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Unzipped genome assemblies of polyploid root-knot nematodes reveal unusual and clade-specific telomeric repeats

Ana Paula Zotta Mota
Evelin Despot-Slade
Arthur Péré
Corinne Rancurel
Etienne Danchin

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Using long-read sequencing, we assembled and unzipped the polyploid genomes of Meloidogyne incognita , M. javanica and M. arenaria , three of the most devastating plant-parasitic nematodes. We found the canonical nematode telomeric repeat to be missing in these and other Meloidogyne genomes. In addition, we find no evidence for the enzyme telomerase or for orthologs of C. elegans telomere-associated proteins, suggesting alternative lengthening of telomeres. Instead, analyzing our assembled genomes, we identify species-specific composite repeats enriched mostly at one extremity of contigs. These repeats are G-rich, oriented, and transcribed, similarly to canonical telomeric repeats. We confirm them as telomeric using fluorescent in situ hybridization. These repeats are mostly found at one single end of chromosomes in these species. The discovery of unusual and specific complex telomeric repeats opens a plethora of perspectives and highlights the evolutionary diversity of telomeres despite their central roles in senescence, aging, and chromosome integrity.
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Ana Paula Zotta Mota, Georgios Koutsovoulos, Laetitia Perfus-Barbeoch, Evelin Despot-Slade, Karine Labadie, et al.. Unzipped genome assemblies of polyploid root-knot nematodes reveal unusual and clade-specific telomeric repeats. Nature Communications, 2024, 15 (1), pp.773. ⟨10.1038/s41467-024-44914-y⟩. ⟨hal-04489824⟩
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