ZEDEK, František and Petr BUREŠ. CenH3 evolution reflects meiotic symmetry as predicted by the centromere drive model. Scientific Reports. LONDON: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2016, vol. 6, September, p. "nestrankovano", 6 pp. ISSN 2045-2322. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep33308.
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Original name CenH3 evolution reflects meiotic symmetry as predicted by the centromere drive model
Authors ZEDEK, František (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Petr BUREŠ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Scientific Reports, LONDON, NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2016, 2045-2322.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10611 Plant sciences, botany
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 4.259
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/16:00088363
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep33308
UT WoS 000383188000001
Keywords in English centromere drive; centromere; chromosomes; meiotic drive; CenH3; CENP-A; chromosomal evolution; karyotype; meiotic symmetry; meiotic asymmetry; holokinetic chromosomes
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Changed by Changed by: prof. RNDr. Petr Bureš, Ph.D., učo 2635. Changed: 6/3/2018 16:19.
Abstract
The centromere drive model explaining rapid evolution of eukaryotic centromeres predicts higher frequency of positive selection acting on centromeric histone H3 (CenH3) in clades with asymmetric meiosis compared to the clades with only symmetric meiosis. However, despite the impression one might get from the literature, this key prediction of the centromere drive model has not only never been confirmed, but it has never been tested, because all the previous studies dealt only with the presence or absence instead of the frequency of positive selection. To provide evidence for or against different frequencies of positively selected CenH3 in asymmetrics and symmetrics, we have inferred the selective pressures acting on CenH3 in seventeen eukaryotic clades, including plants, animals, fungi, ciliates and apicomplexa, using codon-substitution models, and compared the inferred frequencies between asymmetrics and symmetrics in a quantitative manner. We have found that CenH3 has been evolving adaptively much more frequently in clades with asymmetric meiosis compared with clades displaying only symmetric meiosis which confirms the prediction of centromere drive model. Our findings indicate that the evolution of asymmetric meiosis required CenH3 to evolve adaptively more often to counterbalance the negative consequences of centromere drive.
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GA13-29362S, research and development projectName: Evoluce holocentrických chromosomů (Acronym: EvoHolo)
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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