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The asparagus genome sheds light on the origin and evolution of a young Y chromosome

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  • Alex Harkess

    (University of Georgia
    Donald Danforth Plant Science Center)

  • Jinsong Zhou

    (Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences)

  • Chunyan Xu

    (BGI-Shenzhen)

  • John E. Bowers

    (University of Georgia)

  • Ron Hulst

    (Limgroup B.V.)

  • Saravanaraj Ayyampalayam

    (University of Georgia)

  • Francesco Mercati

    (Università Mediterranea degli Studi di Reggio Calabria
    National Research Council)

  • Paolo Riccardi

    (Research Unit for Vegetable Crops
    Bayer)

  • Michael R. McKain

    (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
    University of Alabama)

  • Atul Kakrana

    (University of Delaware)

  • Haibao Tang

    (Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University)

  • Jeremy Ray

    (University of Georgia)

  • John Groenendijk

    (Green Acres Life Science)

  • Siwaret Arikit

    (University of Delaware
    Kasetsart University)

  • Sandra M. Mathioni

    (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
    University of Delaware)

  • Mayumi Nakano

    (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
    University of Delaware)

  • Hongyan Shan

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Alexa Telgmann-Rauber

    (University of Georgia
    KWS SAAT AG)

  • Akira Kanno

    (Tohoku University)

  • Zhen Yue

    (BGI-Shenzhen)

  • Haixin Chen

    (BGI-Shenzhen)

  • Wenqi Li

    (BGI-Shenzhen)

  • Yanling Chen

    (BGI-Shenzhen)

  • Xiangyang Xu

    (BGI-Shenzhen)

  • Yueping Zhang

    (Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences)

  • Shaochun Luo

    (Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences)

  • Helong Chen

    (Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences)

  • Jianming Gao

    (Chinese Academy of Tropical Agriculture Sciences)

  • Zichao Mao

    (Yunnan Agricultural University)

  • J. Chris Pires

    (University of Missouri)

  • Meizhong Luo

    (Huazhong Agricultural University)

  • Dave Kudrna

    (School of Plant Sciences and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)

  • Rod A. Wing

    (School of Plant Sciences and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)

  • Blake C. Meyers

    (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
    University of Delaware)

  • Kexian Yi

    (Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences
    Chinese Academy of Tropical Agriculture Sciences)

  • Hongzhi Kong

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Pierre Lavrijsen

    (Limgroup B.V.)

  • Francesco Sunseri

    (Università Mediterranea degli Studi di Reggio Calabria)

  • Agostino Falavigna

    (Research Unit for Vegetable Crops
    Blumen Group S.p.A.)

  • Yin Ye

    (BGI-Shenzhen
    Dalian University of Technology
    University of Copenhagen)

  • James H. Leebens-Mack

    (University of Georgia)

  • Guangyu Chen

    (Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences)

Abstract

Sex chromosomes evolved from autosomes many times across the eukaryote phylogeny. Several models have been proposed to explain this transition, some involving male and female sterility mutations linked in a region of suppressed recombination between X and Y (or Z/W, U/V) chromosomes. Comparative and experimental analysis of a reference genome assembly for a double haploid YY male garden asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) individual implicates separate but linked genes as responsible for sex determination. Dioecy has evolved recently within Asparagus and sex chromosomes are cytogenetically identical with the Y, harboring a megabase segment that is missing from the X. We show that deletion of this entire region results in a male-to-female conversion, whereas loss of a single suppressor of female development drives male-to-hermaphrodite conversion. A single copy anther-specific gene with a male sterile Arabidopsis knockout phenotype is also in the Y-specific region, supporting a two-gene model for sex chromosome evolution.

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  • Alex Harkess & Jinsong Zhou & Chunyan Xu & John E. Bowers & Ron Hulst & Saravanaraj Ayyampalayam & Francesco Mercati & Paolo Riccardi & Michael R. McKain & Atul Kakrana & Haibao Tang & Jeremy Ray & Jo, 2017. "The asparagus genome sheds light on the origin and evolution of a young Y chromosome," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:8:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-017-01064-8
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01064-8
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