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PLANT JOURNAL
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WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16401
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MADS-box; Arabidopsis genome assembly; A. lyrata; A. arenosa; endosperm
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Arabidopsis thaliana diverged from A. arenosa and A. lyrata at least 6 million years ago. The species differ in genome-wide polymorphisms and morphological traits. Hybridization barriers, particularly those based on the triploid endosperm, contribute to reproductive isolation. The MADS-box type I gene family, which is expressed in the endosperm, likely plays a role in these barriers.
Arabidopsis thaliana diverged from A. arenosa and A. lyrata at least 6 million years ago. The three species differ by genome-wide polymorphisms and morphological traits. The species are to a high degree reproductively isolated, but hybridization barriers are incomplete. A special type of hybridization barrier is based on the triploid endosperm of the seed, where embryo lethality is caused by endosperm failure to support the developing embryo. The MADS-box type I family of transcription factors is specifically expressed in the endosperm and has been proposed to play a role in endosperm-based hybridization barriers. The gene family is well known for its high evolutionary duplication rate, as well as being regulated by genomic imprinting. Here we address MADS-box type I gene family evolution and the role of type I genes in the context of hybridization. Using two de-novo assembled and annotated chromosome-level genomes of A. arenosa and A. lyrata ssp. petraea we analyzed the MADS-box type I gene family in Arabidopsis to predict orthologs, copy number, and structural genomic variation related to the type I loci. Our findings were compared to gene expression profiles sampled before and after the transition to endosperm cellularization in order to investigate the involvement of MADS-box type I loci in endosperm-based hybridization barriers. We observed substantial differences in type-I expression in the endosperm of A. arenosa and A. lyrata ssp. petraea, suggesting a genetic cause for the endosperm-based hybridization barrier between A. arenosa and A. lyrata ssp. petraea.
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