PMID- 33519837 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240330 IS - 1664-462X (Print) IS - 1664-462X (Electronic) IS - 1664-462X (Linking) VI - 11 DP - 2020 TI - Genome-Wide Analysis of Transposable Elements and Satellite DNAs in Spinacia Species to Shed Light on Their Roles in Sex Chromosome Evolution. PG - 575462 LID - 10.3389/fpls.2020.575462 [doi] LID - 575462 AB - Sex chromosome evolution has mostly been studied in species with heteromorphic sex chromosomes. The Spinacia genus serves as an ideal model for investigating evolutionary mechanisms underlying the transition from homomorphic to heteromorphic sex chromosomes. Among evolutionary factors, repetitive sequences play multiple roles in sex chromosome evolution while their forces have not been fully explored in Spinacia species. Here, we identified major repetitive sequence classes in male and female genomes of Spinacia species and their ancestral relative sugar beet to elucidate the evolutionary processes of sex chromosome evolution using next-generation sequencing (NGS) data. Comparative analysis revealed that the repeat elements of Spinacia species are considerably higher than of sugar beet, especially the Ty3/Gypsy and Ty1/Copia retrotransposons. The long terminal repeat retroelements (LTR) Angela, Athila, and Ogre may be accounted for the higher proportion of repeats in the spinach genome. Comparison of the repeats proportion between female and male genomes of three Spinacia species indicated the different representation in Spinacia tetrandra samples but not in the S. oleracea or S. turkestanica samples. From these results, we speculated that emergence of repetitive DNA sequences may correlate the formation of sex chromosome and the transition from homomorphic sex chromosomes to heteromorphic sex chromosomes as heteromorphic sex chromosomes exclusively existed in Spinacia tetrandra. Three novel sugar beet-specific satellites were identified and confirmed by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH); six out of eight new spinach-specific satellites were mapped to the short arm of sex chromosomes. A total of 141 copies of SolSat01-171-s were found in the sex determination region (SDR). Thus, the accumulation of satellite DNA on the short arm of chromosome 1 may be involved in the sex chromosome evolution in Spinacia species. Our study provides a fundamental resource for understanding repeat sequences in Spinacia species and their roles in sex chromosome evolution. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Li, Li, Zhou, Yu, Li, Zhang, Qin, Gao and Deng. FAU - Li, Ning AU - Li N AD - College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China. FAU - Li, Xiaoyue AU - Li X AD - College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China. FAU - Zhou, Jian AU - Zhou J AD - College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China. FAU - Yu, Li'ang AU - Yu L AD - Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, United States. FAU - Li, Shufen AU - Li S AD - College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China. FAU - Zhang, Yulan AU - Zhang Y AD - College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China. FAU - Qin, Ruiyun AU - Qin R AD - College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China. FAU - Gao, Wujun AU - Gao W AD - College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China. FAU - Deng, Chuanliang AU - Deng C AD - College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210114 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Plant Sci JT - Frontiers in plant science JID - 101568200 PMC - PMC7840529 OTO - NOTNLM OT - heteromorphic sex chromosome OT - homomorphic sex chromosome OT - long terminal repeat retroelements OT - next generation sequencing OT - rDNA OT - repetitive DNA sequences COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2021/02/02 06:00 MHDA- 2021/02/02 06:01 PMCR- 2020/01/01 CRDT- 2021/02/01 05:55 PHST- 2020/06/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/12/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/02/01 05:55 [entrez] PHST- 2021/02/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/02/02 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fpls.2020.575462 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Plant Sci. 2021 Jan 14;11:575462. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.575462. eCollection 2020.