RRC ID 45870
著者 Vergara IA, Tarailo-Graovac M, Frech C, Wang J, Qin Z, Zhang T, She R, Chu JS, Wang K, Chen N.
タイトル Genome-wide variations in a natural isolate of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.
ジャーナル BMC Genomics
Abstract BACKGROUND:Increasing genetic and phenotypic differences found among natural isolates of C. elegans have encouraged researchers to explore the natural variation of this nematode species.
RESULTS:Here we report on the identification of genomic differences between the reference strain N2 and the Hawaiian strain CB4856, one of the most genetically distant strains from N2. To identify both small- and large-scale genomic variations (GVs), we have sequenced the CB4856 genome using both Roche 454 (~400 bps single reads) and Illumina GA DNA sequencing methods (101 bps paired-end reads). Compared to previously described variants (available in WormBase), our effort uncovered twice as many single nucleotide variants (SNVs) and increased the number of small InDels almost 20-fold. Moreover, we identified and validated large insertions, most of which range from 150 bps to 1.2 kb in length in the CB4856 strain. Identified GVs had a widespread impact on protein-coding sequences, including 585 single-copy genes that have associated severe phenotypes of reduced viability in RNAi and genetics studies. Sixty of these genes are homologs of human genes associated with diseases. Furthermore, our work confirms previously identified GVs associated with differences in behavioural and biological traits between the N2 and CB4856 strains.
CONCLUSIONS:The identified GVs provide a rich resource for future studies that aim to explain the genetic basis for other trait differences between the N2 and CB4856 strains.
巻・号 15
ページ 255
公開日 2014-4-2
DOI 10.1186/1471-2164-15-255
PII 1471-2164-15-255
PMID 24694239
PMC PMC4023591
MeSH Animals Base Composition Caenorhabditis elegans / drug effects Caenorhabditis elegans / genetics* Chromosome Mapping Codon Comparative Genomic Hybridization Computational Biology DNA Transposable Elements Drug Resistance / genetics Genetic Association Studies Genetic Variation* Genome, Helminth* Genotype High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing INDEL Mutation Multigene Family Mutagenesis, Insertional Open Reading Frames Phenotype Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide Sequence Deletion
IF 3.594
引用数 13
WOS 分野 BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY GENETICS & HEREDITY
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