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| Title |
Diatom flagellar genes and their expression during sexual reproduction in Leptocylindrus danicus
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| Published in |
BMC Genomics, October 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12864-017-4210-8 |
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| Authors |
Deepak Nanjappa, Remo Sanges, Maria I. Ferrante, Adriana Zingone |
| Abstract |
Flagella have been lost in the vegetative phase of the diatom life cycle, but they are still present in male gametes of centric species, thereby representing a hallmark of sexual reproduction. This process, besides maintaining and creating new genetic diversity, in diatoms is also fundamental to restore the maximum cell size following its reduction during vegetative division. Nevertheless, sexual reproduction has been demonstrated in a limited number of diatom species, while our understanding of its different phases and of their genetic control is scarce. In the transcriptome of Leptocylindrus danicus, a centric diatom widespread in the world's seas, we identified 22 transcripts related to the flagella development and confirmed synchronous overexpression of 6 flagellum-related genes during the male gamete formation process. These transcripts were mostly absent in the closely related species L. aporus, which does not have sexual reproduction. Among the 22 transcripts, L. danicus showed proteins that belong to the Intra Flagellar Transport (IFT) subcomplex B as well as IFT-A proteins, the latter previously thought to be absent in diatoms. The presence of flagellum-related proteins was also traced in the transcriptomes of several other centric species. Finally, phylogenetic reconstruction of the IFT172 and IFT88 proteins showed that their sequences are conserved across protist species and have evolved similarly to other phylogenetic marker genes. Our analysis describes for the first time the diatom flagellar gene set, which appears to be more complete and functional than previously reported based on the genome sequence of the model centric diatom, Thalassiosira pseudonana. This first recognition of the whole set of diatom flagellar genes and of their activation pattern paves the way to a wider recognition of the relevance of sexual reproduction in individual species and in the natural environment. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Georgia | 1 | 20% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 3 | 60% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 3 | 60% |
| Scientists | 1 | 20% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 20% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 38 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 10 | 26% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 2 | 5% |
| Unknown | 10 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 26% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 8 | 21% |
| Environmental Science | 5 | 13% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 1 | 3% |
| Neuroscience | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 2 | 5% |
| Unknown | 11 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
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