RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Single cell transcriptomics, mega-phylogeny and the genetic basis of morphological innovations in Rhizaria
JF bioRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SP 064030
DO 10.1101/064030
A1 Anders K. Krabberød
A1 Russell J. S. Orr
A1 Jon Bråte
A1 Tom Kristensen
A1 Kjell R. Bjørklund
A1 Kamran Shalchian-Tabrizi
YR 2016
UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/07/15/064030.abstract
AB The innovation of the eukaryote cytoskeleton enabled phagocytosis, intracellular transport and cytokinesis, and is responsible for diverse eukaryotic morphologies. Still, the relationship between phenotypic innovations in the cytoskeleton and their underlying genotype is poorly understood. To explore the genetic mechanism of morphological evolution of the eukaryotic cytoskeleton we provide the first single cell transcriptomes from uncultivable, free-living unicellular eukaryotes: the radiolarian species Lithomelissa setosa and Sticholonche zanclea. Analysis of the genetic components of the cytoskeleton and mapping of the evolution of these to a revised phylogeny of Rhizaria reveals lineage-specific gene duplications and neo-functionalization of α and β tubulin in Retaria, actin in Retaria and Endomyxa, and Arp2/3 complex genes in Chlorarachniophyta. We show how genetic innovations have shaped cytoskeletal structures in Rhizaria, and how single cell transcriptomics can be applied for resolving deep phylogenies and studying gene evolution of uncultivable protist species.