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    Diploidization and genome size change in allopolyploids is associated with differential dynamics of low- and high-copy sequences

    Volume
    74
    Pagination
    829 - 839
    DOI
    10.1111/tpj.12168
    Journal
    Plant Journal
    Issue
    5
    ISSN
    0960-7412
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    Abstract
    Summary Recent advances have highlighted the ubiquity of whole-genome duplication (polyploidy) in angiosperms, although subsequent genome size change and diploidization (returning to a diploid-like condition) are poorly understood. An excellent system to assess these processes is provided by Nicotiana section Repandae, which arose via allopolyploidy (approximately 5 million years ago) involving relatives of Nicotiana sylvestris and Nicotiana obtusifolia. Subsequent speciation in Repandae has resulted in allotetraploids with divergent genome sizes, including Nicotiana repanda and Nicotiana nudicaulis studied here, which have an estimated 23.6% genome expansion and 19.2% genome contraction from the early polyploid, respectively. Graph-based clustering of next-generation sequence data enabled assessment of the global genome composition of these allotetraploids and their diploid progenitors. Unexpectedly, in both allotetraploids, over 85% of sequence clusters (repetitive DNA families) had a lower abundance than predicted from their diploid relatives; a trend seen particularly in low-copy repeats. The loss of high-copy sequences predominantly accounts for the genome downsizing in N. nudicaulis. In contrast, N. repanda shows expansion of clusters already inherited in high copy number (mostly chromovirus-like Ty3/Gypsy retroelements and some low-complexity sequences), leading to much of the genome upsizing predicted. We suggest that the differential dynamics of low- and high-copy sequences reveal two genomic processes that occur subsequent to allopolyploidy. The loss of low-copy sequences, common to both allopolyploids, may reflect genome diploidization, a process that also involves loss of duplicate copies of genes and upstream regulators. In contrast, genome size divergence between allopolyploids is manifested through differential accumulation and/or deletion of high-copy-number sequences. © 2013 The Authors The Plant Journal © 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
    Authors
    Renny-Byfield, S; Kovarik, A; Kelly, LJ; MacAs, J; Novak, P; Chase, MW; Nichols, RA; Pancholi, MR; Grandbastien, MA; Leitch, AR
    URI
    http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/10798
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