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Diverse retrotransposon families and an AT-rich satellite DNA revealed in giant genomes of Fritillaria lilies

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Background and Aims The genus Fritillaria (Liliaceae) comprises species with extremely large genomes (1C ¼
30 000–127 000 Mb) and a bicontinental distribution. Most North American species (subgenus Liliorhiza) differ from Eurasian Fritillaria species by their distinct phylogenetic position and increased amounts of heterochromatin.
This study examined the contribution of major repetitive elements to the genome obesity found in Fritillaria and identified repeats contributing to the heterochromatin arrays in Liliorhiza species.
Methods Two Fritillaria species of similar genome size were selected for detailed analysis, one from each phylogeographical clade: F. affinis (1C ¼ 45.6 pg, North America) and F. imperialis (1C ¼ 43.0 pg, Eurasia). Fosmid libraries were constructed from their genomic DNAs and used for identification, sequence characterization, quantification and chromosome localization of clones containing highly repeated sequences.
Key Results and Conclusions Repeats corresponding to 6.7 and 4.7% of the F. affinis and F. imperialis genome, respectively, were identified. Chromoviruses and the Tat lineage of Ty3/gypsy group long terminal repeat retrotransposons were identified as the predominant components of the highly repeated fractions in the F. affinis and F. imperialis genomes, respectively. In addition, a heterogeneous, extremely AT-rich satellite repeat was isolated from F. affinis. The FriSAT1 repeat localized in heterochromatic bands makes up approx. 26% of the F. affinis genome and substantial genomic fractions in several other Liliorhiza species. However, no evidence of a relationship between heterochromatin content and genome size variation was observed. Also, this study was unable to reveal any predominant repeats which tracked the increasing/decreasing trends of genome size evolution in Fritillaria. Instead, the giant Fritillaria genomes seem to be composed of many diversified families of transposable elements. We hypothesize that the genome obesity may be partly determined by the failure of removal mechanisms to counterbalance effectively the retrotransposon amplification.
Key words: Fritillaria, Liliaceae, repetitive DNA, transposable elements, retrotransposon, heterochromatin, satellite repeats, chromosomes, genome size variation.

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Annals of Botany

No. Panggil

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: Oxford University Press on behalf of the Annals of Botany Company., 2011

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Annals of Botany 107: 255–268, 2011

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