A new chromosome-assigned Mongolian gerbil genome allows characterization of complete centromeres and a fully heterochromatic chromosome
Chromosome-scale genome assemblies based on ultralong-read sequencing technologies are able to illuminate previously intractable aspects of genome biology such as fine-scale centromere structure and large-scale variation in genome features such as heterochromatin, GC content, recombination rate, and...
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A new chromosome-assigned Mongolian gerbil genome allows characterization of complete centromeres and a fully heterochromatic chromosomeBrekke, Thomas D.Papadopulos, Alexander S. T.Julià, EvaFornas Carreño, OscarFu, BeiyuanYang, FengtangFuente, Roberto de laPage, JesusBaril, TobiasHayward, AlexanderMulley, John F.MerionesCentromeresChromosome evolutionGenomeKaryotypeChromosome-scale genome assemblies based on ultralong-read sequencing technologies are able to illuminate previously intractable aspects of genome biology such as fine-scale centromere structure and large-scale variation in genome features such as heterochromatin, GC content, recombination rate, and gene content. We present here a new chromosome-scale genome of the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus), which includes the complete sequence of all centromeres. Gerbils are thus the one of the first vertebrates to have their centromeres completely sequenced. Gerbil centromeres are composed of four different repeats of length 6, 37, 127, or 1,747 bp, which occur in simple alternating arrays and span 1-6 Mb. Gerbil genomes have both an extensive set of GC-rich genes and chromosomes strikingly enriched for constitutive heterochromatin. We sought to determine if there was a link between these two phenomena and found that the two heterochromatic chromosomes of the Mongolian gerbil have distinct underpinnings: Chromosome 5 has a large block of intraarm heterochromatin as the result of a massive expansion of centromeric repeats, while chromosome 13 is comprised of extremely large (>150 kb) repeated sequences. In addition to characterizing centromeres, our results demonstrate the importance of including karyotypic features such as chromosome number and the locations of centromeres in the interpretation of genome sequence data and highlight novel patterns involved in the evolution of chromosomes.This work was supported by the Leverhulme Trust grant entitled “Decoding Dark DNA” (grant number RPG-2018-433) and by the National Environmental Research Council of the UK (grant number NE/R001081/1 to A.S.T.P) and by grant CGL2014-53106-P from Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Spain to J.P.). Unpublished genome assemblies for M. unguiculatus are used with permission from the DNA Zoo Consortium (dnazoo.org).Oxford University Press202320232023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/58197http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msad115reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésMol Biol Evol. 2023 May 2;40(5):msad115info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/CGL2014-53106-P© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10230/581972026-05-29T05:05:01Z |
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A new chromosome-assigned Mongolian gerbil genome allows characterization of complete centromeres and a fully heterochromatic chromosome |
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A new chromosome-assigned Mongolian gerbil genome allows characterization of complete centromeres and a fully heterochromatic chromosome |
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A new chromosome-assigned Mongolian gerbil genome allows characterization of complete centromeres and a fully heterochromatic chromosome Brekke, Thomas D. Meriones Centromeres Chromosome evolution Genome Karyotype |
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A new chromosome-assigned Mongolian gerbil genome allows characterization of complete centromeres and a fully heterochromatic chromosome |
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A new chromosome-assigned Mongolian gerbil genome allows characterization of complete centromeres and a fully heterochromatic chromosome |
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A new chromosome-assigned Mongolian gerbil genome allows characterization of complete centromeres and a fully heterochromatic chromosome |
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A new chromosome-assigned Mongolian gerbil genome allows characterization of complete centromeres and a fully heterochromatic chromosome |
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A new chromosome-assigned Mongolian gerbil genome allows characterization of complete centromeres and a fully heterochromatic chromosome |
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Brekke, Thomas D. Papadopulos, Alexander S. T. Julià, Eva Fornas Carreño, Oscar Fu, Beiyuan Yang, Fengtang Fuente, Roberto de la Page, Jesus Baril, Tobias Hayward, Alexander Mulley, John F. |
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Brekke, Thomas D. |
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Brekke, Thomas D. Papadopulos, Alexander S. T. Julià, Eva Fornas Carreño, Oscar Fu, Beiyuan Yang, Fengtang Fuente, Roberto de la Page, Jesus Baril, Tobias Hayward, Alexander Mulley, John F. |
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Papadopulos, Alexander S. T. Julià, Eva Fornas Carreño, Oscar Fu, Beiyuan Yang, Fengtang Fuente, Roberto de la Page, Jesus Baril, Tobias Hayward, Alexander Mulley, John F. |
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Meriones Centromeres Chromosome evolution Genome Karyotype |
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Meriones Centromeres Chromosome evolution Genome Karyotype |
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Chromosome-scale genome assemblies based on ultralong-read sequencing technologies are able to illuminate previously intractable aspects of genome biology such as fine-scale centromere structure and large-scale variation in genome features such as heterochromatin, GC content, recombination rate, and gene content. We present here a new chromosome-scale genome of the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus), which includes the complete sequence of all centromeres. Gerbils are thus the one of the first vertebrates to have their centromeres completely sequenced. Gerbil centromeres are composed of four different repeats of length 6, 37, 127, or 1,747 bp, which occur in simple alternating arrays and span 1-6 Mb. Gerbil genomes have both an extensive set of GC-rich genes and chromosomes strikingly enriched for constitutive heterochromatin. We sought to determine if there was a link between these two phenomena and found that the two heterochromatic chromosomes of the Mongolian gerbil have distinct underpinnings: Chromosome 5 has a large block of intraarm heterochromatin as the result of a massive expansion of centromeric repeats, while chromosome 13 is comprised of extremely large (>150 kb) repeated sequences. In addition to characterizing centromeres, our results demonstrate the importance of including karyotypic features such as chromosome number and the locations of centromeres in the interpretation of genome sequence data and highlight novel patterns involved in the evolution of chromosomes. |
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