal closely related group in Parodontidae (Actinopterygii: Characiformes). Genetica 2012; 139:1499-508. [DOI: 10.1007/s10709-012-9649-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2011] [Accepted: 04/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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de Bello Cioffi M, Sánchez A, Marchal JA, Kosyakova N, Liehr T, Trifonov V, Bertollo LAC. Whole chromosome painting reveals independent origin of sex chromosomes in closely related forms of a fish species. Genetica 2011; 139:1065-72. [PMID: 21927842 DOI: 10.1007/s10709-011-9610-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2011] [Accepted: 09/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The wolf fish Hoplias malabaricus includes well differentiated sex systems (XY and X(1)X(2)Y in karyomorphs B and D, respectively), a nascent XY pair (karyomorph C) and not recognized sex chromosomes (karyomorph A). We performed the evolutionary analysis of these sex chromosomes, using two X chromosome-specific probes derived by microdissection from the XY and X(1)X(2)Y sex systems. A putative-sex pair in karyomorph A was identified, from which the differentiated XY system was evolved, as well as the clearly evolutionary relationship between the nascent XY system and the origin of the multiple X(1)X(2)Y chromosomes. The lack of recognizable signals on the sex chromosomes after the reciprocal cross-FISH experiments highlighted that they evolved independently from non-homologous autosomal pairs. It is noteworthy that these distinct pathways occur inside the same nominal species, thus exposing the high plasticity of sex chromosome evolution in lower vertebrates. Possible mechanisms underlying this sex determination liability are also discussed.
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- Marcelo de Bello Cioffi
- Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
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da Silva M, Matoso DA, Vicari MR, de Almeida MC, Margarido VP, Artoni RF. Repetitive DNA and meiotic behavior of sex chromosomes in Gymnotus pantanal (Gymnotiformes, Gymnotidae). Cytogenet Genome Res 2011; 135:143-9. [PMID: 21860225 DOI: 10.1159/000330777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Neotropical fishes have a low rate of chromosome differentiation between sexes. The present study characterizes the first meiotic analysis of sex chromosomes in the order Gymnotiformes. Gymnotus pantanal - females had 40 chromosomes (14m/sm, 26st/a) and males had 39 chromosomes (15m/sm, 24st/a), with a fundamental number of 54 - showed a multiple sexual determination chromosome system of the type X(1)X(1)X(2)X(2)/X(1)X(2)Y. The heterochromatin is restricted to centromeres of all chromosomes of the karyotype. The meiotic behavior of sex chromosomes involved in this system in males is from a trivalent totally pared in the pachytene stage, with a high degree of similarity. The cells of metaphase II exhibit 19 and 20 chromosomes, normal disjunction of sex chromosomes and the formation of balanced gametes with 18 + Y and 18 + X(1)X(2) chromosomes, respectively. The small amount of heterochromatin and repetitive DNA involved in this system and the high degree of chromosome similarity indicated a recent origin of the X(1)X(1)X(2)X(2)/X(1)X(2)Y system in G. pantanal and suggests the existence of a simple ancestral system with morphologically undifferentiated chromosomes.
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- M da Silva
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Evolutiva, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Ponta Grossa, Brazil
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Machado TC, Pansonato-Alves JC, Pucci MB, Nogaroto V, Almeida MC, Oliveira C, Foresti F, Bertollo LAC, Moreira-Filho O, Artoni RF, Vicari MR. Chromosomal painting and ZW sex chromosomes differentiation in Characidium (Characiformes, Crenuchidae). BMC Genet 2011; 12:65. [PMID: 21787398 PMCID: PMC3160954 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-12-65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2011] [Accepted: 07/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background The Characidium (a Neotropical fish group) have a conserved diploid number (2n = 50), but show remarkable differences among species and populations in relation to sex chromosome systems and location of nucleolus organizer regions (NOR). In this study, we isolated a W-specific probe for the Characidium and characterized six Characidium species/populations using cytogenetic procedures. We analyzed the origin and differentiation of sex and NOR-bearing chromosomes by chromosome painting in populations of Characidium to reveal their evolution, phylogeny, and biogeography. Results A W-specific probe for efficient chromosome painting was isolated by microdissection and degenerate oligonucleotide primed-polymerase chain reaction (DOP-PCR) amplification of W chromosomes from C. gomesi. The W probe generated weak signals dispersed on the proto sex chromosomes in C. zebra, dispersed signals in both W and Z chromosomes in C. lauroi and, in C. gomesi populations revealed a proximal site on the long arms of the Z chromosome and the entire W chromosome. All populations showed small terminal W probe sites in some autosomes. The 18S rDNA revealed distinctive patterns for each analyzed species/population with regard to proto sex chromosome, sex chromosome pair, and autosome location. Conclusions The results from dual-color fluorescence in situ hybridization (dual-color FISH) using W and 18S rDNA probes allowed us to infer the putative evolutionary pathways for the differentiation of sex chromosomes and NORs, from structural rearrangements in a sex proto-chromosome, followed by gene erosion and heterochromatin amplification, morphological differentiation of the sex chromosomal pair, and NOR transposition, giving rise to the distinctive patterns observed among species/populations of Characidium. Biogeographic isolation and differentiation of sex chromosomes seem to have played a major role in the speciation process in this group of fish.
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- Tatiana C Machado
- Departamento de Biologia Estrutural, Molecular e Genética, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Av. Carlos Cavalcanti, 4748, Ponta Grossa-PR, 84030-900, Brazil
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Ferreira DC, Porto-Foresti F, Oliveira C, Foresti F. Transposable elements as a potential source for understanding the fish genome. Mob Genet Elements 2011; 1:112-117. [PMID: 22016858 DOI: 10.4161/mge.1.2.16731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2011] [Revised: 05/11/2011] [Accepted: 05/30/2011] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Transposable elements are repetitive sequences with the capacity tomove inside of the genome. They constitute the majority of the eukaryotic genomes, and are extensively present in the human genome, representing more than 45% of the genome sequences. The knowledge of the origin and function of these elements in the fish genome is still reduced and fragmented, mainly with regard to its structure and organization in the chromosomes of the representatives of this biological group, with data currently available for very few species that represent the great variety of forms and existing diversity. Comparative analyses ascertain differences in the organization of such elements in the species studied up to the present. They can be part of the heterochromatic regions in some species or be spread throughout the genome in others. The main objective of the present revision is to discuss the aspects of the organization of transposable elements in the fish genome.
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- Daniela Cristina Ferreira
- Departamento de Morfologia; Instituto de Biociência; Universidade Estadual Paulista; Bauru, SP Brazil
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Non-homologous sex chromosomes of birds and snakes share repetitive sequences. Chromosome Res 2010; 18:787-800. [DOI: 10.1007/s10577-010-9152-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2010] [Revised: 08/04/2010] [Accepted: 08/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Chimpanzee and human Y chromosomes are remarkably divergent in structure and gene content. Nature 2010; 463:536-9. [PMID: 20072128 PMCID: PMC3653425 DOI: 10.1038/nature08700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 278] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2009] [Accepted: 11/24/2009] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The human Y chromosome began to evolve from an autosome hundreds of millions of years ago, acquiring a sex-determining function and undergoing a series of inversions that suppressed crossing over with the X chromosome1,2. Little is known about the Y chromosome’s recent evolution because only the human Y chromosome has been fully sequenced. Prevailing theories hold that Y chromosomes evolve by gene loss, the pace of which slows over time, eventually leading to a paucity of genes, and stasis3,4. These theories have been buttressed by partial sequence data from newly emergent plant and animal Y chromosomes5-8, but they have not been tested in older, highly evolved Y chromosomes like that of humans. We therefore finished sequencing the male-specific region of the Y chromosome (MSY) in our closest living relative, the chimpanzee, achieving levels of accuracy and completion previously reached for the human MSY. We then compared the MSYs of the two species and found that they differ radically in sequence structure and gene content, implying rapid evolution during the past 6 million years. The chimpanzee MSY harbors twice as many massive palindromes as the human MSY, yet it has lost large fractions of the MSY protein-coding genes and gene families present in the last common ancestor. We suggest that the extraordinary divergence of the chimpanzee and human MSYs was driven by four synergistic factors: the MSY’s prominent role in sperm production, genetic hitchhiking effects in the absence of meiotic crossing over, frequent ectopic recombination within the MSY, and species differences in mating behavior. While genetic decay may be the principal dynamic in the evolution of newly emergent Y chromosomes, wholesale renovation is the paramount theme in the ongoing evolution of chimpanzee, human, and perhaps other older MSYs.
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Chirino MG, Folgarait PJ, Gilbert LE, Lanzavecchia S, Papeschi AG. Cytogenetic analysis of three species of Pseudacteon (Diptera, Phoridae) parasitoids of the fire ants using standard and molecular techniques. Genet Mol Biol 2009; 32:740-7. [PMID: 21637448 PMCID: PMC3036881 DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572009005000073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2008] [Accepted: 05/04/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Pseudacteon flies, parasitoids of worker ants, are being intensively studied as potentially effective agents in the biological control of the invasive pest fire ant genus Solenopsis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). This is the first attempt to describe the karyotype of P. curvatus Borgmeier, P. nocens Borgmeier and P. tricuspis Borgmeier. The three species possess 2n = 6; chromosomes I and II were metacentric in the three species, but chromosome pair III was subtelocentric in P. curvatus and P. tricuspis, and telocentric in P. nocens. All three species possess a C positive band in chromosome II, lack C positive heterochromatin on chromosome I, and are mostly differentiated with respect to chromosome III. P. curvatus and P. tricuspis possess a C positive band, but at different locations, whereas this band is absent in P. nocens. Heterochromatic bands are neither AT nor GC rich as revealed by fluorescent banding. In situ hybridization with an 18S rDNA probe revealed a signal on chromosome II in a similar location to the C positive band in the three species. The apparent lack of morphologically distinct sex chromosomes is consistent with proposals of environmental sex determination in the genus. Small differences detected in chromosome length and morphology suggests that chromosomes have been highly conserved during the evolutionary radiation of Pseudacteon. Possible mechanisms of karyotype evolution in the three species are suggested.
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- Mónica G. Chirino
- Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Bernal, Buenos AiresArgentina
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- Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Bernal, Buenos AiresArgentina
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- Laboratorio de Citogenética y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos AiresArgentina
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Boggs NA, Nasrallah JB, Nasrallah ME. Independent S-locus mutations caused self-fertility in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS Genet 2009; 5:e1000426. [PMID: 19300485 PMCID: PMC2650789 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2008] [Accepted: 02/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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A common yet poorly understood evolutionary transition among flowering plants is a switch from outbreeding to an inbreeding mode of mating. The model plant Arabidopsis thaliana evolved to an inbreeding state through the loss of self-incompatibility, a pollen-rejection system in which pollen recognition by the stigma is determined by tightly linked and co-evolving alleles of the S-locus receptor kinase (SRK) and its S-locus cysteine-rich ligand (SCR). Transformation of A. thaliana, with a functional AlSRKb-SCRb gene pair from its outcrossing relative A. lyrata, demonstrated that A. thaliana accessions harbor different sets of cryptic self-fertility–promoting mutations, not only in S-locus genes, but also in other loci required for self-incompatibility. However, it is still not known how many times and in what manner the switch to self-fertility occurred in the A. thaliana lineage. Here, we report on our identification of four accessions that are reverted to full self-incompatibility by transformation with AlSRKb-SCRb, bringing to five the number of accessions in which self-fertility is due to, and was likely caused by, S-locus inactivation. Analysis of S-haplotype organization reveals that inter-haplotypic recombination events, rearrangements, and deletions have restructured the S locus and its genes in these accessions. We also perform a Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) analysis to identify modifier loci associated with self-fertility in the Col-0 reference accession, which cannot be reverted to full self-incompatibility. Our results indicate that the transition to inbreeding occurred by at least two, and possibly more, independent S-locus mutations, and identify a novel unstable modifier locus that contributes to self-fertility in Col-0. The mating system adopted by a species has a profound influence on extent of polymorphism, population structure, and evolutionary potential. In flowering plants, the switch from outbreeding to inbreeding has occurred repeatedly, yet little is known about the underlying genetic events. This is true even for the model species A. thaliana, a highly self-fertile member of the crucifer family. In this family, outbreeding is enforced by a self-incompatibility system controlled by the S locus, which involves the recognition of pollen by the stigma to prevent self-fertilization and familial inbreeding. We recently demonstrated that A. thaliana accessions may be reverted to full or partial self-incompatibility by transformation with S-locus genes isolated from its close self-incompatible relative A. lyrata. Despite much recent debate, however, we still do not know how A. thaliana became self-fertile. Here, we use our recently established A. thaliana transgenic self-incompatible experimental model to address these issues. Analysis of the S locus in accessions that can be reverted to full self-incompatibility demonstrates that self-fertility in A. thaliana arose by at least two independent S-locus mutations. Furthermore, analysis of an accession that expresses only partial self-incompatibility shows that self-fertility is associated with an unstable allele at a locus unlinked to the S locus.
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- Nathan A. Boggs
- Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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Ross JA, Urton JR, Boland J, Shapiro MD, Peichel CL. Turnover of sex chromosomes in the stickleback fishes (gasterosteidae). PLoS Genet 2009; 5:e1000391. [PMID: 19229325 PMCID: PMC2638011 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2008] [Accepted: 01/22/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Diverse sex-chromosome systems are found in vertebrates, particularly in teleost fishes, where different systems can be found in closely related species. Several mechanisms have been proposed for the rapid turnover of sex chromosomes, including the transposition of an existing sex-determination gene, the appearance of a new sex-determination gene on an autosome, and fusions between sex chromosomes and autosomes. To better understand these evolutionary transitions, a detailed comparison of sex chromosomes between closely related species is essential. Here, we used genetic mapping and molecular cytogenetics to characterize the sex-chromosome systems of multiple stickleback species (Gasterosteidae). Previously, we demonstrated that male threespine stickleback fish (Gasterosteus aculeatus) have a heteromorphic XY pair corresponding to linkage group (LG) 19. In this study, we found that the ninespine stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) has a heteromorphic XY pair corresponding to LG12. In black-spotted stickleback (G. wheatlandi) males, one copy of LG12 has fused to the LG19-derived Y chromosome, giving rise to an X1X2Y sex-determination system. In contrast, neither LG12 nor LG19 is linked to sex in two other species: the brook stickleback (Culaea inconstans) and the fourspine stickleback (Apeltes quadracus). However, we confirmed the existence of a previously reported heteromorphic ZW sex-chromosome pair in the fourspine stickleback. The sex-chromosome diversity that we have uncovered in sticklebacks provides a rich comparative resource for understanding the mechanisms that underlie the rapid turnover of sex-chromosome systems. Sex chromosomes have independently evolved many times in animals, plants, and fungi. Although some sex chromosomes have been maintained across different species for over a hundred million years, there are other systems in which sex chromosomes appear to turn over within a few million years. Because sex determination is such a fundamental biological process, this rapid turnover of sex chromosomes is puzzling. Theoretical work has attempted to identify the mechanisms that might underlie the transitions between sex-chromosome systems. However, there are few empirical data to test these hypotheses. In this study, we have uncovered an unanticipated diversity of sex-chromosome systems in the stickleback fishes (Gasterosteidae). We have found that each stickleback species examined has a unique sex-chromosome system, with evidence for two independent XY systems, a derived Y-autosome fusion that has created an X1X2Y neo-sex chromosome, and a ZW system. Thus, stickleback fishes are excellent model species for investigating the mechanisms that lead to rapid turnover of sex chromosomes.
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- Joseph A. Ross
- Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Summer Undergraduate Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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- Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Recent spread of a retrotransposon in the Silene latifolia genome, apart from the Y chromosome. Genetics 2008; 181:811-7. [PMID: 19064703 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.108.099267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Transposable elements often accumulate in nonrecombining regions, such as Y chromosomes. Contrary to this trend, a new Silene retrotransposon described here, has spread recently all over the genome of plant Silene latifolia, except its Y chromosome. This coincided with the latest steps of sex chromosome evolution in this species.
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