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Koch JBU, Branstetter MG, Cox-Foster DL, Knoblett J, Lindsay TTT, Pitts-Singer TL, Rohde AT, Strange JP, Tobin KB. Novel Microsatellite Markers for Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): A North American Pollinator of Agricultural Crops and Wildland Plants. J Insect Sci 2023; 23:1. [PMID: 36611021 PMCID: PMC9825315 DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/ieac077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Comprehensive decisions on the management of commercially produced bees, depend largely on associated knowledge of genetic diversity. In this study, we present novel microsatellite markers to support the breeding, management, and conservation of the blue orchard bee, Osmia lignaria Say (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Native to North America, O. lignaria has been trapped from wildlands and propagated on-crop and used to pollinate certain fruit, nut, and berry crops. Harnessing the O. lignaria genome assembly, we identified 59,632 candidate microsatellite loci in silico, of which 22 were tested using molecular techniques. Of the 22 loci, 12 loci were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (HWE), demonstrated no linkage disequilibrium (LD), and achieved low genotyping error in two Intermountain North American wild populations in Idaho and Utah, USA. We found no difference in population genetic diversity between the two populations, but there was evidence for low but significant population differentiation. Also, to determine if these markers amplify in other Osmia, we assessed 23 species across the clades apicata, bicornis, emarginata, and ribifloris. Nine loci amplified in three species/subspecies of apicata, 22 loci amplified in 11 species/subspecies of bicornis, 11 loci amplified in seven species/subspecies of emarginata, and 22 loci amplified in two species/subspecies of ribifloris. Further testing is necessary to determine the capacity of these microsatellite loci to characterize genetic diversity and structure under the assumption of HWE and LD for species beyond O. lignaria. These markers will inform the conservation and commercial use of trapped and managed O. lignaria and other Osmia species for both agricultural and nonagricultural systems.
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service – Pollinating Insects Biology, Management, and Systematics Research Unit, Logan, UT 84322, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service – Pollinating Insects Biology, Management, and Systematics Research Unit, Logan, UT 84322, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service – Pollinating Insects Biology, Management, and Systematics Research Unit, Logan, UT 84322, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service – Pollinating Insects Biology, Management, and Systematics Research Unit, Logan, UT 84322, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service – Pollinating Insects Biology, Management, and Systematics Research Unit, Logan, UT 84322, USA
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- Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, USA
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- Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service – Pollinating Insects Biology, Management, and Systematics Research Unit, Logan, UT 84322, USA
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Fan H, Guo W. A genome-wide investigation of microsatellite mismatches and the association with body mass among bird species. PeerJ 2018; 6:e4495. [PMID: 29576965 PMCID: PMC5857172 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2017] [Accepted: 02/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Mutation rate is usually found to covary with many life history traits of animals such as body mass, which has been readily explained by the higher number of mutation opportunities per unit time. Although the precise reason for the pattern is not yet clear, to determine the universality of this pattern, we tested whether life history traits impact another form of genetic mutation, the motif mismatches in microsatellites. Employing published genome sequences from 65 avian species, we explored the motif mismatches patterns of microsatellites in birds on a genomic level and assessed the relationship between motif mismatches and body mass in a phylogenetic context. We found that small-bodied species have a higher average mismatches and we suggested that higher heterozygosity in imperfect microsatellites lead to the increase of motif mismatches. Our results obtained from this study imply that a negative body mass trend in mutation rate may be a general pattern of avian molecular evolution.
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- Haiying Fan
- Department of Ecology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Ecology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Omelchenko AV, Korchagin VI, Sevast’yanova GA, Ryskov AP, Tokarskaya ON. Molecular genetic characteristic of dinucleotide microsatellite loci in parthenogenetic lizards Darevskia unisexualis. RUSS J GENET+ 2009. [DOI: 10.1134/s1022795409020112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Korchagin VI, Badaeva TN, Tokarskaya ON, Martirosyan IA, Darevsky IS, Ryskov AP. Molecular characterization of allelic variants of (GATA)n microsatellite loci in parthenogenetic lizards Darevskia unisexualis (Lacertidae). Gene 2007; 392:126-33. [PMID: 17258407 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2006] [Revised: 11/17/2006] [Accepted: 11/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Populations of parthenogenetic lizards of the genus Darevskia consist of genetically identical animals, and represent a unique model for studying the molecular mechanisms underlying the variability and evolution of hypervariable DNA repeats. As unisexual lineages, parthenogenetic lizards are characterized by some level of genetic diversity at microsatellite loci. We cloned and sequenced a number of (GATA)n microsatellite loci of Darevskia unisexualis. PCR products from these loci were also sequenced and the degree of intraspecific polymorphism was assessed. Among the five (GATA)n loci analysed, two (Du215 and Du281) were polymorphic. Cross-species analysis of Du215 and Du281 indicate that the priming sites at the D. unisexualis loci are conserved in the bisexual parental species, D. raddei and D. valentini. Sequencing the PCR products amplified from Du215 and Du281 and from monomorphic Du323 showed that allelic differences at the polymorphic loci are caused by microsatellite mutations and by point mutations in the flanking regions. The haplotypes identified among the allelic variants of Du281 and among its orthologues in the parental species provide new evidence of the cross-species origin of D. unisexualis. To our knowledge, these data are the first to characterize the nucleotide sequences of allelic variants at microsatellite loci within parthenogenetic vertebrate animals.
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- V I Korchagin
- Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119334, Russia.
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MOTIVATION Microsatellites, also known as simple sequence repeats, are the tandem repeats of nucleotide motifs of the size 1-6 bp found in every genome known so far. Their importance in genomes is well known. Microsatellites are associated with various disease genes, have been used as molecular markers in linkage analysis and DNA fingerprinting studies, and also seem to play an important role in the genome evolution. Therefore, it is of importance to study distribution, enrichment and polymorphism of microsatellites in the genomes of interest. For this, the prerequisite is the availability of a computational tool for extraction of microsatellites (perfect as well as imperfect) and their related information from whole genome sequences. Examination of available tools revealed certain lacunae in them and prompted us to develop a new tool. RESULTS In order to efficiently screen genome sequences for microsatellites (perfect as well as imperfect), we developed a new tool called IMEx (Imperfect Microsatellite Extractor). IMEx uses simple string-matching algorithm with sliding window approach to screen DNA sequences for microsatellites and reports the motif, copy number, genomic location, nearby genes, mutational events and many other features useful for in-depth studies. IMEx is more sensitive, efficient and useful than the available widely used tools. IMEx is available in the form of a stand-alone program as well as in the form of a web-server. AVAILABILITY A World Wide Web server and the stand-alone program are available for free access at http://203.197.254.154/IMEX/ or http://www.cdfd.org.in/imex.
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- Suresh B Mudunuri
- Laboratory of Computational Biology, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, ECIL Road, Nacharam, Hyderabad 500 076, India
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Vauhkonen H, Vauhkonen M, Sipponen P, Sajantila A. Correlation between the allelic distribution of STRs in a Finnish population and phenotypically different gastrointestinal tumours: a study using four X-chromosomal markers (DXS7423, DXS8377, ARA, DXS101). Ann Hum Genet 2005; 68:555-62. [PMID: 15598214 DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2004.00134.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Microsatellite instability in tumours has been suggested as a model to study the process of short tandem repeat (STR) mutations. In the present study we have determined the allelic variation of four X-STRs (DXS7423, DXS8377, DXS101 and ARA) in a Finnish population of 103 individuals, and assessed whether a comparable allelic distribution could be found in a series of gastrointestinal cancers differing by the level of microsatellite instability. Fifty-seven gastric and colorectal cancers were stratified by autosomal STRs, and the mononucleotide marker BAT-26 into stable, low-level unstable and high-level unstable microsatellite (MSI-H) cancers, of which the last produced the majority of X-STR alleles. For the four markers analysed, a significant correlation of allele distribution between our Finnish population sample and MSI-H tumours was noted. Together, the eight MSI-H tumours found represented 80%, 66-80% and 100% of the DXS101 alleles in the Finnish, and in previously described Caucasian and Korean population samples, respectively. Of the ARA, DXS7423 and DXS8377 alleles in the Finnish population, 42%, 75% and 79% were found in the MSI-H cancers, respectively. The results suggest that analysis of STR variation in a relatively small number of MSI-H cancers may aid in pre-evaluation of their allelic distribution in a population.
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- H Vauhkonen
- Laboratory of Forensic Biology, Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Helsinki, Kytösuontie 11, P.O. Box 40, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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Bill CA, Taghian DG, Duran WA, Nickoloff JA. Repair bias of large loop mismatches during recombination in mammalian cells depends on loop length and structure. Mutat Res 2001; 485:255-65. [PMID: 11267836 DOI: 10.1016/s0921-8777(01)00065-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Repair of loop mismatches was investigated in wild-type and mismatch binding-defective Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. Loop mismatches were formed in vivo during extrachromosomal recombination between heteroallelic plasmid substrates. Recombination was expected to occur primarily by single-strand annealing (SSA), yielding 12- or 26-base nonpalindromic loop mismatches, and 12-, 26-, or 40-base palindromic loop mismatches. Nonpalindromic loops were repaired efficiently and with bias toward loop loss. In contrast, the 12-base palindromic loop was repaired with bias toward loop retention, indicating that repair bias depends on loop structure. Among the palindromic loops, repair bias was dependent on loop length, with bias shifting from loop retention to loop loss with increasing loop size. For both palindromic and nonpalindromic loops, repair efficiencies and biases were independent of the general (MSH/MLH) mismatch repair pathway. These results are discussed with respect to the maintenance of large nonpalindromic insertions, and of small and large palindromes, in eukaryotic genomes.
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- C A Bill
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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A novel microsatellite homologous to DYS391, a (GATA)(n) short tandem repeat on the human Y chromosome, was identified and characterized in the present work. Employing somatic cell hybrid and deletion panels in a PCR-based approach, we found out that the new microsatellite is located in Xp21.2-22.3, while its Y counterpart mapped to Yq11.21. This X-linked locus (provisionally called DXYS391) and its Y homolog constitute one more example of similarity outside the pseudoautosomal regions between the two human sex chromosomes. Sequencing data showed high levels of homology in the flanking regions of DXYS391 and DYS391 that differ primarily by the presence of a (GACA)(3) motif in the Y locus. Both loci were detected in chimpanzee DNA, suggesting that a putative transposition from the X to the Y occurred before the human/chimpanzee split. The allele frequencies of DYS391 and DXYS391 were investigated, respectively, in 271 Y and 337 X chromosomes from distinct human populations worldwide. DYS391 consistently displayed greater among-population component of the variance of the allele frequencies than DXYS391, as expected due to the three-times lower effective population size of Y chromosomes relative to the X. The intra-population diversity of DYS391, measured by Nei's locus diversity as well as by allele size variance, was lowest in Amerindians, while very low diversity of DXYS391 was seen in Africans. Since our African data are based on a small sample, further studies will be necessary to evaluate better this observation.
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- D R Carvalho-Silva
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Caixa Postal 486, 30161-970, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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