Chromosome-level assemblies of multiple Arabidopsis genomes reveal hotspots of rearrangements with altered evolutionary dynamics

Jiao, Wen-Biao und Schneeberger, Korbinian (2020): Chromosome-level assemblies of multiple Arabidopsis genomes reveal hotspots of rearrangements with altered evolutionary dynamics. In: Nature Communications, Bd. 11, Nr. 1, 989

Abstract

Despite hundreds of sequenced Arabidopsis genomes, very little is known about the degree of genomic collinearity within single species, due to the low number of chromosome-level assemblies. Here, we report chromosome-level reference-quality assemblies of seven Arabidopsis thaliana accessions selected across its global range. Each genome reveals between 13-17Mb rearranged, and 5-6Mb non-reference sequences introducing copy-number changes in similar to 5000 genes, including similar to 1900 non-reference genes. Quantifying the collinearity between the genomes reveals similar to 350 euchromatic regions, where accession-specific tandem duplications destroy the collinearity between the genomes. These hotspots of rearrangements are characterized by reduced meiotic recombination in hybrids and genes implicated in biotic stress response. This suggests that hotspots of rearrangements undergo altered evolutionary dynamics, as compared to the rest of the genome, which are mostly based on the accumulation of new mutations and not on the recombination of existing variation, and thereby enable a quick response to the biotic stress. Despite tremendous genomic resources in the Arabidopsis community, only a few whole genome de novo assemblies are available. Here, the authors report chromosome-level reference-quality assemblies of seven A. thaliana accessions and reveal hotspots of rearrangements with altered evolutionary dynamics.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Biologie > Department Biologie I
• Themengebiete: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
• ISSN: 2041-1723
• Sprache: Englisch