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dc.contributor.authorThorpe, Peter
dc.contributor.authorEscudero-Martinez, Carmen M
dc.contributor.authorCock, Peter J A
dc.contributor.authorEves-van den Akker, Sebastian
dc.contributor.authorBos, Jorunn I B
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-19T09:33:55Z
dc.date.available2018-10-19T09:33:55Z
dc.date.issued2018-10-01
dc.identifier256115661
dc.identifierc3fc7f3a-b367-4979-b8ef-ac40cd2c95ae
dc.identifier30165560
dc.identifier85054898340
dc.identifier.citationThorpe , P , Escudero-Martinez , C M , Cock , P J A , Eves-van den Akker , S & Bos , J I B 2018 , ' Shared transcriptional control and disparate gain and loss of aphid parasitism genes ' , Genome Biology and Evolution , vol. 10 , no. 10 , pp. 2716-2733 . https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evy183en
dc.identifier.issn1759-6653
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/16288
dc.descriptionThis work was supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/M014207/1 to SEvdA), European Research Council (310190- APHIDHOST to JIBB), and Royal Society of Edinburgh (fellowship to JIBB).en
dc.description.abstractAphids are a diverse group of taxa that contain agronomically important species, which vary in their host range and ability to infest crop plants. The genome evolution underlying agriculturally important aphid traits is not well understood. We generated draft genome assemblies for two aphid species: Myzus cerasi (black cherry aphid), and the cereal specialist Rhopalosiphum padi. Using a de novo gene prediction pipeline on both these, and three additional aphid genome assemblies (Acyrthosiphon pisum, D. noxia and M. persicae), we show that aphid genomes consistently encode similar gene numbers. We compare gene content, gene duplication, synteny, and putative effector repertoires between these five species to understand the genome evolution of globally important plant parasites. Aphid genomes show signs of relatively distant gene duplication, and substantial, relatively recent, gene birth. Putative effector repertoires, originating from duplicated and other loci have an unusual genomic organisation and evolutionary history. We identify a highly conserved effector-pair that is tightly physically-linked in the genomes of all aphid species tested. In R. padi, this effector pair is tightly transcriptionally-linked, and shares an unknown transcriptional control mechanism with a subset of approximately 50 other putative effectors and secretory proteins. This study extends our current knowledge on the evolution of aphid genomes and reveals evidence for an as of yet unknown shared control mechanism, which underlies effector expression, and ultimately plant parasitism.
dc.format.extent1613748
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofGenome Biology and Evolutionen
dc.subjectAphidsen
dc.subjectEffectorsen
dc.subjectGenome evolutionen
dc.subjectShared transcriptional controlen
dc.subjectHorizontal gene transferen
dc.subjectQH301 Biologyen
dc.subjectQH426 Geneticsen
dc.subjectDASen
dc.subject.lccQH301en
dc.subject.lccQH426en
dc.titleShared transcriptional control and disparate gain and loss of aphid parasitism genesen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Medicineen
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/gbe/evy183
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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