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Comparative cytogenomics reveals genome reshuffling and centromere repositioning in the legume tribe Phaseoleae

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The tribe Phaseoleae includes several legume crops with assembled genomes. Comparative genomic studies have evidenced the preservation of large genomic blocks among legumes, although chromosome dynamics during Phaseoleae evolution has not been investigated. We conducted a comparative genomic analysis to define an informative genomic block (GB) system and to reconstruct the ancestral Phaseoleae karyotype (APK). We identified GBs based on the orthologous genes between Phaseolus vulgaris and Vigna unguiculata and searched for GBs in different genomes of the Phaseolinae (P. lunatus) and Glycininae (Amphicarpaea edgeworthii) subtribes and Spatholobus suberectus (sister to Phaseolinae and Glycininae), using Medicago truncatula as the outgroup. We also used oligo-FISH probes of two P. vulgaris chromosomes to paint the orthologous chromosomes of two non-sequenced Phaseolinae species. We inferred the APK as having n = 11 and 19 GBs (A to S), hypothesizing five chromosome fusions that reduced the ancestral legume karyotype to n = 11. We identified the rearrangements among the APK and the subtribes and species, with extensive centromere repositioning in Phaseolus. We also reconstructed the chromosome number reduction in S. suberectus. The development of the GB system and the proposed APK provide useful approaches for future comparative genomic analyses of legume species.

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Abbreviations

8HQ:

8-Hydroxyquinoline

ACK:

Ancestral Crucifer Karyotype

Ae:

Amphicarpaea edgeworthii chromosome

ALK:

Ancestral Legume Karyotype

APhsK:

Ancestral Phaseolus Karyotype

APK:

Ancestral Phaseoleae Karyotype

APnK:

Ancestral Phaseolinae Karyotype

BACs:

Bacterial artificial chromosomes

DAPI:

4’,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole

DSB:

Double-strand break

FISH:

Fluorescence in situ hybridization

GB:

Genomic blocks

LCT:

Legume-common tetraploidization

Lp:

Lablab purpureus chromosome

LTR:

Long terminal repeats

Ma:

Macroptilium atropurpureum chromosome

Mt:

Medicago truncatula chromosome

Mya:

Million years ago

Oligo:

Oligonucleotide

Pl:

Phaseolus lunatus chromosome

Pv:

Phaseolus vulgaris chromosome

satDNA:

Satellite DNA

Ss:

Spatholobus suberectus chromosome

Vu:

Vigna unguiculata chromosome

WGD:

Whole genome duplication

WGT:

Whole genome triplication

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Acknowledgements

We thank Embrapa Meio-Norte (Teresina, Piauí, Brazil), Embrapa Cenargen (Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil), CIAT (International Center for Tropical Agriculture), and Prof. Marcelo Guerra (UFPE) for providing the V. unguiculata, P. vulgaris, M. atropurpureum, and L. purpureus seeds, respectively. We thank Ingo Schubert (IPK) and André Marques (MPIPZ) for the early critical review of the manuscript. We also thank CAPES (Coordenação de Pessoal de Nível Superior, Finance Code 001), CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico), and FACEPE (Fundação de Amparo à Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco) for their financial support.

Funding

This work was supported by CAPES (Coordenação de Pessoal de Nível Superior, Finance Code 001), CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, grant nos. 310804/2017–5 and 313944/2020–2), and FACEPE (Fundação de Amparo à Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco, grant nos. IBPG-1520–2.03/18 and APQ-0409–2.02/16).

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C.M.: conducted the genome comparisons, defined the blocks, performed the oligo-FISH painting experiments with M. atropurpureum and L. purpureus, constructed the images, and wrote the original draft of the manuscript. L.V.M: established the oligo-painting probes, performed the oligo-FISH in P. vulgaris and V. unguiculata, constructed the oligo-FISH images, and helped write the manuscript. F.O.B: provided the resources for this research and discussed the data. A.C.B.V: co-supervised the experiments and contributed to the data analyses and discussion. A.P.H: conceptualized and supervised the experiments and provided resources for this research. All authors reviewed the manuscript.

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Correspondence to Andrea Pedrosa-Harand.

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We developed a useful genomic block system and proposed the ancestral Phaseoleae karyotype based on available genome assemblies of legume crops. These tools enabled the reconstruction of the main chromosomal rearrangements responsible for genome reshuffling among the diploid taxa investigated. The analyses revealed centromere repositioning in all but one chromosome within the tribe, despite the chromosome number conservation.

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Supplementary Figure 1. Dot plot of genome comparison between P. vulgaris and V. unguiculata, with each GB colour based on the APK. Corresponding chromosomes are distributed according to the dot plot order. Dashed lines indicate the centromere positions in the respective GBs. (PNG 360 kb)

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Supplementary Figure 2. Dot plot of genome comparisons between P. vulgaris and P. lunatus, with each GB colour based on the APK. Corresponding chromosomes are distributed according to the dot plot order. Dashed lines indicate the centromere positions in the respective GBs. (PNG 335 kb)

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Supplementary Figure 3. Dot plot of genome comparison between P. vulgaris and A. edgeworthii with each GB colour based on the APK. Corresponding chromosomes are distributed according to the dot plot order. (PNG 300 kb)

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Supplementary Figure 4. Dot plot of genome comparison between P. vulgaris and S. suberectus with each GB colour based on the APK. Corresponding chromosomes are distributed according to the dot plot order. (PNG 271 kb)

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Supplementary Figure 5. Dot plot of genome comparison between P. vulgaris and M. truncatula with each GB colour based on the APK. Corresponding chromosomes are distributed according to the dot plot order. (PNG 260 kb)

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Supplementary Figure 6. Schematic representation of the most conserved GB associations of the A. edgeworthii (Ae) karyotype as inferred from comparison with the APK. Despite extensive genome reshuffling, the main GB associations involved in the formation of each Ae chromosome are indicated by dotted lines in the corresponding APK chromosome colours. (PNG 174 kb)

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Montenegro, C., do Vale Martins, L., Bustamante, F.d.O. et al. Comparative cytogenomics reveals genome reshuffling and centromere repositioning in the legume tribe Phaseoleae. Chromosome Res 30, 477–492 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10577-022-09702-8

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