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New insights into ribosomal DNA variation in apomictic and sexual Taraxacum (Asteraceae)

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    SYSNO ASEP0562420
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleNew insights into ribosomal DNA variation in apomictic and sexual Taraxacum (Asteraceae)
    Author(s) Macháčková, I. (CZ)
    Majeský, L. (CZ)
    Hroneš, M. (CZ)
    Bílková, Lucie (UEB-Q)
    Hřibová, Eva (UEB-Q) RID, ORCID
    Vašut, R.J. (CZ)
    Number of authors6
    Source TitleBotanical Journal of the Linnean Society. - : Oxford University Press - ISSN 0024-4074
    Roč. 199, č. 4 (2022), s. 790-815
    Number of pages26 s.
    Languageeng - English
    CountryGB - United Kingdom
    Keywordsapomixis ; concerted evolution ; fish ; GC content ; genome size ; karyotype ; metaphase chromosomes ; rDNA
    OECD categoryGenetics and heredity (medical genetics to be 3)
    R&D ProjectsLO1204 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
    Method of publishingOpen access
    Institutional supportUEB-Q - RVO:61389030
    UT WOS000756758600001
    EID SCOPUS85136228501
    DOI10.1093/botlinnean/boab094
    AnnotationApomictic genera have a complex evolutionary history, including reticulate hybridization, polyploidization and variation in reproduction modes. Restrictions of functional meiosis in polyploid apomictic taxa considerably hamper gene conversion, leaving footprints of past hybridization events in their genomes, which are masked by the homogenization of tandemly organized arrays of nuclear ribosomal DNA in sexual species. Dandelions (Taraxacum) have a highly complex reticulate evolutionary history. Detailed knowledge remains hazy, earlier investigations of rDNA sequences have uncovered the complex pattern derived from evolution but without direct evidence for any particular processes. We investigated the position and number of 45S and 5S rDNA loci in 38 Taraxacum taxa (covering different reproduction modes, geographical regions and putative phylogenetic groups) using fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) and measured genome size and GC content. The ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 regions of four sexual and five apomictic taxa were sequenced to investigate inter- and intra-individual variation. Most species considerably differ in the chromosome positions of loci and karyotype patterns, but mostly share the same number of studied loci (45S:5S) in a 1:2 ratio per haploid genome (x = 8), with six exceptions (up to a 4:2 ratio). Genome size (2C) varies sixfold and with GC content partly distinguishes major evolutionary groups. Sexual taxa show limited variation in sequenced regions (with two to eight variants), but apomictic taxa vary significantly (with 20-36 variants). Extensive reticulate evolution in Taraxacum and subsequent phenomena such as genome repatterning and non-effective concerted evolution are probably the cause of the dynamic nature of Taraxacum karyotypes and the large variation in genome size and rDNA sequences.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Experimental Botany
    ContactDavid Klier, knihovna@ueb.cas.cz, Tel.: 220 390 469
    Year of Publishing2023
    Electronic addresshttps://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boab094
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