Genetics and Genomics Commons^™

Discovery Of Sex-Specific Regions In A Salamander Genome, Nataliya Y. Timoshevskaya, Melissa C. Keinath, Jeramiah J. Smith

Commonwealth Computational Summit

Biological Aspects:

Salamander (Ambystoma mexicanum) has a gigantic genome: ~32,000,000,000 bases (10X of size of human genome)

Sex is determined by a pair of morphologically identical chromosomes:

• ZZ in male
• ZW in female

Object:

• Find (if there are any) genomic differences between chromosomes W and Z

Workflow:

1. Sequencing and de novo assembly of the reference salamander genome
2. Alignment of short sequences from male and female genomes to the reference
3. Coverage analysis

The Lamprey Genome: Illuminating Genomic Change Across Eons And Embryogenesis, Jeramiah J. Smith, Courtney K. M. Waterbury, Melissa C. Keinath, Cody B. Saraceno, Vladimir A. Timoshevskiy, Nataliya Y. Timoshevskaya

Commonwealth Computational Summit

The lamprey genome provides unique insights into both the deep evolutionary history of vertebrate genomes and the maintenance of genome structure/integrity over development. The lamprey lineage diverged from all other vertebrates approximately 500 million years ago. As such, comparisons between lamprey and other vertebrates permit reconstruction of ancient duplication and rearrangement events that defined the fundamental architecture and gene content of all extant vertebrate genomes. Lamprey also undergoes programmatic changes genome structure that result in the physical elimination of ~20% of its genomic DNA (~0.5Gb from a ~2 Gb genome) from all somatic cell lineages during early embryonic development. Here, …

Deep Ancestry Of Programmed Genome Rearrangement In Lampreys, Vladimir A. Timoshevskiy, Ralph T. Lampman, Jon E. Hess, Laurie L. Porter, Jeramiah J. Smith

Biology Faculty Publications

In most multicellular organisms, the structure and content of the genome is rigorously maintained over the course of development. However some species have evolved genome biologies that permit, or require, developmentally regulated changes in the physical structure and content of the genome (programmed genome rearrangement: PGR). Relatively few vertebrates are known to undergo PGR, although all agnathans surveyed to date (several hagfish and one lamprey: Petromyzon marinus) show evidence of large scale PGR. To further resolve the ancestry of PGR within vertebrates, we developed probes that allow simultaneous tracking of nearly all sequences eliminated by PGR in P. marinus and …

A Linkage Map For The Newt Notophthalmus Viridescens: Insights In Vertebrate Genome And Chromosome Evolution, Melissa C. Keinath, S. Randal Voss, Panagiotis A. Tsonis, Jeramiah J. Smith

Biology Faculty Publications

Genetic linkage maps are fundamental resources that enable diverse genetic and genomic approaches, including quantitative trait locus (QTL) analyses and comparative studies of genome evolution. It is straightforward to build linkage maps for species that are amenable to laboratory culture and genetic crossing designs, and that have relatively small genomes and few chromosomes. It is more difficult to generate linkage maps for species that do not meet these criteria. Here, we introduce a method to rapidly build linkage maps for salamanders, which are known for their enormous genome sizes. As proof of principle, we developed a linkage map with thousands …

Genome-Wide Analysis Of Atp-Binding Cassette (Abc) Transporters In The Sweetpotato Whitefly, Bemisia Tabaci, Lixia Tian, Tianxue Song, Rongjun He, Yang Zeng, Wen Xie, Qingjun Wu, Shaoli Wang, Xuguo Zhou, Youjun Zhang

Entomology Faculty Publications

Background: ABC transporter superfamily is one of the largest and ubiquitous groups of proteins. Because of their role in detoxification, insect ABC transporters have gained more attention in recent years. In this study, we annotated ABC transporters from a newly sequenced sweetpotato whitefly genome. Bemisia tabaci Q biotype is an emerging global invasive species that has caused extensive damages to field crops as well as ornamental plants.

Results: A total of 55 ABC transporters containing all eight described subfamilies (A to H) were identified in the B. tabaci Q genome, including 8 ABCAs, 3 ABCBs, 6 ABCCs, 2 ABCDs, 1 …