scholarly journals Chromosome-Level Reference Genome and Population Genomic Analysis Provide Insights into the Evolution and Improvement of Domesticated Mulberry (Morus alba)

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1001-1012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng Jiao ◽  
Rongsong Luo ◽  
Xuelei Dai ◽  
Hui Liu ◽  
Gang Yu ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Disdero ◽  
Jonathan Filée

AbstractMotivationPopulation genomic analysis of transposable elements has greatly benefited from recent advances of sequencing technologies. However, the propensity of transposable elements to nest in highly repeated regions of genomes limits the efficiency of bioinformatic tools when short read sequences technology is used.ResultsLoRTE is the first tool able to use PacBio long read sequences to identify transposon deletions and insertions between a reference genome and genomes of different strains or populations. Tested against Drosophila melanogaster PacBio datasets, LoRTE appears to be a reliable and broadly applicable tools to study the dynamic and evolutionary impact of transposable elements using low coverage, long read sequences.Availability and ImplementationLoRTE is available at http://www.egce.cnrs-gif.fr/?p=6422. It is written in Python 2.7 and only requires the NCBI BLAST + package. LoRTE can be used on standard computer with limited RAM resources and reasonable running time even with large [email protected]


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Hu ◽  
Vincent Colantonio ◽  
Bárbara S. F. Müller ◽  
Kristen A. Leach ◽  
Adalena Nanni ◽  
...  

AbstractSweet corn is one of the most important vegetables in the United States and Canada. Here, we present a de novo assembly of a sweet corn inbred line Ia453 with the mutated shrunken2-reference allele (Ia453-sh2). This mutation accumulates more sugar and is present in most commercial hybrids developed for the processing and fresh markets. The ten pseudochromosomes cover 92% of the total assembly and 99% of the estimated genome size, with a scaffold N50 of 222.2 Mb. This reference genome completely assembles the large structural variation that created the mutant sh2-R allele. Furthermore, comparative genomics analysis with six field corn genomes highlights differences in single-nucleotide polymorphisms, structural variations, and transposon composition. Phylogenetic analysis of 5,381 diverse maize and teosinte accessions reveals genetic relationships between sweet corn and other types of maize. Our results show evidence for a common origin in northern Mexico for modern sweet corn in the U.S. Finally, population genomic analysis identifies regions of the genome under selection and candidate genes associated with sweet corn traits, such as early flowering, endosperm composition, plant and tassel architecture, and kernel row number. Our study provides a high-quality reference-genome sequence to facilitate comparative genomics, functional studies, and genomic-assisted breeding for sweet corn.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Da-xia Chen ◽  
Yuan Pan ◽  
Yu Wang ◽  
Yan-Ze Cui ◽  
Ying-Jun Zhang ◽  
...  

AbstractCoptis chinensis Franch, a perennial herb, is mainly distributed in southeastern China. The rhizome of C. chinensis has been used as a traditional medicine for more than 2000 years in China and many other Asian countries. The pharmacological activities of C. chinensis have been validated by research. Here, we present a de novo high-quality genome of C. chinensis with a chromosome-level genome of ~958.20 Mb, a contig N50 of 1.58 Mb, and a scaffold N50 of 4.53 Mb. We found that the relatively large genome size of C. chinensis was caused by the amplification of long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons. In addition, a whole-genome duplication event in ancestral Ranunculales was discovered. Comparative genomic analysis revealed that the tyrosine decarboxylase (TYDC) and (S)-norcoclaurine synthase (NCS) genes were expanded and that the aspartate aminotransferase gene (ASP5) was positively selected in the berberine metabolic pathway. Expression level and HPLC analyses showed that the berberine content was highest in the roots of C. chinensis in the third and fourth years. The chromosome-level reference genome of C. chinensis provides important genomic data for molecular-assisted breeding and active ingredient biosynthesis.


2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 1357-1367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura B. Scheinfeldt ◽  
Shameek Biswas ◽  
Jennifer Madeoy ◽  
Caitlin F. Connelly ◽  
Eric E. Schadt ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Alan Smith

AbstractThe basidiomycete fungus Lentinula novae-zelandiae is endemic to New Zealand and is a sister taxon to Lentinula edodes, the second most cultivated mushroom in the world. To explore the biology of this organism, a high-quality chromosome level reference genome of L. novae-zelandiae was produced. Macrosyntenic comparisons between the genome assembly of L. novae-zelandiae, L. edodes and a set of three genome assemblies of diverse species from the Agaricomycota reveal a high degree of macrosyntenic restructuring within L. edodes consistent with signal of domestication. These results show L. edodes has undergone significant genomic change during the course of its evolutionary history, likely a result of its cultivation and domestication over the last 1000 years.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yichun Xie ◽  
Yiyi Zhong ◽  
Jinhui Chang ◽  
Hoi Shan Kwan

AbstractThe homokaryotic Coprinopsis cinerea strain A43mut B43mut pab1-1 #326 is a widely used experimental model for developmental studies in mushroom-forming fungi. It can grow on defined artificial media and complete the whole lifecycle within two weeks. The mutations in mating type factors A and B result in the special feature of clamp formation and fruiting without mating. This feature allows investigations and manipulations with a homokaryotic genetic background. Current genome assembly of strain #326 was based on short-read sequencing data and was highly fragmented, leading to the bias in gene annotation and downstream analyses. Here, we report a chromosome-level genome assembly of strain #326. Oxford Nanopore Technology (ONT) MinION sequencing was used to get long reads. Illumina short reads was used to polish the sequences. A combined assembly yield 13 chromosomes and a mitochondrial genome as individual scaffolds. The assembly has 15,250 annotated genes with a high synteny with the C. cinerea strain Okayama-7 #130. This assembly has great improvement on contiguity and annotations. It is a suitable reference for further genomic studies, especially for the genetic, genomic and transcriptomic analyses in ONT long reads. Single nucleotide variants and structural variants in six mutagenized and cisplatin-screened mutants could be identified and validated. A 66 bp deletion in Ras GTPase-activating protein (RasGAP) was found in all mutants. To make a better use of ONT sequencing platform, we modified a high-molecular-weight genomic DNA isolation protocol based on magnetic beads for filamentous fungi. This study showed the use of MinION to construct a fungal reference genome and to perform downstream studies in an individual laboratory. An experimental workflow was proposed, from DNA isolation and whole genome sequencing, to genome assembly and variant calling. Our results provided solutions and parameters for fungal genomic analysis on MinION sequencing platform.HighlightA chromosome-level genome assembly of C. cinerea #326A fast and efficient high-molecular-weight fungal genomic DNA isolation protocolStructural variant and single nucleotide variant calling using Nanopore readsA series of solutions and reference parameters for fungal genomic analysis on MinION


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinxin Yi ◽  
Jing Liu ◽  
Shengcai Chen ◽  
Hao Wu ◽  
Min Liu ◽  
...  

Cultivated soybean (Glycine max) is an important source for protein and oil. Many elite cultivars with different traits have been developed for different conditions. Each soybean strain has its own genetic diversity, and the availability of more high-quality soybean genomes can enhance comparative genomic analysis for identifying genetic underpinnings for its unique traits. In this study, we constructed a high-quality de novo assembly of an elite soybean cultivar Jidou 17 (JD17) with chromsome contiguity and high accuracy. We annotated 52,840 gene models and reconstructed 74,054 high-quality full-length transcripts. We performed a genome-wide comparative analysis based on the reference genome of JD17 with three published soybeans (WM82, ZH13 and W05) , which identified five large inversions and two large translocations specific to JD17, 20,984 - 46,912 PAVs spanning 13.1 - 46.9 Mb in size, and 5 - 53 large PAV clusters larger than 500kb. 1,695,741 - 3,664,629 SNPs and 446,689 - 800,489 Indels were identified and annotated between JD17 and them. Symbiotic nitrogen fixation (SNF) genes were identified and the effects from these variants were further evaluated. It was found that the coding sequences of 9 nitrogen fixation-related genes were greatly affected. The high-quality genome assembly of JD17 can serve as a valuable reference for soybean functional genomics research.


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