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Evidence of neutral transcriptome evolution in plants
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Broadley, Martin R., White, Philip J., Hammond, John P., Graham, Neil S. , Bowen, Helen C., Emmerson, Z. F., Fray, R. G. , Iannetta, P. P. M., McNicol, J. W. and May, Sean T. (2008) Evidence of neutral transcriptome evolution in plants. New Phytologist, Vol.180 (No.3). pp. 587-593. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02640.x ISSN 0028-646X.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02640.x
Abstract
The transcriptome of an organism is its set of gene transcripts (mRNAs) at a defined spatial and temporal locus. Because gene expression is affected markedly by
environmental and developmental perturbations, it is widely assumed that transcriptome divergence among taxa represents adaptive phenotypic selection. This assumption has been challenged by neutral theories which propose that stochastic
processes drive transcriptome evolution. To test for evidence of neutral transcriptome evolution in plants, we quantified 18 494 gene transcripts in nonsenescent leaves of 14 taxa of Brassicaceae using robust cross-species transcriptomics which includes a two-step physical and in silicobased normalization procedure based on DNA similarity among taxa. Transcriptome divergence correlates positively with evolutionary distance between taxa and with variation in gene expression among samples. Results are similar for pseudogenes and chloroplast genes evolving at different rates. Remarkably, variation in transcript abundance among root-cell samples correlates positively with
transcriptome divergence among root tissues and among taxa.
Because neutral processes affect transcriptome evolution in plants, many differences in gene expression among or within taxa may be nonfunctional, reflecting ancestral
plasticity and founder effects. Appropriate null models are required when comparing transcriptomes in space and time.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QK Botany | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) > Warwick HRI (2004-2010) | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Messenger RNA, Evolution (Biology) | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | New Phytologist | ||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 0028-646X | ||||
Official Date: | 17 September 2008 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.180 | ||||
Number: | No.3 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 587-593 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02640.x | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Funder: | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Great Britain) (BBSRC), Great Britain. Dept. for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Centre for Plant Integrative Biology, Scotland. Environment and Rural Affairs Dept. (SEERAD) |
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