Journal
JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY
Volume 54, Issue 6, Pages 879-887Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12795
Keywords
chromatin-remodeling; development; EST; evolution; qRT-PCR; red algae; RNA-Seq; SWI/SNF
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- U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute [DE-AC02-05CH11231]
- NSF Research Collaboration Network [0741907]
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems [0741907] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Red algae are the oldest identifiable multicellular eukaryotes, with a fossil record dating back more than a billion years. During that time two major rhodophyte lineages, bangiophytes and florideophytes, have evolved varied levels of morphological complexity. These two groups are distinguished, in part, by different patterns of multicellular development, with florideophytes exhibiting a far greater diversity of morphologies. Interestingly, during their long evolutionary history, there is no record of a rhodophyte achieving the kinds of cellular and tissue-specific differentiation present in other multicellular algal lineages. To date, the genetic underpinnings of unique aspects of red algal development are largely unexplored; however, they must reflect the complements and patterns of expression of key regulatory genes. Here we report comparative evolutionary and gene expression analyses of core subunits of the SWI/SNF chromatin-remodeling complex, which is implicated in cell differentiation and developmental regulation in more well studied multicellular groups. Our results suggest that a single, canonical SWI/SNF complex was present in the rhodophyte ancestor, with gene duplications and evolutionary diversification of SWI/SNF subunits accompanying the evolution of multicellularity in the common ancestor of bangiophytes and florideophytes. Differences in how SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling evolved subsequently, in particular gene losses and more rapid divergence of SWI3 and SNF5 in bangiophytes, could help to explain why they exhibit a more limited range of morphological complexity than their florideophyte cousins.
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