Shedding light upon the complex net of genome size, genome composition and environment in chordates
The nucleotype theory has been advanced on the basis of studies regarding genome size and composition in various plant and animal species, i.e. the influence that genome can have on the phenotype independently of the informational content of DNA. It has also been noted that during evolution various...
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| author | A. Canapa M. A. Biscotti M. Barucca F. Carducci E. Carotti E. Olmo |
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| description | The nucleotype theory has been advanced on the basis of studies regarding genome size and composition in various plant and animal species, i.e. the influence that genome can have on the phenotype independently of the informational content of DNA. It has also been noted that during evolution various interactions between different environmental factors and genome structural and functional parameters would have occurred. In this review, changes in genome size, transposon content, and base composition occurred during the evolution of chordates were examined. Many environmental stresses, such as temperature, can act on transposons and through these on genome size. Temperature is also one of the most important elements of natural selection able to interact both with base composition and genome size. It has been evidenced that temperature exerts a direct influence on base composition and its increase would have led to an higher content of genome GC-rich components during the evolution of chordates, in particular in endotherms. Temperature would have controlled the rate of biosynthesis in G1 phase and consequently the cell cycle duration which in turn would have interacted with genome size. The combined action of temperature, base composition, and genome size would also have been very important in controlling the metabolic rate. Finally, another important aspect of the nucleotypic effect is the influence that genome size and cell cycle duration, in correlation with environmental temperature, would have exert on embryo and larval development, very important for environmental adaptation. In conclusion, studies here reviewed to confirm the existence in chordates of a mutual influence between environment and genome non-coding components that would have played an important role in the evolution of these animals especially in environmental adaptation processes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8aaa5b67e6084d3a8c67cab35602b3622022-12-21T22:26:58ZengTaylor & Francis GroupThe European Zoological Journal2475-02632020-01-0187119220210.1080/24750263.2020.17475581747558Shedding light upon the complex net of genome size, genome composition and environment in chordatesA. Canapa0M. A. Biscotti1M. Barucca2F. Carducci3E. Carotti4E. Olmo5Università Politecnica delle MarcheUniversità Politecnica delle MarcheUniversità Politecnica delle MarcheUniversità Politecnica delle MarcheUniversità Politecnica delle MarcheUniversità Politecnica delle MarcheThe nucleotype theory has been advanced on the basis of studies regarding genome size and composition in various plant and animal species, i.e. the influence that genome can have on the phenotype independently of the informational content of DNA. It has also been noted that during evolution various interactions between different environmental factors and genome structural and functional parameters would have occurred. In this review, changes in genome size, transposon content, and base composition occurred during the evolution of chordates were examined. Many environmental stresses, such as temperature, can act on transposons and through these on genome size. Temperature is also one of the most important elements of natural selection able to interact both with base composition and genome size. It has been evidenced that temperature exerts a direct influence on base composition and its increase would have led to an higher content of genome GC-rich components during the evolution of chordates, in particular in endotherms. Temperature would have controlled the rate of biosynthesis in G1 phase and consequently the cell cycle duration which in turn would have interacted with genome size. The combined action of temperature, base composition, and genome size would also have been very important in controlling the metabolic rate. Finally, another important aspect of the nucleotypic effect is the influence that genome size and cell cycle duration, in correlation with environmental temperature, would have exert on embryo and larval development, very important for environmental adaptation. In conclusion, studies here reviewed to confirm the existence in chordates of a mutual influence between environment and genome non-coding components that would have played an important role in the evolution of these animals especially in environmental adaptation processes.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2020.1747558genome evolutiontransposonsgc compositionmethylation |
| spellingShingle | A. Canapa M. A. Biscotti M. Barucca F. Carducci E. Carotti E. Olmo Shedding light upon the complex net of genome size, genome composition and environment in chordates The European Zoological Journal genome evolution transposons gc composition methylation |
| title | Shedding light upon the complex net of genome size, genome composition and environment in chordates |
| title_full | Shedding light upon the complex net of genome size, genome composition and environment in chordates |
| title_fullStr | Shedding light upon the complex net of genome size, genome composition and environment in chordates |
| title_full_unstemmed | Shedding light upon the complex net of genome size, genome composition and environment in chordates |
| title_short | Shedding light upon the complex net of genome size, genome composition and environment in chordates |
| title_sort | shedding light upon the complex net of genome size genome composition and environment in chordates |
| topic | genome evolution transposons gc composition methylation |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2020.1747558 |
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