The draft genome of Cochliopodium minus reveals a complete meiosis toolkit and provides insight into the evolution of sexual mechanisms in Amoebozoa.

ABSTRACT: To date, genomic analyses in amoebozoans have been mostly limited to model organisms or medically important lineages. Consequently, the vast diversity of Amoebozoa genomes remain unexplored. A draft genome of Cochliopodium minus, an amoeba characterized by extensive cellular and nuclear fusions, is presented. C. minus has been a subject of recent investigation for its unusual sexual behavior. Cochliopodium's sexual activity occurs during vegetative stage making it an ideal model for studying sexual development, which is sorely lacking in the group. Here we generate a C. minus draft genome assembly. From this genome, we detect a substantial number of lateral gene transfer (LGT) instances from bacteria (15%), archaea (0.9%) and viruses (0.7%) the majority of which are detected in our transcr

SUBMITTER: Tekle YI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9198077 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature