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ArticleGenome biology and evolution2021

Analysis of Sex Chromosome Evolution in the Clade Palaeognathae from Phased Genome Assembly.

Miki Okuno, Shusei Mizushima, Asato Kuroiwa, Takehiko Itoh

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Article in Genome biology and evolution, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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  2. Sex Chromosome Evolution: Hallmarks and Question Marks.Molecular biology and evolution · 2024
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Miki OkunoSchool of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Shusei MizushimaDivision of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Asato KuroiwaDivision of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Takehiko ItohSchool of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6113-557X
Hokkaido University · JPKurume University · JPTokyo Institute of Technology · JP

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Abstract

Birds in the clade Palaeognathae, excluding Tinamiformes, have morphologically conserved karyotypes and less differentiated ZW sex chromosomes compared with those of other birds. In particular, the sex chromosomes of the ostrich and emu have exceptionally large recombining pseudoautosomal regions (PARs), whereas non-PARs are classified into two strata according to the date of their origins: stratum 0 and stratum 1 (S1). However, the construction and analysis of the genome sequences in these regions in the clade Palaeognathae can be challenging because assembling the S1 region is difficult owing to low sequence diversity between gametologs (Z-linked and W-linked sequences). We addressed this issue by applying the Platanus-allee assembler and successfully constructed the haplotype-resolved (phased) assembly for female emu, cassowary, and ostrich using only sequence read data derived from the Illumina platform. Comparative genomic and phylogenetic analyses based on assembled Z-linked and W-linked sequences confirmed that the S1 region of emu and cassowary formed in their common ancestor. Moreover, the interspersed repetitive sequence landscapes in the S1 regions of female emu showed an expansion of younger repetitive elements in the W-linked S1 region, suggesting an interruption in homologous recombination in the S1 region. These results provide novel insights into the trajectory of sex chromosome evolution in the clade Palaeognathae and suggest that the Illumina-based phased assembly method is an effective approach for elucidating the evolutionary process underlying the transition from homomorphic to differentiated sex chromosomes.

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PalaeognathaeStruthioniformesAnimalsEvolution, MolecularFemaleKaryotypingPhylogenySex ChromosomesAvesDromaius novaehollandiaegametologhaplotype assemblypseudoautosomal regionsex chromosome

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