Gonthier, Paolo and Sillo, Fabiano and Lagostina, Elisa and Roccotelli, Angela and Cacciola, Santa Olga and Stenlid, Jan and Garbelotto, Matteo
(2015).
Selection processes in simple sequence repeats suggest a correlation with their genomic location: insights from a fungal model system.
BMC Genomics. 16
, 1-12
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Abstract
Background: Adaptive processes shape the evolution of genomes and the diverse functions of different genomic regions are likely to have an impact on the trajectory and outcome of this evolution. The main underlying hypothesis of this study is that the evolution of Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs) is correlated with the evolution of the genomic region in which they are located, resulting in differences of motif size, number of repeats, and levels of polymorphisms. These differences should be clearly detectable when analyzing the frequency and type of SSRs within the genome of a species, when studying populations within a species, and when comparing closely related sister taxa. By coupling a genome-wide SSR survey in the genome of the plant pathogenic fungus Heterobasidion irregulare with an analysis of intra-and interspecific variability of 39 SSR markers in five populations of the two sibling species H. irregulare and H. annosum, we investigated mechanisms of evolution of SSRs.Results: Results showed a clear dominance of trirepeats and a selection against other repeat number, i.e. di- and tetranucleotides, both in regions inside Open Reading Frames (ORFs) and upstream 5' untranslated region (5'UTR). Locus per locus AMOVA showed SSRs both inside ORFs and upstream 5'UTR were more conserved within species compared to SSRs in other genomic regions, suggesting their evolution is constrained by the functions of the regions they are in. Principal coordinates analysis (PCoA) indicated that even if SSRs inside ORFs were less polymorphic than those in intergenic regions, they were more powerful in differentiating species. These findings indicate SSRs evolution undergoes a directional selection pressure comparable to that of the ORFs they interrupt and to that of regions involved in regulatory functions.Conclusions: Our work linked the variation and the type of SSRs with regions upstream 5'UTR, putatively harbouring regulatory elements, and shows that the evolution of SSRs might be affected by their location in the genome. Additionally, this study provides a first glimpse on a possible molecular basis for fast adaptation to the environment mediated by SSRs.
Authors/Creators: | Gonthier, Paolo and Sillo, Fabiano and Lagostina, Elisa and Roccotelli, Angela and Cacciola, Santa Olga and Stenlid, Jan and Garbelotto, Matteo | ||||
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Title: | Selection processes in simple sequence repeats suggest a correlation with their genomic location: insights from a fungal model system | ||||
Series Name/Journal: | BMC Genomics | ||||
Year of publishing : | 2015 | ||||
Depositing date: | 23 June 2016 | ||||
Volume: | 16 | ||||
Page range: | 1-12 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 12 | ||||
Publisher: | BioMed Central | ||||
ISSN: | 1471-2164 | ||||
Language: | English | ||||
Publication Type: | Research article | ||||
Refereed: | Yes | ||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||
Version: | Published version | ||||
Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 | ||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||
Agris subject categories.: | F Plant production > F30 Plant genetics and breeding | ||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 106 Biological Sciences (Medical to be 3 and Agricultural to be 4) > Genetics (medical genetics to be 30107 and agricultural genetics to be 40402) | ||||
Agrovoc terms: | adaptation, evolution, heterobasidion, population genetics, microsatellites | ||||
Keywords: | Adaptive evolution, Heterobasidion, Population genetics, SSRs | ||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-3529 | ||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-3529 | ||||
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Alternative URL: | http://bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12864-015-2274-x | ||||
ID Code: | 13382 | ||||
Faculty: | NJ - Fakulteten för naturresurser och jordbruksvetenskap | ||||
Department: | (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology (S) > Dept. of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology | ||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||
Deposited On: | 23 Jun 2016 14:04 | ||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2020 14:17 |
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