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Janko K, Bartoš O, Kočí J, Roslein J, Drdová EJ, Kotusz J, Eisner J, Mokrejš M, Štefková-Kašparová E. Genome Fractionation and Loss of Heterozygosity in Hybrids and Polyploids: Mechanisms, Consequences for Selection, and Link to Gene Function. Mol Biol Evol 2021; 38:5255-5274. [PMID: 34410426 PMCID: PMC8662595 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msab249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Hybridization and genome duplication have played crucial roles in the evolution of many animal and plant taxa. The subgenomes of parental species undergo considerable changes in hybrids and polyploids, which often selectively eliminate segments of one subgenome. However, the mechanisms underlying these changes are not well understood, particularly when the hybridization is linked with asexual reproduction that opens up unexpected evolutionary pathways. To elucidate this problem, we compared published cytogenetic and RNAseq data with exome sequences of asexual diploid and polyploid hybrids between three fish species; Cobitis elongatoides, C. taenia, and C. tanaitica. Clonal genomes remained generally static at chromosome-scale levels but their heterozygosity gradually deteriorated at the level of individual genes owing to allelic deletions and conversions. Interestingly, the impact of both processes varies among animals and genomic regions depending on ploidy level and the properties of affected genes. Namely, polyploids were more tolerant to deletions than diploid asexuals where conversions prevailed, and genomic restructuring events accumulated preferentially in genes characterized by high transcription levels and GC-content, strong purifying selection and specific functions like interacting with intracellular membranes. Although hybrids were phenotypically more similar to C. taenia, we found that they preferentially retained C. elongatoides alleles. This demonstrates that favored subgenome is not necessarily the transcriptionally dominant one. This study demonstrated that subgenomes in asexual hybrids and polyploids evolve under a complex interplay of selection and several molecular mechanisms whose efficiency depends on the organism's ploidy level, as well as functional properties and parental ancestry of the genomic region.
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Affiliation(s)
- Karel Janko
- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Liběchov, Czech Republic
- Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Liběchov, Czech Republic
- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - Jan Kočí
- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Liběchov, Czech Republic
- Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
| | - Jan Roslein
- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Liběchov, Czech Republic
- Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
| | - Edita Janková Drdová
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - Jan Kotusz
- Museum of Natural History, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
| | - Jan Eisner
- Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
| | - Martin Mokrejš
- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Liběchov, Czech Republic
- IT4Innovations, VŠB—Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic
| | - Eva Štefková-Kašparová
- Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Liběchov, Czech Republic
- Department of Genetics and Breeding, FAFNR, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic
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