scholarly journals Convergent regulatory evolution and the origin of flightlessness in palaeognathous birds

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy B. Sackton ◽  
Phil Grayson ◽  
Alison Cloutier ◽  
Zhirui Hu ◽  
Jun S. Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary Biology ◽  
Draft Genome ◽  
Phenotypic Traits ◽  
Open Chromatin ◽  
Regulatory Evolution ◽  
Enhancer Activity ◽  
Regulatory Regions ◽  
Protein Coding ◽  
First Intron ◽  
Drive Reporter Gene Expression

The relative roles of regulatory and protein evolution in the origin and loss of convergent phenotypic traits is a core question in evolutionary biology. Here we combine phylogenomic, epigenomic and developmental data to show that convergent evolution of regulatory regions, but not protein-coding genes, is associated with flightlessness in palaeognathous birds, a classic example of a convergent phenotype. Eleven new genomes, including a draft genome from an extinct moa, resolve palaeognath phylogeny and show that the incidence of independent, convergent accelerations among 284,000 conserved non-exonic elements is significantly more frequent in ratites than other bird lineages. Ratite-specific acceleration of conserved regions and measures of open chromatin across eight tissues in the developing chick identify candidate regulatory regions that may have modified or lost function in ratites. Enhancer activity assays conducted in the early developing chicken forelimb confirm that volant versions of a conserved element in the first intron of the TEAD1 gene display conserved enhancer activity, whereas an accelerated flightless version fails to drive reporter gene expression. Our results show that convergent molecular changes associated with loss of flight are largely regulatory in nature.

scholarly journals Convergent regulatory evolution and loss of flight in paleognathous birds

Science ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 364 (6435) ◽  
pp. 74-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy B. Sackton ◽  
Phil Grayson ◽  
Alison Cloutier ◽  
Zhirui Hu ◽  
Jun S. Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary Biology ◽  
Developmental Pathways ◽  
Open Chromatin ◽  
Phenotypic Evolution ◽  
Regulatory Evolution ◽  
Regulatory Regions ◽  
Protein Coding ◽  
Genomic Landscape ◽  
Functional Consequences ◽  
Conserved Noncoding Elements

A core question in evolutionary biology is whether convergent phenotypic evolution is driven by convergent molecular changes in proteins or regulatory regions. We combined phylogenomic, developmental, and epigenomic analysis of 11 new genomes of paleognathous birds, including an extinct moa, to show that convergent evolution of regulatory regions, more so than protein-coding genes, is prevalent among developmental pathways associated with independent losses of flight. A Bayesian analysis of 284,001 conserved noncoding elements, 60,665 of which are corroborated as enhancers by open chromatin states during development, identified 2355 independent accelerations along lineages of flightless paleognaths, with functional consequences for driving gene expression in the developing forelimb. Our results suggest that the genomic landscape associated with morphological convergence in ratites has a substantial shared regulatory component.

scholarly journals Draft Genome Sequence of Urease-Producing Pseudorhodobacter sp. Strain E13, Isolated from the Yellow Sea in Gunsan, South Korea

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (23) ◽  
Author(s):  
Si Chul Kim ◽  
Hyo Jung Lee
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Genome Sequence ◽  
Yellow Sea ◽  
Draft Genome ◽  
The Yellow Sea ◽  
Draft Genome Sequence ◽  
Protein Coding ◽  
Coding Sequences ◽  
Gram Negative ◽  
Content Type

Here, we report the draft genome sequence of Pseudorhodobacter sp. strain E13, a Gram-negative, aerobic, nonflagellated, and rod-shaped bacterium which was isolated from the Yellow Sea in South Korea. The assembled genome sequence is 3,878,578 bp long with 3,646 protein-coding sequences in 159 contigs.

scholarly journals Inferring time series chromatin states for promoter-enhancer pairs based on Hi-C data

BMC Genomics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Henriette Miko ◽  
Yunjiang Qiu ◽  
Bjoern Gaertner ◽  
Maike Sander ◽  
Uwe Ohler
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Histone Modifications ◽  
Gene Activation ◽  
Expectation Maximization Algorithm ◽  
Chromatin State ◽  
Open Chromatin ◽  
Multiple Time ◽  
Enhancer Activity ◽  
Chromatin States ◽  
Multiple Time Points

Abstract Background Co-localized combinations of histone modifications (“chromatin states”) have been shown to correlate with promoter and enhancer activity. Changes in chromatin states over multiple time points (“chromatin state trajectories”) have previously been analyzed at promoter and enhancers separately. With the advent of time series Hi-C data it is now possible to connect promoters and enhancers and to analyze chromatin state trajectories at promoter-enhancer pairs. Results We present TimelessFlex, a framework for investigating chromatin state trajectories at promoters and enhancers and at promoter-enhancer pairs based on Hi-C information. TimelessFlex extends our previous approach Timeless, a Bayesian network for clustering multiple histone modification data sets at promoter and enhancer feature regions. We utilize time series ATAC-seq data measuring open chromatin to define promoters and enhancer candidates. We developed an expectation-maximization algorithm to assign promoters and enhancers to each other based on Hi-C interactions and jointly cluster their feature regions into paired chromatin state trajectories. We find jointly clustered promoter-enhancer pairs showing the same activation patterns on both sides but with a stronger trend at the enhancer side. While the promoter side remains accessible across the time series, the enhancer side becomes dynamically more open towards the gene activation time point. Promoter cluster patterns show strong correlations with gene expression signals, whereas Hi-C signals get only slightly stronger towards activation. The code of the framework is available at https://github.com/henriettemiko/TimelessFlex. Conclusions TimelessFlex clusters time series histone modifications at promoter-enhancer pairs based on Hi-C and it can identify distinct chromatin states at promoter and enhancer feature regions and their changes over time.

scholarly journals Genome sequence analysis of the beneficial Bacillus subtilis PTA-271 isolated from a Vitis vinifera (cv. Chardonnay) rhizospheric soil: assets for sustainable biocontrol

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Catarina Leal ◽  
Florence Fontaine ◽  
Aziz Aziz ◽  
Conceiçao Egas ◽  
Christophe Clément ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bacillus Subtilis ◽  
Vitis Vinifera ◽  
Genome Sequence ◽  
Draft Genome ◽  
Rhizospheric Soil ◽  
Bioactive Substances ◽  
Protein Coding ◽  
Genes Encoding ◽  
Stimulate Plant Growth ◽  
Biocontrol Potential

Abstract Background Bacillus subtilis strains have been widely studied for their numerous benefits in agriculture, including viticulture. Providing several assets, B. subtilis spp. are described as promising plant-protectors against many pathogens and as influencers to adaptations in a changing environment. This study reports the draft genome sequence of the beneficial Bacillus subtilis PTA-271, isolated from the rhizospheric soil of healthy Vitis vinifera cv. Chardonnay at Champagne Region in France, attempting to draw outlines of its full biocontrol capacity. Results The PTA-271 genome has a size of 4,001,755 bp, with 43.78% of G + C content and 3945 protein coding genes. The draft genome of PTA-271 putatively highlights a functional swarming motility system hypothesizing a colonizing capacity and a strong interacting capacity, strong survival capacities and a set of genes encoding for bioactive substances. Predicted bioactive compounds are known to: stimulate plant growth or defenses such as hormones and elicitors, influence beneficial microbiota, and counteract pathogen aggressiveness such as effectors and many kinds of detoxifying enzymes. Conclusions Plurality of the putatively encoded biomolecules by Bacillus subtilis PTA-271 genome suggests environmentally robust biocontrol potential of PTA-271, protecting plants against a broad spectrum of pathogens.

scholarly journals The draft genome sequence of the grove snail Cepaea nemoralis

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne V Saenko ◽  
Dick S J Groenenberg ◽  
Angus Davison ◽  
Menno Schilthuizen
Keyword(s):  
Genome Sequence ◽  
Draft Genome ◽  
Agricultural Pests ◽  
Shell Color ◽  
Protein Coding ◽  
Cepaea Nemoralis ◽  
Edible Species ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
In Captivity ◽  
Long Read

Abstract Studies on the shell color and banding polymorphism of the grove snail Cepaea nemoralis and the sister taxon Cepaea hortensis have provided compelling evidence for the fundamental role of natural selection in promoting and maintaining intraspecific variation. More recently, Cepaea has been the focus of citizen science projects on shell color evolution in relation to climate change and urbanization. C. nemoralis is particularly useful for studies on the genetics of shell polymorphism and the evolution of “supergenes,” as well as evo-devo studies of shell biomineralization, because it is relatively easily maintained in captivity. However, an absence of genomic resources for C. nemoralis has generally hindered detailed genetic and molecular investigations. We therefore generated ∼23× coverage long-read data for the ∼3.5 Gb genome, and produced a draft assembly composed of 28,537 contigs with the N50 length of 333 kb. Genome completeness, estimated by BUSCO using the metazoa dataset, was 91%. Repetitive regions cover over 77% of the genome. A total of 43,519 protein-coding genes were predicted in the assembled genome, and 97.3% of these were functionally annotated from either sequence homology or protein signature searches. This first assembled and annotated genome sequence for a helicoid snail, a large group that includes edible species, agricultural pests, and parasite hosts, will be a core resource for identifying the loci that determine the shell polymorphism, as well as in a wide range of analyses in evolutionary and developmental biology, and snail biology in general.

scholarly journals Draft Genome Sequence of Photorhabdus luminescens Strain DSPV002N Isolated from Santa Fe, Argentina

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leopoldo Palma ◽  
Eleodoro E. Del Valle ◽  
Laureano Frizzo ◽  
Colin Berry ◽  
Primitivo Caballero
Keyword(s):  
Genome Sequence ◽  
Draft Genome ◽  
Draft Genome Sequence ◽  
Photorhabdus Luminescens ◽  
Santa Fe ◽  
Significant Similarity ◽  
Insecticidal Toxin ◽  
Protein Coding ◽  
Protein Coding Genes

Here, we report the draft genome sequence of Photorhabdus luminescens strain DSPV002N, which consists of 177 contig sequences accounting for 5,518,143 bp, with a G+C content of 42.3% and 4,701 predicted protein-coding genes (CDSs). From these, 27 CDSs exhibited significant similarity with insecticidal toxin proteins from Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. laumondii TT01.

scholarly journals Draft Genome Sequence of Algoriphagus sp. Strain NH1, a Multidrug-Resistant Bacterium Isolated from Coastal Sediments of the Northern Yellow Sea in China

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dashuai Mu ◽  
Jinxin Zhao ◽  
Zongjie Wang ◽  
Guanjun Chen ◽  
Zongjun Du
Keyword(s):  
Genome Sequence ◽  
Yellow Sea ◽  
Draft Genome ◽  
Multidrug Resistant ◽  
Resistant Bacterium ◽  
Coastal Sediments ◽  
Draft Genome Sequence ◽  
Protein Coding ◽  
Multidrug Resistant Bacterium ◽  
Northern Yellow Sea

Algoriphagus sp. NH1 is a multidrug-resistant bacterium isolated from coastal sediments of the northern Yellow Sea in China. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of NH1, with a size of 6,131,579 bp, average G+C content of 42.68%, and 5,746 predicted protein-coding sequences.

scholarly journals Draft Genome Sequences of 10 Clinical K2-Type Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains Isolated in Russia

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (14) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolay V. Volozhantsev ◽  
Angelina A. Kislichkina ◽  
Anastasia I. Lev ◽  
Ekaterina V. Solovieva ◽  
Vera P. Myakinina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Klebsiella Pneumoniae ◽  
Draft Genome ◽  
Capsular Type ◽  
Genome Sequences ◽  
Protein Coding ◽  
Coding Sequences ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Neurosurgical Intensive Care ◽  
Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit

We report here the genome sequences of 10 Klebsiella pneumoniae strains of capsular type K2 isolated in Russia from patients in an infectious clinical hospital and neurosurgical intensive care unit. The draft genome sizes range from 5.34 to 5.87 Mb and include 5,448 to 6,137 protein-coding sequences.

scholarly journals Genome Sequence of Rheinheimera salexigens sp. nov. Isolated from a Fishing Hook off O‘ahu, Hawai‘i

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuehua Wan ◽  
Shaobin Hou ◽  
Kazukuni Hayashi ◽  
James Anderson ◽  
Stuart P. Donachie
Keyword(s):  
Genome Sequence ◽  
Draft Genome ◽  
Draft Genome Sequence ◽  
Protein Coding ◽  
Coding Sequences ◽  
Coding Regions ◽  
Roche 454

Rheinheimera salexigens KH87 T is an obligately halophilic gammaproteobacterium. The strain’s draft genome sequence, generated by the Roche 454 GS FLX+ platform, comprises two scaffolds of ~3.4 Mbp and ~3 kbp, with 3,030 protein-coding sequences and 58 tRNA coding regions. The G+C content is 42 mol%.

scholarly journals Draft Genome Sequence of Lawsonia intracellularis Strain E40504, Isolated from a Horse Diagnosed with Equine Proliferative Enteropathy

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (19) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nandita S. Mirajkar ◽  
Molly R. Kelley ◽  
Connie J. Gebhart
Keyword(s):  
Genome Sequence ◽  
Genomic Island ◽  
Draft Genome ◽  
Draft Genome Sequence ◽  
Lawsonia Intracellularis ◽  
Protein Coding ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Obligate Intracellular ◽  
Proliferative Enteropathy ◽  
Rna Genes

ABSTRACT Reported herein is the draft genome sequence of equine-origin Lawsonia intracellularis strain E40504, an obligate intracellular bacterium and the etiological agent of equine proliferative enteropathy. The 1.69-Mb draft genome sequence includes 1,380 protein-coding genes and 49 RNA genes, and it lacks a genomic island reported in swine-origin L. intracellularis strain PHE/MN1-00.

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