The predominantly selfing plant <it>Arabidopsis thaliana </it>experienced a recent reduction in transposable element abundance compared to its outcrossing relative <it>Arabidopsis lyrata</it>
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Transposable elements (TEs) are major contributors to genome evolution. One factor that influences their evolutionary dynamics is whether their host reproduces through selfing or through outcrossing. According to the recombinational...
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author | de la Chaux Nicole Tsuchimatsu Takashi Shimizu Kentaro K Wagner Andreas |
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description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Transposable elements (TEs) are major contributors to genome evolution. One factor that influences their evolutionary dynamics is whether their host reproduces through selfing or through outcrossing. According to the recombinational spreading hypothesis, for instance, TEs can spread more easily in outcrossing species through recombination, and should thus be less abundant in selfing species. We here studied the distribution and evolutionary dynamics of TE families in the predominantly selfing plant <it>Arabidopsis thaliana </it>and its close outcrossing relative <it>Arabidopsis lyrata </it>on a genome-wide scale. We characterized differences in TE abundance between them and asked which, if any, existing hypotheses about TE abundances may explain these differences.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>We identified 1,819 TE families representing all known classes of TEs in both species, and found three times more copies in the outcrossing <it>A. lyrata </it>than in the predominantly selfing <it>A. thaliana</it>, as well as ten times more TE families unique to <it>A. lyrata</it>. On average, elements in <it>A. lyrata </it>are younger than elements in <it>A</it>. <it>thaliana</it>. In particular, <it>A. thaliana </it>shows a marked decrease in element number that occurred during the most recent 10% of the time interval since <it>A. thaliana </it>split from <it>A. lyrata</it>. This most recent period in the evolution of <it>A. thaliana </it>started approximately 500,000 years ago, assuming a splitting time of 5 million years ago, and coincides with the time at which predominant selfing originated.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Our results indicate that the mating system may be important for determining TE copy number, and that selfing species are likely to have fewer TEs.</p> |
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spelling | doaj.art-68dd59f70f954256b6f427f75781939e2022-12-21T23:46:42ZengBMCMobile DNA1759-87532012-02-0131210.1186/1759-8753-3-2The predominantly selfing plant <it>Arabidopsis thaliana </it>experienced a recent reduction in transposable element abundance compared to its outcrossing relative <it>Arabidopsis lyrata</it>de la Chaux NicoleTsuchimatsu TakashiShimizu Kentaro KWagner Andreas<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Transposable elements (TEs) are major contributors to genome evolution. One factor that influences their evolutionary dynamics is whether their host reproduces through selfing or through outcrossing. According to the recombinational spreading hypothesis, for instance, TEs can spread more easily in outcrossing species through recombination, and should thus be less abundant in selfing species. We here studied the distribution and evolutionary dynamics of TE families in the predominantly selfing plant <it>Arabidopsis thaliana </it>and its close outcrossing relative <it>Arabidopsis lyrata </it>on a genome-wide scale. We characterized differences in TE abundance between them and asked which, if any, existing hypotheses about TE abundances may explain these differences.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>We identified 1,819 TE families representing all known classes of TEs in both species, and found three times more copies in the outcrossing <it>A. lyrata </it>than in the predominantly selfing <it>A. thaliana</it>, as well as ten times more TE families unique to <it>A. lyrata</it>. On average, elements in <it>A. lyrata </it>are younger than elements in <it>A</it>. <it>thaliana</it>. In particular, <it>A. thaliana </it>shows a marked decrease in element number that occurred during the most recent 10% of the time interval since <it>A. thaliana </it>split from <it>A. lyrata</it>. This most recent period in the evolution of <it>A. thaliana </it>started approximately 500,000 years ago, assuming a splitting time of 5 million years ago, and coincides with the time at which predominant selfing originated.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Our results indicate that the mating system may be important for determining TE copy number, and that selfing species are likely to have fewer TEs.</p>http://www.mobilednajournal.com/content/3/1/2transposable elements<it>Arabidopsis</it>mating systemevolutionary dynamics |
spellingShingle | de la Chaux Nicole Tsuchimatsu Takashi Shimizu Kentaro K Wagner Andreas The predominantly selfing plant <it>Arabidopsis thaliana </it>experienced a recent reduction in transposable element abundance compared to its outcrossing relative <it>Arabidopsis lyrata</it> Mobile DNA transposable elements <it>Arabidopsis</it> mating system evolutionary dynamics |
title | The predominantly selfing plant <it>Arabidopsis thaliana </it>experienced a recent reduction in transposable element abundance compared to its outcrossing relative <it>Arabidopsis lyrata</it> |
title_full | The predominantly selfing plant <it>Arabidopsis thaliana </it>experienced a recent reduction in transposable element abundance compared to its outcrossing relative <it>Arabidopsis lyrata</it> |
title_fullStr | The predominantly selfing plant <it>Arabidopsis thaliana </it>experienced a recent reduction in transposable element abundance compared to its outcrossing relative <it>Arabidopsis lyrata</it> |
title_full_unstemmed | The predominantly selfing plant <it>Arabidopsis thaliana </it>experienced a recent reduction in transposable element abundance compared to its outcrossing relative <it>Arabidopsis lyrata</it> |
title_short | The predominantly selfing plant <it>Arabidopsis thaliana </it>experienced a recent reduction in transposable element abundance compared to its outcrossing relative <it>Arabidopsis lyrata</it> |
title_sort | predominantly selfing plant it arabidopsis thaliana it experienced a recent reduction in transposable element abundance compared to its outcrossing relative it arabidopsis lyrata it |
topic | transposable elements <it>Arabidopsis</it> mating system evolutionary dynamics |
url | http://www.mobilednajournal.com/content/3/1/2 |
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