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ArticleNature communications2022

High-quality genome and methylomes illustrate features underlying evolutionary success of oaks.

Victoria L Sork, Shawn J Cokus, Sorel T Fitz-Gibbon, Aleksey V Zimin, Daniela Puiu, Jesse A Garcia, Paul F Gugger, Claudia L Henriquez, Ying Zhen, Kirk E Lohmueller and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
23.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Victoria L Sork *Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1438, USA. vlsork@ucla.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-2677-1420
Shawn J Cokus *Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-7239, USA.
Sorel T Fitz-Gibbon *Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1438, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7090-5719
Aleksey V ZiminCenter for Computational Biology, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA.
Daniela PuiuCenter for Computational Biology, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA.
Jesse A GarciaDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1438, USA.
Paul F GuggerAppalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Frostburg, MD, 21532, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4464-8453
Claudia L HenriquezDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1438, USA.
Ying ZhenDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1438, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8382-2533
Kirk E LohmuellerDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1438, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3874-369X
Matteo PellegriniDepartment of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-7239, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9355-9564
Steven L SalzbergCenter for Computational Biology, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8859-7432
University of California, Los Angeles · USJohns Hopkins University · USUniversity of Maryland Center for Environmental Science · US

Funding

Computational Methods for Genome Assembly, Transcript Assembly, and Variant DiscoveryR01HG006677 · NHGRI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SALZBERG, STEVEN L. · 2011 to 2025
$10.7M
Acquisition of Covaris E220 and Sciclone G3 systems for high throughput sequencinS10OD010786 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI COMAI, LUCA · 2012 to 2012
$311k
NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG006677NIH HHS S10 OD010786
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The genus Quercus, which emerged ∼55 million years ago during globally warm temperatures, diversified into ∼450 extant species. We present a high-quality de novo genome assembly of a California endemic oak, Quercus lobata, revealing features consistent with oak evolutionary success. Effective population size remained large throughout history despite declining since early Miocene. Analysis of 39,373 mapped protein-coding genes outlined copious duplications consistent with genetic and phenotypic diversity, both by retention of genes created during the ancient γ whole genome hexaploid duplication event and by tandem duplication within families, including numerous resistance genes and a very large block of duplicated DUF247 genes, which have been found to be associated with self-incompatibility in grasses. An additional surprising finding is that subcontext-specific patterns of DNA methylation associated with transposable elements reveal broadly-distributed heterochromatin in intergenic regions, similar to grasses. Collectively, these features promote genetic and phenotypic variation that would facilitate adaptability to changing environments.

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QuercusBiological EvolutionDNA MethylationEpigenomeEvolution, MolecularHumans

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PMID35440538
PMCPMC9018854
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