The Chinese sucker,Myxocyprinus asiaticus(M.asiaticus,Catostomidae,Cypriniformes),is the only living species of Catostomidae in Asia.There are more than 75 species of this family in North America.The fossil record of ...The Chinese sucker,Myxocyprinus asiaticus(M.asiaticus,Catostomidae,Cypriniformes),is the only living species of Catostomidae in Asia.There are more than 75 species of this family in North America.The fossil record of this group dates back to the early Eocene.As the Chinese sucker is located at the base of the Cyprinoidei phylogeny,this species is also important in clarifying the evolutionary relationships within Cyprinoidei.Here,we assembled a high-quality genome of the Chinese sucker,contig N50(40.26 Mb),which is nearly ten times longer than the previous version(4.19 Mb).Phylogenetic analysis identified that Chinese sucker together with Cyprinidae groups are paraphyletic with respect to Cobitoidea.The specific whole genome duplication event of the Chinese sucker was estimated to have occurred~25.9 million years ago.Analysis of population historical changes indicated a trend of reduction for the Chinese sucker and T.tibetana.Since Dlx genes play a key role in Cypriniformes pharyngeal teeth development,we conducted a genome-wide identification of Dlx genes,and found that these genes were doubled in whole genome duplication events,followed by the loss of specific copies.Transcriptome results showed that the expression levels of these paralogous genes were similar.This genomic resource provides useful information for the protection of Chinese sucker and functional study of Dlx genes.展开更多
基金supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32170438)to C.FThe research was supported by the Wuhan Branch,Supercomputing Center,Chinese Academy of Sciences,China.We thank Dr Dengqiang Wang from Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute,Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences for help with sampling.
文摘The Chinese sucker,Myxocyprinus asiaticus(M.asiaticus,Catostomidae,Cypriniformes),is the only living species of Catostomidae in Asia.There are more than 75 species of this family in North America.The fossil record of this group dates back to the early Eocene.As the Chinese sucker is located at the base of the Cyprinoidei phylogeny,this species is also important in clarifying the evolutionary relationships within Cyprinoidei.Here,we assembled a high-quality genome of the Chinese sucker,contig N50(40.26 Mb),which is nearly ten times longer than the previous version(4.19 Mb).Phylogenetic analysis identified that Chinese sucker together with Cyprinidae groups are paraphyletic with respect to Cobitoidea.The specific whole genome duplication event of the Chinese sucker was estimated to have occurred~25.9 million years ago.Analysis of population historical changes indicated a trend of reduction for the Chinese sucker and T.tibetana.Since Dlx genes play a key role in Cypriniformes pharyngeal teeth development,we conducted a genome-wide identification of Dlx genes,and found that these genes were doubled in whole genome duplication events,followed by the loss of specific copies.Transcriptome results showed that the expression levels of these paralogous genes were similar.This genomic resource provides useful information for the protection of Chinese sucker and functional study of Dlx genes.
