Recently formed allopolyploids represent an excellent system to study the impacts of hybridization and genomic duplication on genome structure and evolution. Here we explored the 35SrRNA genes (rDNA) in the Cardamine × schulzii allohexaploid that was formed by two subsequent hybridization events within the past c. 150 yr. The rDNA loci were analyzed by cloning, next generation sequencing (NGS), RT-PCR and FISH methods. The primary C. × insueta triploid hybrid derived from C. rivularis (♀) and C. amara (♂) had gene ratios highly skewed towards maternal sequences. Similarly, C. × schulzii, originating from the secondary hybridization event involving C. × insueta (♀) and C. pratensis (♂), showed a reduction in paternal rDNA homeologs despite an excess of chromosomes inherited from C. pratensis. We also identified novel rDNA loci in C. × schulzii, suggesting that lost loci might be slowly reinstalled by translocation (but not recombination) of genes from partner genomes. Prevalent clonal propagation of allopolyploids, C. × insueta and C. × schulzii, indicates that concerted evolution of rDNA may occur in the absence of extensive meiotic cycles. Adoption of NGS in rDNA variant analysis is highly informative for deciphering the evolutionary histories of allopolyploid species with ongoing homogenization processes.
- Klíčová slova
- Brassicaceae, concerted evolution, hybridization, hybrids, polyploidy, rDNA,
- MeSH
- Cardamine genetika MeSH
- chromozomy rostlin genetika MeSH
- druhová specificita MeSH
- fylogeneze MeSH
- genetická variace MeSH
- genetické lokusy * MeSH
- genom rostlinný MeSH
- klonování DNA MeSH
- křížení genetické * MeSH
- mezerníky ribozomální DNA genetika MeSH
- polyploidie * MeSH
- regulace genové exprese u rostlin MeSH
- ribozomální DNA genetika MeSH
- sekvence nukleotidů MeSH
- vysoce účinné nukleotidové sekvenování MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
- Názvy látek
- mezerníky ribozomální DNA MeSH
- ribozomální DNA MeSH
