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Genome of Tetraploid Fish Schizothorax o'connori Provides Insights into Early Re-diploidization and High-Altitude Adaptation.

ABSTRACT: Whole-genome duplications (WGDs) of Schizothoracinae are believed to have played a significant role in speciation and environmental adaptation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP). Here, we present a genome for Schizothorax o'connori, a QTP endemic fish and showed the species as a young tetraploid with a recent WGD later than ∼1.23 mya. We exhibited that massive insertions between duplicated genomes caused by transposon bursts could induce mutagenesis in adjacent sequences and alter the expression of neighboring genes, representing an early re-diploidization process in a polyploid genome after WGD. Meanwhile, we found that many genes involved in DNA repair and folate transport/metabolism experienced natural selection and might contribute to the environmental adaptation of this species. Therefore, the S. o'connori genome could serve as a young tetraploid model for investigations of early re-diploidization in polyploid genomes and offers an invaluable genetic resource for environmental adaptation studies of the endemic fish of the QTP.

SUBMITTER: Xiao S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7486454 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Genome of Tetraploid Fish <i>Schizothorax o'connori</i> Provides Insights into Early Re-diploidization and High-Altitude Adaptation.

Xiao Shijun S Mou Zhenbo Z Fan Dingding D Zhou He H Zou Ming M Zou Yu Y Zhou Chaowei C Yang Ruibin R Liu Jiaqi J Zhu Shilin S Li Yajuan Y Liu Yanchao Y Liu Fei F Wang Wanliang W Zeng Benhe B Li Hong H Wang Di D Liu Haiping H

iScience 20200822 9

Whole-genome duplications (WGDs) of Schizothoracinae are believed to have played a significant role in speciation and environmental adaptation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP). Here, we present a genome for <i>Schizothorax o'connori</i>, a QTP endemic fish and showed the species as a young tetraploid with a recent WGD later than ∼1.23 mya. We exhibited that massive insertions between duplicated genomes caused by transposon bursts could induce mutagenesis in adjacent sequences and alter the exp ...[more]

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Genome of Tetraploid Fish Schizothorax o'connori Provides Insights into Early Re-diploidization and High-Altitude Adaptation.

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Genome of Tetraploid Fish <i>Schizothorax o'connori</i> Provides Insights into Early Re-diploidization and High-Altitude Adaptation.

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