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Megabase level sequencing reveals contrasted organization and evolution patterns of the wheat gene and transposable element spaces

Choulet, F; Wicker, T; Rustenholz, C; Paux, E; Salse, J; Leroy, P; Schlub, S; Le Paslier, M C; Magdelenat, G; Gonthier, C; Couloux, A; Budak, H; Breen, J; Pumphrey, M; Liu, S; Kong, X; Jia, J; Gut, M; Brunel, D; Anderson, J A; Gill, B S; Appels, R; Keller, B; Feuillet, C (2010). Megabase level sequencing reveals contrasted organization and evolution patterns of the wheat gene and transposable element spaces. Plant Cell, 22(6):1686-1701.

Abstract

To improve our understanding of the organization and evolution of the wheat (Triticum aestivum) genome, we sequenced and annotated 13-Mb contigs (18.2 Mb) originating from different regions of its largest chromosome, 3B (1 Gb), and produced a 2x chromosome survey by shotgun Illumina/Solexa sequencing. All regions carried genes irrespective of their chromosomal location. However, gene distribution was not random, with 75% of them clustered into small islands containing three genes on average. A twofold increase of gene density was observed toward the telomeres likely due to high tandem and interchromosomal duplication events. A total of 3222 transposable elements were identified, including 800 new families. Most of them are complete but showed a highly nested structure spread over distances as large as 200 kb. A succession of amplification waves involving different transposable element families led to contrasted sequence compositions between the proximal and distal regions. Finally, with an estimate of 50,000 genes per diploid genome, our data suggest that wheat may have a higher gene number than other cereals. Indeed, comparisons with rice (Oryza sativa) and Brachypodium revealed that a high number of additional noncollinear genes are interspersed within a highly conserved ancestral grass gene backbone, supporting the idea of an accelerated evolution in the Triticeae lineages.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:07 Faculty of Science > Department of Plant and Microbial Biology
Dewey Decimal Classification:580 Plants (Botany)
Scopus Subject Areas:Life Sciences > Plant Science
Life Sciences > Cell Biology
Language:English
Date:June 2010
Deposited On:30 Jan 2011 10:00
Last Modified:05 Nov 2024 02:37
Publisher:American Society of Plant Biologists
ISSN:1040-4651
Additional Information:Comment in: Plant Cell. 2010 Jun;22(6):1650-2.
OA Status:Closed
Free access at:Publisher DOI. An embargo period may apply.
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.110.074187
PubMed ID:20581307

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