Cnidaria: fast, reference-free clustering of raw and assembled genome and transcriptome NGS data

Background: Identification of biological specimens is a major requirement for a range of applications. Reference-free methods analyse unprocessed sequencing data without relying on prior knowledge, but generally do not scale to arbitrarily large genomes and arbitrarily large phylogenetic distances. Results: We present Cnidaria, a practical tool for clustering genomic and transcriptomic data with no limitation on genome size or phylogenetic distances. We successfully simultaneously clustered 169 genomic and transcriptomic datasets from 4 kingdoms, achieving 100% identification accuracy at supra-species level and 78% accuracy for species level. Discussion: CNIDARIA allows for fast, resource-efficient comparison and identification of both raw and assembled genome and transcriptome data. This can help answer both fundamental (e.g. in phylogeny, ecological diversity analysis) and practical questions (e.g. sequencing quality control, primer design).Comment: 47 pages, 13 figure

Using genomic repeats for phylogenomics: A case study in wild tomatoes (Solanum section Lycopersicon: Solanaceae)

High-throughput sequencing data have transformed molecular phylogenetics and a plethora of phylogenomic approaches are now readily available. Shotgun sequencing at low genome coverage is a common approach for isolating high-copy DNA, such as the plastid or mitochondrial genomes, and ribosomal DNA. These sequence data, however, are also rich in repetitive elements that are often discarded. Such data include a variety of repeats present throughout the nuclear genome in high copy number. It has recently been shown that the abundance of repetitive elements has phylogenetic signal and can be used as a continuous character to infer tree topologies. In the present study, we evaluate repetitive DNA data in tomatoes (Solanum section Lycopersicon) to explore how they perform at the inter- and intraspecific levels, utilizing the available data from the 100 Tomato Genome Sequencing Consortium. The results add to previous examples from angiosperms where genomic repeats have been used to resolve phylogenetic relationships at varying taxonomic levels. Future prospects now include the use of genomic repeats for population-level analyses and phylogeography, as well as potentially for DNA barcoding

BioContainers: An open-source and community-driven framework for software standardization

Motivation BioContainers (biocontainers.pro) is an open-source and community-driven framework which provides platform independent executable environments for bioinformatics software. BioContainers allows labs of all sizes to easily install bioinformatics software, maintain multiple versions of the same software and combine tools into powerful analysis pipelines. BioContainers is based on popular open-source projects Docker and rkt frameworks, that allow software to be installed and executed under an isolated and controlled environment. Also, it provides infrastructure and basic guidelines to create, manage and distribute bioinformatics containers with a special focus on omics technologies. These containers can be integrated into more comprehensive bioinformatics pipelines and different architectures (local desktop, cloud environments or HPC clusters). Availability and Implementation The software is freely available at github.com/BioContainers/.publishedVersio

Досвід застосування лактагелю в практиці акушер-гінеколога

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Resequencing

[ES] La revolución que supone la secuenciación de próxima generación está permitiendo la resecuenciación del genoma completo (WGRS) de cientos o incluso miles de ejemplares de cultivos básicos y especies modelo. Con el lanzamiento de su genoma de referencia, progresivamente se están emprendiendo proyectos WGRS también para otras especies de plantas en una amplia variedad de estudios. En berenjena común (Solanum melongena L.), aunque se ha publicado un primer borrador de la secuencia del genoma de referencia, hasta el momento no se han realizado estudios de resecuenciación. En este capítulo presentamos los primeros resultados de la resecuenciación de ocho accesiones, siete de berenjena común y una del pariente silvestre S. incanum L., que corresponden a los progenitores de un cruce multiparental de generación avanzada (MAGIC) población que se encuentra actualmente en desarrollo utilizando la secuencia del genoma de la berenjena recién desarrollada que se presenta en el Cap. 7 de este libro. Se identificaron más de diez millones de polimorfismos entre las accesiones, el 90% de ellos en el S. incanum silvestre relacionado, lo que confirma la erosión genética de la berenjena común cultivada. Entre los progenitores de la población MAGIC, el patrón de distribución de polimorfismos comunes a lo largo de los cromosomas ha revelado posibles huellas de introgresión ancestral de cruces interespecíficos. El conjunto de polimorfismos se ha anotado extensamente y actualmente se está utilizando para análisis adicionales con el fin de genotipar eficientemente la población MAGIC en curso y diseccionar rasgos agronómicos y morfológicos importantes. La información proporcionada en este primer estudio de resecuenciación en berenjena será extremadamente útil para ayudar al fitomejoramiento a desarrollar nuevas variedades mejoradas y resistentes para enfrentar futuras amenazas y desafíos.[EN] The next-generation sequencing revolution is allowing the whole-genome resequencing (WGRS) of hundreds or even thousands of accessions for staple crops and model species. With the release of their reference genome, progressively also other plants, species are undertaking WGRS projects for a broad variety of studies. In common eggplant (Solanum melongena L.), although a first draft of the reference genome sequence has been published, no resequencing studies have been performed so far. In this chapter, we present the first results of the resequencing of eight accessions, seven of common eggplant and one of the wild relative S. incanum L., that correspond to the parents of a multi-parent advanced generation inter-cross (MAGIC) population that is currently under develop- ment using the newly developed eggplant genome sequence presented in Chap. 7 of this book. Over ten million polymorphisms were identified among the accessions, 90% of them in the wild related S. incanum, confirming the genetic erosion of the cultivated common eggplant. Among the MAGIC population parents, the common polymorphism distribu- tion pattern along the chromosomes has revealed possible footprints of ancestral intro- gression from interspecific crosses. The set of polymorphisms has been extensively anno- tated and currently is being used for further analyses in order to efficiently genotype the ongoing MAGIC population and to dissect important agronomic and morphological traits. The information provided in this first resequencing study in eggplant will be extremely helpful to assist plant breeding to develop new improved and resilient varieties to face future threats and challenges.This work has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement No 677379 (G2P-SOL project: Linking genetic resources, genomes and phenotypes of Solanaceous crops) and from Spanish Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad and Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (grant AGL2015-64755-R from MINECO/FEDER).Prohens Tomás, J.; Vilanova Navarro, S.; Gramazio, P. (2019). Resequencing. En The Eggplant Genome. Springer. 81-89. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/181875S818

Whole-Genome Resequencing of Seven Eggplant (Solanum melongena) and One Wild Relative (S. incanum) Accessions Provides New Insights and Breeding Tools for Eggplant Enhancement

[EN] Whole-genome resequencing provides information of great relevance for crop genetics, evolution, and breeding. Here, we present the first whole-genome resequencing study using seven eggplant (Solanum melongena) and one wild relative (Solanum incanum) accessions. These eight accessions were selected for displaying a high phenotypic and genetic diversity and for being the founder parents of an eggplant multiparent advanced generation intercrosses population. By resequencing at an average depth of 19.8x and comparing to the high-quality reference genome "67/3" over 10 million high-reliable polymorphisms were discovered, of which over 9 million (84.5%) were single nucleotide polymorphisms and more than 700,000 (6.5%) InDels. However, while for the S. melongena accessions, the variants identified ranged from 0.8 to 1.3 million, over 9 million were detected for the wild S. incanum. This confirms the narrow genetic diversity of the domesticated eggplant and suggests that introgression breeding using wild relatives can efficiently contribute to broadening the genetic basis of this crop. Differences were observed among accessions for the enrichment in genes regulating important biological processes. By analyzing the distribution of the variants, we identified the potential footprints of old introgressions from wild relatives that can help to unravel the unclear domestication and breeding history. The comprehensive annotation of these eight genomes and the information provided in this study represents a landmark in eggplant genomics and allows the development of tools for eggplant genetics and breeding.This work has been funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement no. 677379 (G2P-SOL project: Linking genetic resources, genomes, and phenotypes of Solanaceous crops), by the Spanish Ministerio de Economia, Industria y Competitividad and Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional/European Regional Development Fund (grant AGL2015-64755-R), and by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades (MCIU), Agencia Estatal de Investigacion (AEI), and Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional/European Regional Development Fund (grant RTI2018-09592-B-100). 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