Article
Extensive gene content variation in the Brachypodium distachyon pan-genome correlates with population structure.
Nature communications - 19 Dec 2017
Gordon Sean P, Contreras-Moreira Bruno, Woods Daniel P, Des Marais David L, Burgess Diane, Shu Shengqiang, Stritt Christoph, Roulin Anne C, Schackwitz Wendy, Tyler Ludmila, Martin Joel, Lipzen Anna, Dochy Niklas, Phillips Jeremy, Barry Kerrie, Geuten Koen, Budak Hikmet, Juenger Thomas E, Amasino Richard, Caicedo Ana L, Goodstein David, Davidson Patrick, Mur Luis A J, Figueroa Melania, Freeling Michael, Catalan Pilar, Vogel John P
Abstract excerpt
While prokaryotic pan-genomes have been shown to contain many more genes than any individual organism, the prevalence and functional significance of differentially present genes in eukaryotes remains poorly understood. Whole-genome de novo assembly and annotation of 54 lines of the grass Brachypodium distachyon yield a pan-genome containing nearly twice the number of genes found in any individual genome. Genes...
Topics
- Biological Variation, Population
- Brachypodium
- Chromosomes, Plant
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genetic Variation
- Genome, Plant
- Phylogeny