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Multiple horizontal transfers of nuclear ribosomal genes between phylogenetically distinct grass lineages

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    SYSNO ASEP0508212
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleMultiple horizontal transfers of nuclear ribosomal genes between phylogenetically distinct grass lineages
    Author(s) Mahelka, V. (CZ)
    Krak, K. (CZ)
    Kopecký, D. (CZ)
    Fehrer, J. (CZ)
    Šafář, J. (CZ)
    Bartoš, J. (CZ)
    Hobza, Roman (BFU-R) RID, ORCID
    Blavet, N. (CZ)
    Blattner, F. (DE)
    Number of authors9
    Source TitleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. - : National Academy of Sciences - ISSN 0027-8424
    Roč. 114, č. 7 (2017), s. 1726-1731
    Number of pages6 s.
    Publication formPrint - P
    Languageeng - English
    CountryUS - United States
    Keywordsparasitic plant ; hordeum poaceae ; transposable elements ; evolution
    Subject RIVEF - Botanics
    OECD categoryPlant sciences, botany
    Method of publishingOpen access
    Institutional supportBFU-R - RVO:68081707
    UT WOS000393989300085
    DOI10.1073/pnas.1613375114
    AnnotationThe movement of nuclear DNA from one vascular plant species to another in the absence of fertilization is thought to be rare. Here, nonnative rRNA gene [ribosomal DNA (rDNA)] copies were identified in a set of 16 diploid barley (Hordeum) species, their origin was traceable via their internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequence to five distinct Panicoideae genera, a lineage that split from the Pooideae about 60 Mya. Phylogenetic, cytogenetic, and genomic analyses implied that the nonnative sequences were acquired between 1 and 5 Mya after a series of multiple events, with the result that some current Hordeum sp. individuals harbor up to five different panicoid rDNA units in addition to the native Hordeum rDNA copies. There was no evidence that any of the nonnative rDNA units were transcribed, some showed indications of having been silenced via pseudogenization. A single copy of a Panicum sp. rDNA unit present in H. bogdanii had been interrupted by a native transposable element and was surrounded by about 70 kbp of mostly noncoding sequence of panicoid origin. The data suggest that horizontal gene transfer between vascular plants is not a rare event, that it is not necessarily restricted to one or a few genes only, and that it can be selectively neutral.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Biophysics
    ContactJana Poláková, polakova@ibp.cz, Tel.: 541 517 244
    Year of Publishing2020
    Electronic addresshttps://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/114/7/1726.full.pdf
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