PMID- 31915591 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200930 IS - 2167-8359 (Print) IS - 2167-8359 (Electronic) IS - 2167-8359 (Linking) VI - 8 DP - 2020 TI - Identification of a genome-specific repetitive element in the Gossypium D genome. PG - e8344 LID - 10.7717/peerj.8344 [doi] LID - e8344 AB - The activity of genome-specific repetitive sequences is the main cause of genome variation between Gossypium A and D genomes. Through comparative analysis of the two genomes, we retrieved a repetitive element termed ICRd motif, which appears frequently in the diploid Gossypium raimondii (D(5)) genome but rarely in the diploid Gossypium arboreum (A(2)) genome. We further explored the existence of the ICRd motif in chromosomes of G. raimondii, G. arboreum, and two tetraploid (AADD) cotton species, Gossypium hirsutum and Gossypium barbadense, by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), and observed that the ICRd motif exists in the D(5) and D-subgenomes but not in the A(2) and A-subgenomes. The ICRd motif comprises two components, a variable tandem repeat (TR) region and a conservative sequence (CS). The two constituents each have hundreds of repeats that evenly distribute across 13 chromosomes of the D(5)genome. The ICRd motif (and its repeats) was revealed as the common conservative region harbored by ancient Long Terminal Repeat Retrotransposons. Identification and investigation of the ICRd motif promotes the study of A and D genome differences, facilitates research on Gossypium genome evolution, and provides assistance to subgenome identification and genome assembling. CI - (c)2020 Lu et al. FAU - Lu, Hejun AU - Lu H AD - Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege, Gembloux, Namur, Belgium. AD - Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China. FAU - Cui, Xinglei AU - Cui X AD - Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China. FAU - Zhao, Yanyan AU - Zhao Y AD - Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China. FAU - Magwanga, Richard Odongo AU - Magwanga RO AD - Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China. AD - School of Biological and Physical Sciences (SBPS), Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST), Bondo-Kenya, Bondo, Kenya. FAU - Li, Pengcheng AU - Li P AD - Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China. FAU - Cai, Xiaoyan AU - Cai X AD - Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China. FAU - Zhou, Zhongli AU - Zhou Z AD - Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China. FAU - Wang, Xingxing AU - Wang X AD - Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China. FAU - Liu, Yuling AU - Liu Y AD - Anyang Institute of Technology, Anyang, Henan, China. FAU - Xu, Yanchao AU - Xu Y AD - Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China. FAU - Hou, Yuqing AU - Hou Y AD - Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China. FAU - Peng, Renhai AU - Peng R AD - Anyang Institute of Technology, Anyang, Henan, China. FAU - Wang, Kunbo AU - Wang K AD - Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China. AD - Tarium University, Alar, Xinjiang, China. FAU - Liu, Fang AU - Liu F AD - Research Base of Tarium University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, Henan, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200103 PL - United States TA - PeerJ JT - PeerJ JID - 101603425 PMC - PMC6944119 OTO - NOTNLM OT - D genome OT - Evolution OT - Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) OT - Genome-specific OT - Gossypium OT - Repetitive element COIS- The authors declare there are no competing interests. EDAT- 2020/01/10 06:00 MHDA- 2020/01/10 06:01 PMCR- 2020/01/03 CRDT- 2020/01/10 06:00 PHST- 2019/06/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/12/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/01/10 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/01/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/01/10 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/01/03 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 8344 [pii] AID - 10.7717/peerj.8344 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PeerJ. 2020 Jan 3;8:e8344. doi: 10.7717/peerj.8344. eCollection 2020.