Evolutionary genomics of a cold-adapted diatom: Fragilariopsis cylindrus

Thomas Mock; Robert P. Otillar; Jan Strauss; Mark McMullan; Pirita Paajanen; Jeremy Schmutz; Asaf Salamov; Remo Sanges; Andrew Toseland; Ben J. Ward; Andrew E. Allen; Christopher L. Dupont; Stephan Frickenhaus; Florian Maumus; Alaguraj Veluchamy; Taoyang Wu; Kerrie W. Barry; Angela Falciatore; Maria I. Ferrante; Antonio E. Fortunato; Gernot Glöckner; Ansgar Gruber; Rachel Hipkin; Michael G. Janech; Peter G. Kroth; Florian Leese; Erika A. Lindquist; Barbara R. Lyon; Joel Martin; Christoph Mayer; Micaela Parker; Hadi Quesneville; James A. Raymond; Christiane Uhlig; Ruben E. Valas; Klaus U. Valentin; Alexandra Z. Worden; E. Virginia Armbrust; Matthew D. Clark; Chris Bowler; Beverley R. Green; Vincent Moulton; Cock van Oosterhout; Igor V. Grigoriev

doi:10.1038/nature20803

Evolutionary genomics of a cold-adapted diatom: Fragilariopsis cylindrus

Thomas Mock
, Robert P. Otillar
, Jan Strauss
, Mark McMullan
, Pirita Paajanen
, Jeremy Schmutz
, Asaf Salamov
, Remo Sanges
, Andrew Toseland
, Ben J. Ward
, Andrew E. Allen
, Christopher L. Dupont
, Stephan Frickenhaus
, Florian Maumus
, Alaguraj Veluchamy
, Taoyang Wu
, Kerrie W. Barry
, Angela Falciatore
, Maria I. Ferrante
, Antonio E. Fortunato

Gernot Glöckner, Ansgar Gruber, Rachel Hipkin, Michael G. Janech, Peter G. Kroth, Florian Leese, Erika A. Lindquist, Barbara R. Lyon, Joel Martin, Christoph Mayer, Micaela Parker, Hadi Quesneville, James A. Raymond, Christiane Uhlig, Ruben E. Valas, Klaus U. Valentin, Alexandra Z. Worden, E. Virginia Armbrust, Matthew D. Clark, Chris Bowler, Beverley R. Green, Vincent Moulton, Cock van Oosterhout, Igor V. Grigoriev

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The Southern Ocean houses a diverse and productive community of organisms1, 2. Unicellular eukaryotic diatoms are the main primary producers in this environment, where photosynthesis is limited by low concentrations of dissolved iron and large seasonal fluctuations in light, temperature and the extent of sea ice3, 4, 5, 6, 7. How diatoms have adapted to this extreme environment is largely unknown. Here we present insights into the genome evolution of a cold-adapted diatom from the Southern Ocean, Fragilariopsis cylindrus8, 9, based on a comparison with temperate diatoms. We find that approximately 24.7 per cent of the diploid F. cylindrus genome consists of genetic loci with alleles that are highly divergent (15.1 megabases of the total genome size of 61.1 megabases). These divergent alleles were differentially expressed across environmental conditions, including darkness, low iron, freezing, elevated temperature and increased CO2. Alleles with the largest ratio of non-synonymous to synonymous nucleotide substitutions also show the most pronounced condition-dependent expression, suggesting a correlation between diversifying selection and allelic differentiation. Divergent alleles may be involved in adaptation to environmental fluctuations in the Southern Ocean.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	536–540
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nature
Volume	541
Early online date	16 Jan 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nature20803
Publication status	Published - 26 Jan 2017

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Thomas Mock
- T.Mockuea.acuk
- School of Environmental Sciences - Professor of Marine Microbiology
- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation - Member
- Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences - Member
- Environmental Biology - Member
- Wolfson Centre for Advanced Environmental Microbiology - Member
- ClimateUEA - Member
Person: Member, Research Group Member, Research Centre Member, Academic, Teaching and Research
Vincent Moulton
- v.moultonuea.acuk
- School of Computing Sciences - Professor in Computational Biology
- Norwich Epidemiology Centre - Member
- Computational Biology - Group Lead
Person: Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching and Research
Cock van Oosterhout
- C.Van-Oosterhoutuea.acuk
- School of Environmental Sciences - Professor of Evolutionary Genetics
- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation - Member
Person: Research Centre Member, Academic, Teaching and Research

From the North Sea to the Arctic Ocean; The Impact of Temperature on Eukaryotic Phytoplankton.
Mock, T. (Principal Investigator), Moulton, V. (Co-Investigator), Toseland, A. (Researcher), Toseland, A. (Researcher), Utting, R. (Technician) & Utting, R. (Technician)
Natural Environment Research Council
29/07/13 → 28/07/16
Project: Research
Functional adaptation of diatoms to environmental conditions in sea ice of the Southern Ocean (UEA Lead)
Mock, T. (Principal Investigator)
Natural Environment Research Council
1/12/10 → 30/11/13
Project: Research

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Mock, T., Otillar, R. P., Strauss, J., McMullan, M., Paajanen, P., Schmutz, J., Salamov, A., Sanges, R., Toseland, A., Ward, B. J., Allen, A. E., Dupont, C. L., Frickenhaus, S., Maumus, F., Veluchamy, A., Wu, T., Barry, K. W., Falciatore, A., Ferrante, M. I., ... Grigoriev, I. V. (2017). Evolutionary genomics of a cold-adapted diatom: Fragilariopsis cylindrus. Nature, 541, 536–540. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature20803

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Evolutionary genomics of a cold-adapted diatom: Fragilariopsis cylindrus

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