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Delineating closely related dinoflagellate lineages using phylotranscriptomics

Annenkova, Nataliia V. LU ; Ahrén, Dag LU orcid ; Logares, Ramiro LU ; Kremp, Anke and Rengefors, Karin LU (2018) In Journal of Phycology 54(4). p.571-576
Abstract

Recently radiated dinoflagellates Apocalathium aciculiferum (collected in Lake Erken, Sweden), Apocalathium malmogiense (Baltic Sea) and Apocalathium aff. malmogiense (Highway Lake, Antarctica) represent a lineage with an unresolved phylogeny. We determined their phylogenetic relationships using phylotranscriptomics based on 792 amino acid sequences. Our results showed that A. aciculiferum diverged from the other two closely related lineages, consistent with their different morphologies in cell size, relative cell length and presence of spines. We hypothesized that A. aff. malmogiense and A. malmogiense, which inhabit different hemispheres, are evolutionarily more closely related because they diverged from a marine common ancestor,... (More)

Recently radiated dinoflagellates Apocalathium aciculiferum (collected in Lake Erken, Sweden), Apocalathium malmogiense (Baltic Sea) and Apocalathium aff. malmogiense (Highway Lake, Antarctica) represent a lineage with an unresolved phylogeny. We determined their phylogenetic relationships using phylotranscriptomics based on 792 amino acid sequences. Our results showed that A. aciculiferum diverged from the other two closely related lineages, consistent with their different morphologies in cell size, relative cell length and presence of spines. We hypothesized that A. aff. malmogiense and A. malmogiense, which inhabit different hemispheres, are evolutionarily more closely related because they diverged from a marine common ancestor, adapting to a wide salinity range, while A. aciculiferum colonized a freshwater habitat, by acquiring adaptations to this environment, in particular, salinity intolerance. We show that phylotranscriptomics can resolve the phylogeny of recently diverged protists. This has broad relevance, given that many phytoplankton species are morphologically very similar, and single genes sometimes lack the information to determine species’ relationships.

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adaptive radiation, High Throughput Sequencing, microalgae, phylogenomics, transcriptome, protists
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Journal of Phycology
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54
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4
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6 pages
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Wiley-Blackwell
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  • scopus:85051419777
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0022-3646
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10.1111/jpy.12748
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  author       = {{Annenkova, Nataliia V. and Ahrén, Dag and Logares, Ramiro and Kremp, Anke and Rengefors, Karin}},
  issn         = {{0022-3646}},
  keywords     = {{adaptive radiation; High Throughput Sequencing; microalgae; phylogenomics, transcriptome; protists}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{08}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{571--576}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{Journal of Phycology}},
  title        = {{Delineating closely related dinoflagellate lineages using phylotranscriptomics}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12748}},
  doi          = {{10.1111/jpy.12748}},
  volume       = {{54}},
  year         = {{2018}},
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