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ToolsFonseca, V. G., Nichols, B., Lallias, D., Quince, C., Carvalho, G. R., Power, D. M. and Creer, S. (2012) Sample richness and genetic diversity as drivers of chimera formation in nSSU metagenetic analyses. Nucleic Acids Research, 40 (9). e66. ISSN 0305-1048
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Eukaryotic diversity in environmental samples is often assessed via PCR-based amplification of nSSU genes. However, estimates of diversity derived from pyrosequencing environmental data sets are often inflated, mainly because of the formation of chimeric sequences during PCR amplification. Chimeras are hybrid products composed of distinct parental sequences that can lead to the misinterpretation of diversity estimates. We have analyzed the effect of sample richness, evenness and phylogenetic diversity on the formation of chimeras using a nSSU data set derived from 454 Roche pyrosequencing of replicated, large control pools of closely and distantly related nematode mock communities, of known intragenomic identity and richness. To further investigate how chimeric molecules are formed, the nSSU gene secondary structure was analyzed in several individuals. For the first time in eukaryotes, chimera formation proved to be higher in both richer and more genetically diverse samples, thus providing a novel perspective of chimera formation in pyrosequenced environmental data sets. Findings contribute to a better understanding of the nature and mechanisms involved in chimera formation during PCR amplification of environmentally derived DNA. Moreover, given the similarities between biodiversity analyses using amplicon sequencing and those used to assess genomic variation, our findings have potential broad application for identifying genetic variation in homologous loci or multigene families in general.
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| Additional Information: | Funding Information: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) New Investigator Grant (NE/E001505/1 to S.C.); Post Genomic and Proteomics Grant (NE/F001266/1 to S.C.); Molecular Genetics Facility Grant (MGF-167 to S.C.); Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) Grant (SFRH/BD/27413/2006 to V.G.F.); EPSRC Career Acceleration Fellowship EP/ H003851/1 (to C.Q.) and BBSRC CASE studentship supported by Unilever (to B.N.). Funding for open access charge: Bangor University School of Biological Sciences and BBSRC CASE studentship supported by Unilever (to B.N.). |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | genetics ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1300/1311 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Sep 2022 10:32 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Oct 2022 01:40 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/88110 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/nar/gks002 |
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