Multiple and diversified transposon lineages contribute to early and recent bivalve genome evolution

BMC Biology

Research Article

Daniela Pasquale¹  Simone Subacchi¹  Jacopo Martelossi¹  Fabrizio Ghiselli¹  Andrea Luchetti¹  Filippo Nicolini² 

[1] Department of Biological Geological and Environmental Science, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 3, 40126, Bologna, Italy;Department of Biological Geological and Environmental Science, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 3, 40126, Bologna, Italy;Fano Marine Center, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Viale Adriatico 1/N, 61032, Fano, Italy;

关键词: Mollusca;    Evolutionary genomics;    TE classification;    Bivalvia;    Comparative genomics;    SINE;    TE evolution;    TE annotation;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12915-023-01632-z

 received in 2022-11-21, accepted in 2023-05-25,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundTransposable elements (TEs) can represent one of the major sources of genomic variation across eukaryotes, providing novel raw materials for species diversification and innovation. While considerable effort has been made to study their evolutionary dynamics across multiple animal clades, molluscs represent a substantially understudied phylum. Here, we take advantage of the recent increase in mollusc genomic resources and adopt an automated TE annotation pipeline combined with a phylogenetic tree-based classification, as well as extensive manual curation efforts, to characterize TE repertories across 27 bivalve genomes with a particular emphasis on DDE/D class II elements, long interspersed nuclear elements (LINEs), and their evolutionary dynamics.ResultsWe found class I elements as highly dominant in bivalve genomes, with LINE elements, despite less represented in terms of copy number per genome, being the most common retroposon group covering up to 10% of their genome. We mined 86,488 reverse transcriptases (RVT) containing LINE coming from 12 clades distributed across all known superfamilies and 14,275 class II DDE/D-containing transposons coming from 16 distinct superfamilies. We uncovered a previously underestimated rich and diverse bivalve ancestral transposon complement that could be traced back to their most recent common ancestor that lived ~ 500 Mya. Moreover, we identified multiple instances of lineage-specific emergence and loss of different LINEs and DDE/D lineages with the interesting cases of CR1- Zenon, Proto2, RTE-X, and Academ elements that underwent a bivalve-specific amplification likely associated with their diversification. Finally, we found that this LINE diversity is maintained in extant species by an equally diverse set of long-living and potentially active elements, as suggested by their evolutionary history and transcription profiles in both male and female gonads.ConclusionsWe found that bivalves host an exceptional diversity of transposons compared to other molluscs. Their LINE complement could mainly follow a “stealth drivers” model of evolution where multiple and diversified families are able to survive and co-exist for a long period of time in the host genome, potentially shaping both recent and early phases of bivalve genome evolution and diversification. Overall, we provide not only the first comparative study of TE evolutionary dynamics in a large but understudied phylum such as Mollusca, but also a reference library for ORF-containing class II DDE/D and LINE elements, which represents an important genomic resource for their identification and characterization in novel genomes.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s) 2023

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