Emerging patterns of genome organization in Notopteridae species (Teleostei, Osteoglossiformes) as revealed by Zoo-FISH and Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH)

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Barby, Felipe Faix ^[1] ; Carlos Bertollo, Luiz Antonio ^[1] ; de Oliveira, Ezequiel Aguiar ^[1] ; Yano, Cassia Fernanda ^[1] ; Hatanaka, Terumi ^[1] ; Rab, Petr ^[2] ; Sember, Alexandr ^[2] ; Ezaz, Tariq ^[3] ; Artoni, Roberto Ferreira ^[4] ; Liehr, Thomas ^[4] ; Al-Rikabi, Ahmed B. H. ^[5] ; Trifonov, Vladimir ^[6] ; de Oliveira, Edivaldo H. C. ^[7] ; Molina, Wagner Franco ^[8] ; Jegede, Oladele Ilesanmi ^[9] ; Tanomtong, Alongklod ^[10] ; Cioffi, Marcelo de Bello ^[1]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Fed Sao Carlos UFSCar, Dept Genet & Evolucao, Rodovia Washington Luiz Km 235, CP 676, BR-13565905 Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil

^[2] Czech Acad Sci, Inst Anim Physiol & Genet, Lab Fish Genet, Rumburska 89, Libechov - Czech Republic

^[3] Univ Canberra, Inst Appl Ecol, Canberra, ACT 2617 - Australia

^[4] Univ Estadual Ponta Grossa, Dept Biol Estrutural Mol & Genet, BR-84030900 Ponta Grossa, PR - Brazil

^[5] Univ Hosp Jena, Inst Human Genet, D-07747 Jena - Germany

^[6] Russian Acad Sci, Mol & Cellular Biol, Novosibirsk - Russia

^[7] Inst Evandro Chagas, SAMAM, Lab Cultura Tecidos & Citogenet, Belem, Para - Brazil

^[8] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Norte, Biosci Ctr, Dept Cellular Biol & Genet, Natal, RN - Brazil

^[9] Adamawa State Univ, Dept Fisheries & Aquaculture, PMB 25, Mubi, Adamawa State - Nigeria

^[10] KhonKaen Univ, Tox Subst Livestock & Aquat Anim Res Grp, Muang 40002, Khonkaen - Thailand

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS; v. 9, FEB 4 2019.
• Web of Science Citations: 5

Abstract

Notopteridae (Teleostei, Osteoglossiformes) represents an old fish lineage with ten currently recognized species distributed in African and Southeastern Asian rivers. Their karyotype structures and diploid numbers remained conserved over long evolutionary periods, since African and Asian lineages diverged approximately 120 Mya. However, a significant genetic diversity was already identified for these species using molecular data. Thus, why the evolutionary relationships within Notopteridae are so diverse at the genomic level but so conserved in terms of their karyotypes? In an attempt to develop a more comprehensive picture of the karyotype and genome evolution in Notopteridae, we performed comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) and cross-species (Zoo-FISH) whole chromosome painting experiments to explore chromosome-scale intergenomic divergence among seven notopterid species, collected in different African and Southeast Asian river basins. CGH demonstrated an advanced stage of sequence divergence among the species and Zoo-FISH experiments showed diffuse and limited homology on inter-generic level, showing a temporal reduction of evolutionarily conserved syntenic regions. The sharing of a conserved chromosomal region revealed by Zoo-FISH in these species provides perspectives that several other homologous syntenic regions have remained conserved among their genomes despite long temporal isolation. In summary, Notopteridae is an interesting model for tracking the chromosome evolution as it is (i) ancestral vertebrate group with Gondwanan distribution and (ii) an example of animal group exhibiting karyotype stasis. The present study brings new insights into degree of genome divergence vs. conservation at chromosomal and sub-chromosomal level in representative sampling of this group. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 16/22196-2 - An intercontinental approach of the chromosomal evolution in the order Osteoglossiformes (Teleostei: Osteoglossomorpha). Parte II
• Grantee: Marcelo de Bello Cioffi
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants