When fathers are instant losers: homogenization of rDNA loci in recently formed Cardamine X schulzii trigenomic allopolyploid

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ZOZOMOVÁ-LIHOVÁ Judita MANDÁKOVÁ Terezie KOVAŘÍKOVÁ Alena MÜHLHAUSEN Andreas MUMMENHOFF Klaus LYSÁK Martin KOVAŘÍK Aleš

Year of publication 2014
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source New Phytologist
MU Faculty or unit

Central European Institute of Technology

Citation
Web http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.12873/epdf
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.12873
Field Genetics and molecular biology
Keywords NUCLEAR RIBOSOMAL DNA; RNA GENE SITES; CONCERTED EVOLUTION; TRAGOPOGON ASTERACEAE; NATURAL-POPULATIONS; SENECIO-CAMBRENSIS; MOLECULAR EVIDENCE; BRASSICA-NAPUS; PARENTAL RDNA; GENOME
Description Recently formed allopolyploids represent an excellent system to study the impacts of hybridization and genomic duplication on genome structure and evolution. Here we explored the 35S rRNA genes (rDNA) in the Cardamine x schulzii allohexaploid that was formed by two subsequent hybridization events within the past c. 150 yr. The rDNA loci were analyzed by cloning, next generation sequencing (NGS), RT-PCR and FISH methods. The primary C. x insueta triploid hybrid derived from C. rivularis (female) and C. amara (male) had gene ratios highly skewed towards maternal sequences. Similarly, C. x schulzii, originating from the secondary hybridization event involving C. x insueta (female) and C. pratensis (male), showed a reduction in paternal rDNA homeologs despite an excess of chromosomes inherited from C. pratensis. We also identified novel rDNA loci in C. x schulzii, suggesting that lost loci might be slowly reinstalled by translocation (but not recombination) of genes from partner genomes. Prevalent clonal propagation of allopolyploids, C. x insueta and C. x schulzii, indicates that concerted evolution of rDNA may occur in the absence of extensive meiotic cycles. Adoption of NGS in rDNA variant analysis is highly informative for deciphering the evolutionary histories of allopolyploid species with ongoing homogenization processes.
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