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Basu, Swaraj, Patil, Shrikant, Mapleson, Daniel, Russo, Monia Teresa, Vitale, Laura, Fevola, Cristina, Maumus, Florian, Casotti, Raffaella, Mock, Thomas 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9604-0362, Caccamo, Mario, Montresor, Marina, Sanges, Remo and Ferrante, Maria Immacolata
(2017)
Finding a partner in the ocean: molecular and evolutionary bases of the response to sexual cues in a planktonic diatom.
New Phytologist, 215 (1).
140–156.
ISSN 0028-646X
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Abstract
Microalgae play a major role as primary producers in aquatic ecosystems. Cell signalling regulates their interactions with the environment and other organisms, yet this process in phytoplankton is poorly defined. Using the marine planktonic diatom Pseudo-nitzschia multistriata, we investigated the cell response to cues released during sexual reproduction, an event that demands strong regulatory mechanisms and impacts on population dynamics. We sequenced the genome of P. multistriata and performed phylogenomic and transcriptomic analyses, which allowed the definition of gene gains and losses, horizontal gene transfers, conservation and evolutionary rate of sex-related genes. We also identified a small number of conserved noncoding elements. Sexual reproduction impacted on cell cycle progression and induced an asymmetric response of the opposite mating types. G protein-coupled receptors and cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) are implicated in the response to sexual cues, which overall entails a modulation of cell cycle, meiosis-related and nutrient transporter genes, suggesting a fine control of nutrient uptake even under nutrient-replete conditions. The controllable life cycle and the genome sequence of P. multistriata allow the reconstruction of changes occurring in diatoms in a key phase of their life cycle, providing hints on the evolution and putative function of their genes and empowering studies on sexual reproduction.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | algae,diatom,genomics,mating type,phytoplankton,pseudo-nitzschia multistriata,sexual reproduction,signal transduction,physiology,plant science,sdg 14 - life below water ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1300/1314 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences Faculty of Science > School of Computing Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Biology Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Resources, Sustainability and Governance (former - to 2018) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (former - to 2017) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences |
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| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 05 May 2017 05:12 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Oct 2024 23:47 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/63397 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/nph.14557 |
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