Simakov, O;
Marletaz, F;
Yue, J-X;
O'Connell, B;
Jenkins, J;
Brandt, A;
Calef, R;
... Rokhsar, DS; + view all
(2020)
Deeply conserved synteny resolves early events in vertebrate evolution.
Nature Ecology & Evolution
10.1038/s41559-020-1156-z.
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Abstract
Although it is widely believed that early vertebrate evolution was shaped by ancient whole-genome duplications, the number, timing and mechanism of these events remain elusive. Here, we infer the history of vertebrates through genomic comparisons with a new chromosome-scale sequence of the invertebrate chordate amphioxus. We show how the karyotypes of amphioxus and diverse vertebrates are derived from 17 ancestral chordate linkage groups (and 19 ancestral bilaterian groups) by fusion, rearrangement and duplication. We resolve two distinct ancient duplications based on patterns of chromosomal conserved synteny. All extant vertebrates share the first duplication, which occurred in the mid/late Cambrian by autotetraploidization (that is, direct genome doubling). In contrast, the second duplication is found only in jawed vertebrates and occurred in the mid–late Ordovician by allotetraploidization (that is, genome duplication following interspecific hybridization) from two now-extinct progenitors. This complex genomic history parallels the diversification of vertebrate lineages in the fossil record.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Deeply conserved synteny resolves early events in vertebrate evolution |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41559-020-1156-z |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1156-z |
| Language: | English |
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| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Genetics, Evolution and Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10097245 |
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