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Neo-sex chromosomes in the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus
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SYSNO ASEP 0479435 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Neo-sex chromosomes in the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus Author(s) Mongue, A. J. (US)
Nguyen, Petr (BC-A) RID, ORCID
Voleníková, Anna (BC-A) ORCID
Walters, J. R. (US)Number of authors 4 Source Title G3-Genes, Genomes, Genetics. - : Oxford University Press - ISSN 2160-1836
Roč. 7, č. 10 (2017), s. 3281-3294Number of pages 14 s. Language eng - English Country US - United States Keywords sex chromosomes ; evolution ; Lepidoptera Subject RIV EB - Genetics ; Molecular Biology OECD category Genetics and heredity (medical genetics to be 3) R&D Projects GA14-22765S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) GP14-35819P GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) Institutional support BC-A - RVO:60077344 UT WOS 000412549600006 EID SCOPUS 85030654119 DOI 10.1534/g3.117.300187 Annotation We report the discovery of a neo-sex chromosome in the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, and several of its close relatives. Z-linked scaffolds in the D. plexippus genome assembly were identified via sex-specific differences in Illumina sequencing coverage. Additionally, a majority of the D. plexippus genome assembly was assigned to chromosomes based on counts of one-to-one orthologs relative to the butterfly Melitaea cinxia (with replication using two other lepidopteran species), in which genome scaffolds have been mapped to linkage groups. Sequencing coverage-based assessments of Z linkage combined with homology-based chromosomal assignments provided strong evidence for a Z-autosome fusion in the Danaus lineage, involving the autosome homologous to chromosome 21 in M. cinxia. Coverage analysis also identified three notable assembly errors resulting in chimeric Z-autosome scaffolds. Cytogenetic analysis further revealed a large W chromosome that is partially euchromatic, consistent with being a neo-W chromosome. The discovery of a neo-Z and the provisional assignment of chromosome linkage for >90% of D. plexippus genes lays the foundation for novel insights concerning sex chromosome evolution in this female-heterogametic model species for functional and evolutionary genomics. Workplace Biology Centre (since 2006) Contact Dana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214 Year of Publishing 2018 Electronic address http://www.g3journal.org/content/7/10/3281.long
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