Making the genome huge: the case of Triatoma delpontei, a Triatominae species with more than 50% of its genome full of satellite DNA

Mora, Pablo - Pita Mimbacas, Sebastián - Montiel, Eugenia E. - Rico-Porras, José M. - Palomeque, Teresa - Panzera Arballo, Francisco - Lorite, Pedro

Resumen:

The genome of Triatoma delpontei Romaña & Abalos 1947 is the largest within Heteroptera, approximately two to three times greater than other evaluated Heteroptera genomes. Here, the repetitive fraction of the genome was determined and compared with its sister species Triatoma infestans Klug 1834, in order to shed light on the karyotypic and genomic evolution of these species. The T. delpontei repeatome analysis showed that the most abundant component in its genome is satellite DNA, which makes up more than half of the genome. The T. delpontei satellitome includes 160 satellite DNA families, most of them also present in T. infestans. In both species, only a few satellite DNA families are overrepresented on the genome. These families are the building blocks of the C-heterochromatic regions. Two of these satellite DNA families that form the heterochromatin are the same in both species. However, there are satellite DNA families highly amplified in the heterochromatin of one species that in the other species are in low abundance and located in the euchromatin. Therefore, the present results depicted the great impact of the satellite DNA sequences in the evolution of Triatominae genomes. Within this scenario, satellitome determination and analysis led to a hypothesis that explains how satDNA sequences have grown on T. delpontei to reach its huge genome size within true bugs.


Detalles Bibliográficos
2023
Triatominae
Chagas disease vectors
Repetitive DNA
Satellite DNA
Satellitome
Genome evolution
Fluorescence in situ hybridization
Inglés
Universidad de la República
COLIBRI
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12008/43276
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