Yersinia genome diversity disclosed by Yersinia pestis genome-wide DNA microarray

2007 ◽  
Vol 53 (11) ◽  
pp. 1211-1221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyi Wang ◽  
Yanping Han ◽  
Yanjun Li ◽  
Zhaobiao Guo ◽  
Yajun Song ◽  
...  

The genus Yersinia includes 11 species, 3 of which ( Y. pestis , Y. pseudotuberculosis , and Y. enterocolitica ) are pathogenic for humans. The remaining 8 species ( Y. frederiksenii , Y. intermedia , Y. kristensenii , Y. bercovieri , Y. mollaretii , Y. rohdei , Y. ruckeri , and Y. aldovae ) are merely opportunistic pathogens found mostly in the environment. In this work, the genomic differences among Yersinia were determined using a Y. pestis-specific DNA microarray. The results revealed 292 chromosomal genes that were shared by all Yersinia species tested, constituting the conserved gene pool of the genus Yersinia. Hierarchical clustering analysis of the microarray data revealed the genetic relationships among all 11 species in this genus. The microarray analysis in conjunction with PCR screening greatly reduced the number of chromosomal genes (32) specific for Y. pestis to 16 genes and uncovered a high level of genomic plasticity within Y. pseudotuberculosis, indicating that its different serotypes have undergone an extensively parallel loss or acquisition of genetic content, which is likely to be important for its adaptation to changes in environmental niches.

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuan Wang ◽  
Fei Shen ◽  
Yuan Gao ◽  
Kun Wang ◽  
Ruiting Chen ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Apple (Malus ssp.), one of the most important temperate fruit crops, has a long cultivation history and is economically important. To identify the genetic relationships among the apple germplasm accessions, whole-genome structural variants identified between M. domestica cultivars ‘Jonathan’ and ‘Golden Delicious’ were used. Results A total of 25,924 insertions and deletions (InDels) were obtained, from which 102 InDel markers were developed. Using the InDel markers, we found that 942 (75.3%) of the 1251 Malus accessions from 35 species exhibited a unique identity signature due to their distinct genotype combinations. The 102 InDel markers could distinguish 16.7–71.4% of the 331 bud sports derived from ‘Fuji’, ‘Red Delicious’, ‘Gala’, ‘Golden Delicious’, and other cultivars. Five distinct genetic patterns were found in 1002 diploid accessions based on 78 bi-allele InDel markers. Genetic structure analysis indicated that M. domestica showed higher genetic diversity than the other species. Malus underwent a relatively high level of wild-to-crop or crop-to-wild gene flow. M. sieversii was closely related to both M. domestica and cultivated Chinese cultivars. Conclusions The identity signatures of Malus accessions can be used to determine distinctness, uniformity, and stability. The results of this study may also provide better insight into the genetic relationships among Malus species.


2019 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 117693431988994
Author(s):  
Shulin Zhang ◽  
Yaling Cai ◽  
Jinggong Guo ◽  
Kun Li ◽  
Renhai Peng ◽  
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Determining the genetic rearrangement and domestication footprints in Gossypium hirsutum cultivars and primitive race genotypes are essential for effective gene conservation efforts and the development of advanced breeding molecular markers for marker-assisted breeding. In this study, 94 accessions representing the 7 primitive races of G hirsutum, along with 9 G hirsutum and 12 Gossypium barbadense cultivated accessions were evaluated. The genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) approach was employed and 146 558 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) were generated. Distinct SNP signatures were identified through the combination of selection scans and association analyses. Phylogenetic analyses were also conducted, and we concluded that the Latifolium, Richmondi, and Marie-Galante race accessions were more genetically related to the G hirsutum cultivars and tend to cluster together. Fifty-four outlier SNP loci were identified by selection-scan analysis, and 3 SNPs were located in genes related to the processes of plant responding to stress conditions and confirmed through further genome-wide signals of marker-phenotype association analysis, which indicate a clear selection signature for such trait. These results identified useful candidate gene locus for cotton breeding programs.


Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 231
Author(s):  
Ines Brinke ◽  
Christine Große-Brinkhaus ◽  
Katharina Roth ◽  
Maren Julia Pröll-Cornelissen ◽  
Sebastian Klein ◽  
...  

The surgical castration of young male piglets without anesthesia is no longer allowed in Germany from 2021. One alternative is breeding against boar taint, but shared synthesis pathways of androstenone (AND) and several endocrine fertility parameters (EFP) indicate a risk of decreasing fertility. The objective of this study was to investigate the genetic background between AND, skatole (SKA), and six EFP in purebred Landrace (LR) and Large White (LW) populations. The animals were clustered according to their genetic relatedness because of their different origins. Estimated heritabilities (h2) of AND and SKA ranged between 0.52 and 0.34 in LR and LW. For EFP, h2 differed between the breeds except for follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) (h2: 0.28–0.37). Both of the breeds showed unfavorable relationships between AND and testosterone, 17-β estradiol, and FSH. The genetic relationships (rg) between SKA and EFP differed between the breeds. A genome-wide association analysis revealed 48 significant associations and confirmed a region for SKA on Sus Scrofa chromosome (SSC) 14. For EFP, the results differed between the clusters. In conclusion, rg partly confirmed physiologically expected antagonisms between AND and EFP. Particular attention should be spent on fertility traits that are based on EFP when breeding against boar taint to balance the genetic progress in both of the trait complexes.


2006 ◽  
Vol 40 (9) ◽  
pp. 1773-1782 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyun-Ju Kim ◽  
Randeep Rakwal ◽  
Junko Shibato ◽  
Hitoshi Iwahashi ◽  
Jang-Seoung Choi ◽  
...  

Blood ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 112 (2) ◽  
pp. 406-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomoyuki Sawado ◽  
Jessica Halow ◽  
Hogune Im ◽  
Tobias Ragoczy ◽  
Emery H. Bresnick ◽  
...  

Abstract Genome-wide analyses of the relationship between H3 K79 dimethylation and transcription have revealed contradictory results. To clarify this relationship at a single locus, we analyzed expression and H3 K79 modification levels of wild-type (WT) and transcriptionally impaired β-globin mutant genes during erythroid differentiation. Analysis of fractionated erythroid cells derived from WT/Δ locus control region (LCR) heterozygous mice reveals no significant H3 K79 dimethylation of the β-globin gene on either allele prior to activation of transcription. Upon transcriptional activation, H3 K79 di-methylation is observed along both WT and ΔLCR alleles, and both alleles are located in proximity to H3 K79 dimethylation nuclear foci. However, H3 K79 di-methylation is significantly increased along the ΔLCR allele compared with the WT allele. In addition, analysis of a partial LCR deletion mutant reveals that H3 K79 dimethylation is inversely correlated with β-globin gene expression levels. Thus, while our results support a link between H3 K79 dimethylation and gene expression, high levels of this mark are not essential for high level β-globin gene transcription. We propose that H3 K79 dimethylation is destabilized on a highly transcribed template.


2005 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 2674-2684 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Kotetishvili ◽  
A. Kreger ◽  
G. Wauters ◽  
J. G. Morris ◽  
A. Sulakvelidze ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng Cheng Ruan ◽  
Zhe Chen ◽  
Fu Chu Hu ◽  
Xiang He Wang ◽  
Li Jun Guo ◽  
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AbstractThe B3 superfamily is a plant-specific family, which involves in growth and development process. By now, the identification of B3 superfamily in pineapple (Ananas comosus) has not reported. In this study, 57 B3 genes were identified and further phylogenetically classified into five subfamilies, all genes contained B3 domain. Chromosomal localization analysis revealed that 54 of 57 AcB3 genes were located on 21 chromosomes.Collinearity analysis indicated that the segmental duplication was the main event in the evolution of B3 gene superfamily and most of them were under purifying selection. Moreover, there were 7 and 39 pairs of orthologous B3s were identified between pineapple and Arabidopsis or rice, respectively, which indicated the closer genetic relationship between pineapple and rice. Most genes had cis-element of abscisic acid, ethylene, MeJA, light, and abiotic stress. qRT-PCR showed that the expression level of most AcB3 genes were up-regulated within 1 d after ethephon treatment and expressed high level in flower bud differentiation period in stem apex. This study provide a comprehensive understanding of AcB3s and a basis for future molecular studies of ethephon induced pineapple flowering.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas C Palmateer ◽  
Kyle Tretina ◽  
Joshua Orvis ◽  
Olukemi O Ifeonu ◽  
Jonathan Crabtree ◽  
...  

AbstractTheileria parva is an economically important, intracellular, tick-transmitted parasite of cattle. A live vaccine against the parasite is effective against challenge from cattle-transmissible T. parva but not against genotypes originating from the African Cape buffalo, a major wildlife reservoir, prompting the need to characterize genome-wide variation within and between cattle- and buffalo-associated T. parva populations. Here, we describe a capture-based target enrichment approach that enables, for the first time, de novo assembly of nearly complete T. parva genomes derived from infected host cell lines. This approach has exceptionally high specificity and sensitivity and is successful for both cattle- and buffalo-derived T. parva parasites. De novo genome assemblies generated for cattle genotypes differ from the reference by ∼54K single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) throughout the 8.31 Mb genome, an average of 6.5 SNPs/kb. We report the first buffalo-derived T. parva genome, which is larger than the genome from the reference, cattle-derived, Muguga strain. The average non-synonymous nucleotide diversity (πN) per gene, between buffalo-derived T. parva and the Muguga strain, was 1.3%. This remarkably high level of genetic divergence is supported by an average FST, genome-wide, of 0.44, reflecting a degree of genetic differentiation between cattle- and buffalo-derived T. parva parasites more commonly seen between, rather than within, species, with clear implications for vaccine development. The DNA capture approach used provides clear advantages over alternative T. parva DNA enrichment methods used previously and enables in-depth comparative genomics in this apicomplexan parasite.


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