Pulmonate slug evolution is reflected in the de novo genome of Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855
Abstract Stylommatophoran pulmonate land slugs and snails successfully completed the water-to-land transition from an aquatic ancestor and flourished on land. Of the 30,000 estimated species, very few genomes have so far been published. Here, we assembled and characterized a chromosome-level genome...
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| author | Zeyuan Chen Özgül Doğan Nadège Guiglielmoni Anne Guichard Michael Schrödl |
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| description | Abstract Stylommatophoran pulmonate land slugs and snails successfully completed the water-to-land transition from an aquatic ancestor and flourished on land. Of the 30,000 estimated species, very few genomes have so far been published. Here, we assembled and characterized a chromosome-level genome of the “Spanish” slug, Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855, a notorious pest land slug in Europe. Using this reference genome, we conclude that a whole-genome duplication event occurred approximately 93–109 Mya at the base of Stylommatophora and might have promoted land invasion and adaptive radiation. Comparative genomic analyses reveal that genes related to the development of kidney, blood vessels, muscle, and nervous systems had expanded in the last common ancestor of land pulmonates, likely an evolutionary response to the terrestrial challenges of gravity and water loss. Analyses of A. vulgaris gene families and positively selected genes show the slug has evolved a stronger ability to counteract the greater threats of external damage, radiation, and water loss lacking a protective shell. Furthermore, a recent burst of long interspersed elements in the genome of A. vulgaris might affect gene regulation and contribute to rapid phenotype changes in A. vulgaris, which might be conducive to its rapid adaptation and invasiveness. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-71d577fce7cb46be9f5a7f7158083df22022-12-22T02:34:40ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222022-08-0112111610.1038/s41598-022-18099-7Pulmonate slug evolution is reflected in the de novo genome of Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855Zeyuan Chen0Özgül Doğan1Nadège Guiglielmoni2Anne Guichard3Michael Schrödl4SNSB-Bavarian State Collection of ZoologyDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, Sivas Cumhuriyet UniversityEvolutionary Biology and Ecology, Université Libre de BruxellesINRAE, Agrocampus Ouest, Université de Rennes, IGEPPSNSB-Bavarian State Collection of ZoologyAbstract Stylommatophoran pulmonate land slugs and snails successfully completed the water-to-land transition from an aquatic ancestor and flourished on land. Of the 30,000 estimated species, very few genomes have so far been published. Here, we assembled and characterized a chromosome-level genome of the “Spanish” slug, Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855, a notorious pest land slug in Europe. Using this reference genome, we conclude that a whole-genome duplication event occurred approximately 93–109 Mya at the base of Stylommatophora and might have promoted land invasion and adaptive radiation. Comparative genomic analyses reveal that genes related to the development of kidney, blood vessels, muscle, and nervous systems had expanded in the last common ancestor of land pulmonates, likely an evolutionary response to the terrestrial challenges of gravity and water loss. Analyses of A. vulgaris gene families and positively selected genes show the slug has evolved a stronger ability to counteract the greater threats of external damage, radiation, and water loss lacking a protective shell. Furthermore, a recent burst of long interspersed elements in the genome of A. vulgaris might affect gene regulation and contribute to rapid phenotype changes in A. vulgaris, which might be conducive to its rapid adaptation and invasiveness.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18099-7 |
| spellingShingle | Zeyuan Chen Özgül Doğan Nadège Guiglielmoni Anne Guichard Michael Schrödl Pulmonate slug evolution is reflected in the de novo genome of Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855 Scientific Reports |
| title | Pulmonate slug evolution is reflected in the de novo genome of Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855 |
| title_full | Pulmonate slug evolution is reflected in the de novo genome of Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855 |
| title_fullStr | Pulmonate slug evolution is reflected in the de novo genome of Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pulmonate slug evolution is reflected in the de novo genome of Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855 |
| title_short | Pulmonate slug evolution is reflected in the de novo genome of Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855 |
| title_sort | pulmonate slug evolution is reflected in the de novo genome of arion vulgaris moquin tandon 1855 |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18099-7 |
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