Goldfish have been subjected to over 1,000 y of intensive domestication and selective breeding. In this report, we describe a high-quality goldfish genome (2n = 100), anchoring 95.75% of contigs into 50 pseudochromosomes. Comparative genomics enabled us to disentangle the two subgenomes that resulted from an ancient hybridization event. Resequencing 185 representative goldfish variants and 16 wild crucian carp revealed the origin of goldfish and identified genomic regions that have been shaped by selective sweeps linked to its domestication. Our comprehensive collection of goldfish varieties enabled us to associate genetic variations with a number of well-known anatomical features, including features that distinguish traditional goldfish clades. Additionally, we identified a tyrosine-protein kinase receptor as a candidate causal gene for the first well-known case of Mendelian inheritance in goldfish—the transparent mutant. The goldfish genome and diversity data offer unique resources to make goldfish a promising model for functional genomics, as well as domestication.
S. spontaneum is a founding Saccharum species that contributes stress resistance to the genetic background of modern sugarcane cultivars. Here, we have assembled the autopolyploid S. spontaneum Np-X genome with ancestral form into 40 pseudo-chromosomes in 10 homologous groups, revealing the recent chromosome reduction and polyploidization that occurred in Saccharum. The paleo-duplicated chromosomal pairs exhibit functional redundancy in Saccharum and underwent ssion followed by fusion accompanied by centromeric spreading around 0.80 million years ago (Mya) before evolving into their current forms with basic chromosome numbers x = 9 and x = 8 in S. spontaneum, likely in a stepwise manner. WGDs occurred independently in Saccharum species around 1.5 Mya. Highly diverse chromatin structures exist among homologous chromosomes despite their high collinearity, and the re-structuring of NpChr5 and NpChr8 might have suppressed switching of chromatin structure from inactive to active. Resequencing of 116 sugarcane accessions elucidated that the S. spontaneum originated from North India and that the basic chromosome numbers x = 8, x = 9, and x = 10 originated independently, indicating that recent chromosome reduction rather than polyploidization has driven the adaptive evolution of Saccharum. Our study provides genomic resources and suggests new directions for accelerating sugarcane improvement and advances our knowledge of the evolution of auto-polyploids.
Myopia is one of the most common causes of vision loss globally and is significantly affected by epigenetics. Adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I RNA) editing is an epigenetic process involved in neurological disorders, yet its role in myopia remains undetermined. We performed a transcriptome-wide analysis of A-to-I RNA editing in the retina of form-deprivation myopia mice. Our study identified 91 A-to-I RNA editing sites in 84 genes associated with myopia. Notably, at least 27 (32.1%) of these genes with myopia-associated RNA editing showed existing evidence to be associated with myopia or related ocular phenotypes in humans or animal models, such as very low-density lipoprotein receptor (Vldlr) in retinal neovascularization and hypoxia-induced factor 1 alpha (Hif1a). Moreover, functional enrichment showed that RNA editing enriched in FDM was primarily involved in response to fungicides, a potentially druggable process for myopia prevention, and epigenetic regulation. In contrast, RNA editing enriched in controls was mostly involved in post-embryonic eye morphogenesis. Our results demonstrate altered A-to-I RNA editing associated with myopia in an experimental mouse model and warrant further study on its role in myopia development.
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