Next‐generation sequencing and genome evolution in allopolyploids
説明
<jats:p>•<jats:italic>Premise of the study:</jats:italic> Hybridization and polyploidization (allopolyploidy) are ubiquitous in the evolution of plants, but tracing the origins and subsequent evolution of the constituent genomes of allopolyploids has been challenging. Genome doubling greatly complicates genetic analyses, and this has long hindered investigation in that most allopolyploid species are “nonmodel” organisms. However, recent advances in sequencing and genomics technologies now provide unprecedented opportunities to analyze numerous genetic markers in multiple individuals in any organism.</jats:p><jats:p>•<jats:italic>Methods:</jats:italic> Here we review the application of next‐generation sequencing technologies to the study of three aspects of allopolyploid genome evolution: duplicated gene loss and expression in two recently formed <jats:italic>Tragopogon</jats:italic> allopolyploids, intergenomic interactions and chromosomal evolution in <jats:italic>Tragopogon miscellus</jats:italic>, and repetitive DNA evolution in <jats:italic>Nicotiana</jats:italic> allopolyploids.</jats:p><jats:p>•<jats:italic>Key results:</jats:italic> For the first time, we can explore on a genomic scale the evolutionary processes that are ongoing in natural allopolyploids and not be restricted to well‐studied crops and genetic models.</jats:p><jats:p>•<jats:italic>Conclusions:</jats:italic> These approaches can be easily and inexpensively applied to many other plant species—making any evolutionarily provocative system a new “model” system.</jats:p>
収録刊行物
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- American Journal of Botany
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American Journal of Botany 99 (2), 372-382, 2012-02
Wiley