Subtelomeric repeat expansion in Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus chromosomes.

ABSTRACT: Despite the striking conservation of animal chromosomes, their repetitive element complements are vastly diverse. Only recently, high quality chromosome-level genome assemblies enabled identification of repeat compositions along a broad range of animal chromosomes. Here, utilizing the chromosome-level genome assembly of Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus, a colonial hydrozoan cnidarian, we describe an accumulation of a single 372 bp repeat unit in the subtelomeric regions. Based on the sequence divergence, its partial affinity with the Helitron group can be detected. This sequence is associated with a repeated minisatellite unit of about 150 bp. Together, they account for 26.1% of the genome (126 Mb of the 483 Mb). This could explain the genome size increase observed in H. symbiolongicarpus com

SUBMITTER: Kon T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11934779 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature