Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Putatively asexual chrysophytes have meiotic genes: evidence from transcriptomic data |
| Authors: |
Diana Kraus, Jingyun Chi, Jens Boenigk, Daniela Beisser, Nadine Graupner, Micah Dunthorn |
| Source: |
PeerJ, Vol 6, p e5894 (2019) |
| Publisher Information: |
PeerJ Inc., 2019. |
| Publication Year: |
2019 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Medicine
LCC:Biology (General) |
| Subject Terms: |
Asexuality, Meiosis, Crossover pathways, Sex, Medicine, Biology (General), QH301-705.5 |
| More Details: |
Chrysophytes are a large group of heterotrophic, phototrophic, or even mixotrophic protists that are abundant in aquatic as well as terrestrial environments. Although much is known about chrysophyte biology and ecology, it is unknown if they are sexual or not. Here we use available transcriptomes of 18 isolates of 15 putatively asexual species to inventory the presence of genes used in meiosis. Since we were able to detect a set of nine meiosis-specific and 29 meiosis-related genes shared by the chrysophytes, we conclude that they are secretively sexual and therefore should be investigated further using genome sequencing to uncover any missed genes from the transcriptomes. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2167-8359 |
| Relation: |
https://peerj.com/articles/5894.pdf; https://peerj.com/articles/5894/; https://doaj.org/toc/2167-8359 |
| DOI: |
10.7717/peerj.5894 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/6a0cc5ea8d124c36b77adea8c81df041 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.6a0cc5ea8d124c36b77adea8c81df041 |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
