scholarly journals Selective Gene Loss of Visual and Olfactory Guanylyl Cyclase Genes Following the Two Rounds of Vertebrate-Specific Whole-Genome Duplications

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 2153-2167
Author(s):  
Matthias Gesemann ◽  
Stephan C F Neuhauss
Keyword(s):  
Visual Information ◽  
Bright Light ◽  
Feedback Regulation ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Whole Genome ◽  
Whole Genome Duplications ◽  
Intracellular Signals ◽  
Genome Duplications ◽  
Duplication Events ◽  
Specific Species

Abstract Photoreceptors convey visual information and come in two flavors; dim-light and bright-light dedicated rod and cones. Both cell types feature highly specialized phototransduction cascades that convert photonic energy into intracellular signals. Although a substantial amount of phototransduction gene ohnologs are expressed either in rods or cones, visual guanylyl cyclases (GCs) involved in the calcium (Ca2+) dependent feedback regulation of phototransduction are neither rod nor cone specific. The co-existence of visual GCs in both photoreceptor types suggests that specialization of these ohnologs occurred despite their overlapping expression. Here, we analyze gene retention and inactivation patterns of vertebrate visual and closely related olfactory GCs following two rounds (2R) of vertebrate-specific whole-genome duplication events (2R WGD). Although eutherians generally use two visual and one olfactory GC, independent inactivation occurred in some lineages. Sauropsids (birds, lizards, snakes, turtles, and crocodiles) generally have only one visual GC (GC-E). Additionally, turtles (testodes) also lost the olfactory GC (GC-D). Pseudogenization in mammals occurred in specific species/families likely according to functional needs (i.e., many species with reduced vision only have GC-E). Likewise, some species not relying on scent marks lack GC-D, the olfactory GC enzyme. Interestingly, in the case of fish, no species can be found with fewer than three (two visual and one olfactory) genes and the teleost-specific 3R WGD can increase this number to up to five. This suggests that vision in fish now requires at least two visual GCs.

scholarly journals microRNAs as Indicators into the Causes and Consequences of Whole Genome Duplication Events

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin J Peterson ◽  
Alan Beavan ◽  
Peter Chabot ◽  
Mark L McPeek ◽  
Davide Pisani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Evolution ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Causal Mechanism ◽  
Whole Genome ◽  
Mrna Targets ◽  
Whole Genome Duplications ◽  
Regulatory Circuits ◽  
Genome Duplications ◽  
Duplication Events ◽  
Mirna Seed

Whole genome duplications (WGDs) have long been considered the causal mechanism underlying the dramatic increase in vertebrate morphological complexity relative to invertebrates. This is due to the retention and neo-functionalization of paralogues generated during these events, evolving new regulatory circuits, and ultimately morphological novelty. Nonetheless, an alternative hypothesis suggests that behind the retention of most paralogues is not neo-functionalization, but instead the degree of the inter-connectivity of the intended gene product, as well as the mode of the WGD itself. Here, we explore both the causes and consequences of WGD by examining the distribution, expression, and molecular evolution of microRNAs (miRNAs) in both gnathostome vertebrates as well as chelicerate arthropods. We find that although the number of miRNA paralogues tracks the number of WGDs experienced within the lineage, few of these paralogues experienced changes to the seed sequence, and thus are functionally equivalent relative to their mRNA targets. Nonetheless, the paralogues generated by the gnathostome 2R allotetraploidization event are retained in higher numbers on one sub-genome relative the second, with the miRNAs found on the preferred set of paralogons showing both higher expression of mature miRNA transcripts and slower molecular evolution of the precursor miRNA sequences. Importantly, WGDs do not result in the creation of miRNA novelty, nor do WGDs correlate to increases in complexity. Instead, it is the number of miRNA seed sequences in the genome itself that not only better correlate to instances in complexification, but also mechanistically explain why complexity increases when new miRNA families are established.

scholarly journals Phylogeny and Multiple Independent Whole-Genome Duplication Events in the Brassicales

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Makenzie E. Mabry ◽  
Julia M. Brose ◽  
Paul D. Blischak ◽  
Brittany Sutherland ◽  
Wade T. Dismukes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Whole Genome ◽  
Genome Survey ◽  
Whole Genome Duplications ◽  
The Family ◽  
Genome Duplications ◽  
Duplication Events ◽  
History Of ◽  
Inference Methods ◽  
Ideal Group

ABSTRACTWhole-genome duplications (WGDs) are prevalent throughout the evolutionary history of plants. For example, dozens of WGDs have been phylogenetically localized across the order Brassicales, specifically, within the family Brassicaceae. However, while its sister family, Cleomaceae, has also been characterized by a WGD, its placement, as well as that of other WGD events in other families in the order, remains unclear. Using phylo-transcriptomics from 74 taxa and genome survey sequencing for 66 of those taxa, we infer nuclear and chloroplast phylogenies to assess relationships among the major families of the Brassicales and within the Brassicaceae. We then use multiple methods of WGD inference to assess placement of WGD events. We not only present well-supported chloroplast and nuclear phylogenies for the Brassicales, but we also putatively place Th-α and provide evidence for previously unknown events, including one shared by at least two members of the Resedaceae, which we name Rs-α. Given its economic importance and many genomic resources, the Brassicales are an ideal group to continue assessing WGD inference methods. We add to the current conversation on WGD inference difficulties, by demonstrating that sampling is especially important for WGD identification.

scholarly journals Recent advances in understanding the roles of whole genome duplications in evolution

F1000Research ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 1623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol MacKintosh ◽  
David E.K. Ferrier
Keyword(s):  
Regulatory Networks ◽  
Chromosomal Rearrangements ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Whole Genome ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Unicellular Eukaryotes ◽  
Whole Genome Duplications ◽  
Genome Duplications ◽  
Neurological Conditions

Ancient whole-genome duplications (WGDs)—paleopolyploidy events—are key to solving Darwin’s ‘abominable mystery’ of how flowering plants evolved and radiated into a rich variety of species. The vertebrates also emerged from their invertebrate ancestors via two WGDs, and genomes of diverse gymnosperm trees, unicellular eukaryotes, invertebrates, fishes, amphibians and even a rodent carry evidence of lineage-specific WGDs. Modern polyploidy is common in eukaryotes, and it can be induced, enabling mechanisms and short-term cost-benefit assessments of polyploidy to be studied experimentally. However, the ancient WGDs can be reconstructed only by comparative genomics: these studies are difficult because the DNA duplicates have been through tens or hundreds of millions of years of gene losses, mutations, and chromosomal rearrangements that culminate in resolution of the polyploid genomes back into diploid ones (rediploidisation). Intriguing asymmetries in patterns of post-WGD gene loss and retention between duplicated sets of chromosomes have been discovered recently, and elaborations of signal transduction systems are lasting legacies from several WGDs. The data imply that simpler signalling pathways in the pre-WGD ancestors were converted via WGDs into multi-stranded parallelised networks. Genetic and biochemical studies in plants, yeasts and vertebrates suggest a paradigm in which different combinations of sister paralogues in the post-WGD regulatory networks are co-regulated under different conditions. In principle, such networks can respond to a wide array of environmental, sensory and hormonal stimuli and integrate them to generate phenotypic variety in cell types and behaviours. Patterns are also being discerned in how the post-WGD signalling networks are reconfigured in human cancers and neurological conditions. It is fascinating to unpick how ancient genomic events impact on complexity, variety and disease in modern life.

scholarly journals Size is not everything: rates of genome size evolution, not C -value, correlate with speciation in angiosperms

2015 ◽  
Vol 282 (1820) ◽  
pp. 20152289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark N. Puttick ◽  
James Clark ◽  
Philip C. J. Donoghue
Keyword(s):  
Genome Size ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Land Plants ◽  
Whole Genome ◽  
Whole Genome Duplications ◽  
Rates Of Evolution ◽  
Genome Size Evolution ◽  
Size Evolution ◽  
Genome Duplications ◽  
Duplication Events

Angiosperms represent one of the key examples of evolutionary success, and their diversity dwarfs other land plants; this success has been linked, in part, to genome size and phenomena such as whole genome duplication events. However, while angiosperms exhibit a remarkable breadth of genome size, evidence linking overall genome size to diversity is equivocal, at best. Here, we show that the rates of speciation and genome size evolution are tightly correlated across land plants, and angiosperms show the highest rates for both, whereas very slow rates are seen in their comparatively species-poor sister group, the gymnosperms. No evidence is found linking overall genome size and rates of speciation. Within angiosperms, both the monocots and eudicots show the highest rates of speciation and genome size evolution, and these data suggest a potential explanation for the megadiversity of angiosperms. It is difficult to associate high rates of diversification with different types of polyploidy, but it is likely that high rates of evolution correlate with a smaller genome size after genome duplications. The diversity of angiosperms may, in part, be due to an ability to increase evolvability by benefiting from whole genome duplications, transposable elements and general genome plasticity.

scholarly journals Multimerization variants as potential drivers of neofunctionalization

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (13) ◽  
pp. eabf0984
Author(s):  
Youngwoo Lee ◽  
Daniel B. Szymanski
Keyword(s):  
Protein Interactions ◽  
Protein Complex ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Orthologous Group ◽  
Whole Genome ◽  
Protein Protein Interactions ◽  
Genetic Redundancy ◽  
Whole Genome Duplications ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
Genome Duplications

Whole-genome duplications are common during evolution, creating genetic redundancy that can enable cellular innovations. Novel protein-protein interactions provide a route to diversified gene functions, but, at present, there is limited proteome-scale knowledge on the extent to which variability in protein complex formation drives neofunctionalization. Here, we used protein correlation profiling to test for variability in apparent mass among thousands of orthologous proteins isolated from diverse species and cell types. Variants in protein complex size were unexpectedly common, in some cases appearing after relatively recent whole-genome duplications or an allopolyploidy event. In other instances, variants such as those in the carbonic anhydrase orthologous group reflected the neofunctionalization of ancient paralogs that have been preserved in extant species. Our results demonstrate that homo- and heteromer formation have the potential to drive neofunctionalization in diverse classes of enzymes, signaling, and structural proteins.

scholarly journals Tangled up in two: a burst of genome duplications at the end of the Cretaceous and the consequences for plant evolution

2014 ◽  
Vol 369 (1648) ◽  
pp. 20130353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Vanneste ◽  
Steven Maere ◽  
Yves Van de Peer
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Plant Evolution ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Whole Genome ◽  
Polyploid Species ◽  
Plant Genomes ◽  
Whole Genome Duplications ◽  
Genome Duplications ◽  
Duplication Events ◽  
Biological Innovations

Genome sequencing has demonstrated that besides frequent small-scale duplications, large-scale duplication events such as whole genome duplications (WGDs) are found on many branches of the evolutionary tree of life. Especially in the plant lineage, there is evidence for recurrent WGDs, and the ancestor of all angiosperms was in fact most likely a polyploid species. The number of WGDs found in sequenced plant genomes allows us to investigate questions about the roles of WGDs that were hitherto impossible to address. An intriguing observation is that many plant WGDs seem associated with periods of increased environmental stress and/or fluctuations, a trend that is evident for both present-day polyploids and palaeopolyploids formed around the Cretaceous–Palaeogene (K–Pg) extinction at 66 Ma. Here, we revisit the WGDs in plants that mark the K–Pg boundary, and discuss some specific examples of biological innovations and/or diversifications that may be linked to these WGDs. We review evidence for the processes that could have contributed to increased polyploid establishment at the K–Pg boundary, and discuss the implications on subsequent plant evolution in the Cenozoic.

scholarly journals Recent advances in understanding the roles of whole genome duplications in evolution

F1000Research ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 1623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol MacKintosh ◽  
David E.K. Ferrier
Keyword(s):  
Regulatory Networks ◽  
Chromosomal Rearrangements ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Whole Genome ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Unicellular Eukaryotes ◽  
Whole Genome Duplications ◽  
Genome Duplications ◽  
Neurological Conditions

Ancient whole-genome duplications (WGDs)—paleopolyploidy events—are key to solving Darwin’s ‘abominable mystery’ of how flowering plants evolved and radiated into a rich variety of species. The vertebrates also emerged from their invertebrate ancestors via two WGDs, and genomes of diverse gymnosperm trees, unicellular eukaryotes, invertebrates, fishes, amphibians and even a rodent carry evidence of lineage-specific WGDs. Modern polyploidy is common in eukaryotes, and it can be induced, enabling mechanisms and short-term cost-benefit assessments of polyploidy to be studied experimentally. However, the ancient WGDs can be reconstructed only by comparative genomics: these studies are difficult because the DNA duplicates have been through tens or hundreds of millions of years of gene losses, mutations, and chromosomal rearrangements that culminate in resolution of the polyploid genomes back into diploid ones (rediploidisation). Intriguing asymmetries in patterns of post-WGD gene loss and retention between duplicated sets of chromosomes have been discovered recently, and elaborations of signal transduction systems are lasting legacies from several WGDs. The data imply that simpler signalling pathways in the pre-WGD ancestors were converted via WGDs into multi-stranded parallelised networks. Genetic and biochemical studies in plants, yeasts and vertebrates suggest a paradigm in which different combinations of sister paralogues in the post-WGD regulatory networks are co-regulated under different conditions. In principle, such networks can respond to a wide array of environmental, sensory and hormonal stimuli and integrate them to generate phenotypic variety in cell types and behaviours. Patterns are also being discerned in how the post-WGD signalling networks are reconfigured in human cancers and neurological conditions. It is fascinating to unpick how ancient genomic events impact on complexity, variety and disease in modern life.

scholarly journals Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of the AIG Family in Vertebrates

Genes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1190
Author(s):  
Yuqi Huang ◽  
Minghao Sun ◽  
Lenan Zhuang ◽  
Jin He
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Gene Family ◽  
Functional Characterization ◽  
Vertebrate Evolution ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Whole Genome Duplications ◽  
Genome Duplications ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Duplication Events ◽  
Inducible Genes

Androgen-inducible genes (AIGs), which can be regulated by androgen level, constitute a group of genes characterized by the presence of the AIG/FAR-17a domain in its protein sequence. Previous studies on AIGs demonstrated that one member of the gene family, AIG1, is involved in many biological processes in cancer cell lines and that ADTRP is associated with cardiovascular diseases. It has been shown that the numbers of AIG paralogs in humans, mice, and zebrafish are 2, 2, and 3, respectively, indicating possible gene duplication events during vertebrate evolution. Therefore, classifying subgroups of AIGs and identifying the homologs of each AIG member are important to characterize this novel gene family further. In this study, vertebrate AIGs were phylogenetically grouped into three major clades, ADTRP, AIG1, and AIG-L, with AIG-L also evident in an outgroup consisting of invertebrsate species. In this case, AIG-L, as the ancestral AIG, gave rise to ADTRP and AIG1 after two rounds of whole-genome duplications during vertebrate evolution. Then, the AIG family, which was exposed to purifying forces during evolution, lost or gained some of its members in some species. For example, in eutherians, Neognathae, and Percomorphaceae, AIG-L was lost; in contrast, Salmonidae and Cyprinidae acquired additional AIG copies. In conclusion, this study provides a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic analysis of vertebrate AIGs, which can be employed for future functional characterization of AIGs.

scholarly journals On the Expansion of “Dangerous” Gene Repertoires by Whole-Genome Duplications in Early Vertebrates

Cell Reports ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 1387-1398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Param Priya Singh ◽  
Séverine Affeldt ◽  
Ilaria Cascone ◽  
Rasim Selimoglu ◽  
Jacques Camonis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Whole Genome ◽  
Whole Genome Duplications ◽  
Genome Duplications ◽  
Early Vertebrates
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