Transcriptome sequencing of Crucihimalaya himalaica (Brassicaceae) reveals how Arabidopsis close relative adapt to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau | |
Qiao, Qin1; Wang, Qia2,3; Han, Xi2; Guan, Yanlong2; Sun, Hang2![]() ![]() | |
2016-02-24 | |
Source Publication | SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
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Volume | 6 |
Abstract | The extreme environment of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) provides an ideal natural laboratory for studies on adaptive evolution. Few genome/transcriptome based studies have been conducted on how plants adapt to the environments of QTP compared to numerous studies on vertebrates. Crucihimalaya himalaica is a close relative of Arabidopsis with typical QTP distribution, and is hoped to be a new model system to study speciation and ecological adaptation in extreme environment. In this study, we de novo generated a transcriptome sequence of C. himalaica, with a total of 49,438 unigenes. Compared to five relatives, 10,487 orthogroups were shared by all six species, and 4,286 orthogroups contain putative single copy gene. Further analysis identified 487 extremely significantly positively selected genes (PSGs) in C. himalaica transcriptome. Theses PSGs were enriched in functions related to specific adaptation traits, such as response to radiation, DNA repair, nitrogen metabolism, and stabilization of membrane. These functions are responsible for the adaptation of C. himalaica to the high radiation, soil depletion and low temperature environments on QTP. Our findings indicate that C. himalaica has evolved complex strategies for adapting to the extreme environments on QTP and provide novel insights into genetic mechanisms of highland adaptation in plants. |
DOI | 10.1038/srep21729 |
Indexed By | SCI |
Language | 英语 |
WOS ID | WOS:000370863000001 |
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Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/25982 |
Collection | 中国科学院东亚植物多样性与生物地理学重点实验室 |
Affiliation | 1.Yunnan Univ, Sch Agr, Kunming 650091, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Key Lab Plant Divers & Biogeog East Asia, Kunming 650201, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 10049, Peoples R China 4.Fudan Univ, Sch Life Sci, Key Lab Biodivers Sci & Ecol Engn, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R China 5.E Carolina Univ, Dept Biol, Greenville, NC 27858 USA |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Qiao, Qin,Wang, Qia,Han, Xi,et al. Transcriptome sequencing of Crucihimalaya himalaica (Brassicaceae) reveals how Arabidopsis close relative adapt to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau[J]. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,2016,6. |
APA | Qiao, Qin.,Wang, Qia.,Han, Xi.,Guan, Yanlong.,Sun, Hang.,...&Zhang, Ticao.(2016).Transcriptome sequencing of Crucihimalaya himalaica (Brassicaceae) reveals how Arabidopsis close relative adapt to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,6. |
MLA | Qiao, Qin,et al."Transcriptome sequencing of Crucihimalaya himalaica (Brassicaceae) reveals how Arabidopsis close relative adapt to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 6(2016). |
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