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Satellite DNAs: Cell Function and Evolution
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Satellite DNAs: Cell Function and Evolution

A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Genetics and Genomics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 April 2022) | Viewed by 2618

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Christophe Escudé

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Laboratoire Structure et Instabilité des Génomes – INSERM U1154 – CNRS UM7196 – Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 75005 Paris, France
Interests: centromere; repetitive DNA; cytogenetics; chromosome evolution; comparative genomics; genome organization

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Satellite DNA represents one of the most intriguing component of eukaryotic genomes. Progress in sequencing technologies, together with new computational and functional approaches, offer new perspectives for understanding the evolutionary dynamics of those peculiar repetitive elements as well as their contribution to important cell functions such as the preservation of genome stability and genome regulatory mechanisms.

This Special Issue of Life aims to compile a timely collection of reviews and research articles covering different aspects of satellite DNA biology, including but not limited to sequence analysis, epigenetic regulations, non-coding RNAs and nuclear organization. Attention will be given to studies aimed at describing how satellite DNA regulate cell proliferation and differentiation and contribute to pathophysiological processes as well as expanding our knowledge on the interplay of satellite DNA and genome evolution.

We hope this Special Issue will help address the challenges raised by satellite DNA and clarify how those sequences impact cell function and evolution. We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Christophe Escudé
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • satellite DNA
  • satellitome
  • satellite DNA evolution
  • satellite DNA transcription
  • satellite DNA function
  • genome evolution
  • genome organization
  • centromere
  • telomere
  • gene regulation
  • tandem repeats
  • heterochromatin

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Satellitome Analysis and Transposable Elements Comparison in Geographically Distant Populations of Spodoptera frugiperda
by Inzamam Ul Haq, Majid Muhammad, Huang Yuan, Shahbaz Ali, Asim Abbasi, Muhammad Asad, Hafiza Javaria Ashraf, Aroosa Khurshid, Kexin Zhang, Qiangyan Zhang and Changzhong Liu
Life 2022, 12(4), 521; https://doi.org/10.3390/life12040521 - 31 Mar 2022
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Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm) is a member of the superfamily Noctuoidea that accounts for more than a third of all Lepidoptera and includes a considerable number of agricultural and forest pest species. Spodoptera frugiperda is a polyphagous species that is a significant agricultural [...] Read more.
Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm) is a member of the superfamily Noctuoidea that accounts for more than a third of all Lepidoptera and includes a considerable number of agricultural and forest pest species. Spodoptera frugiperda is a polyphagous species that is a significant agricultural pest worldwide, emphasizing its economic importance. Spodoptera frugiperda’s genome size, assembly, phylogenetic classification, and transcriptome analysis have all been previously described. However, the different studies reported different compositions of repeated DNA sequences that occupied the whole assembled genome, and the Spodoptera frugiperda genome also lacks the comprehensive study of dynamic satellite DNA. We conducted a comparative analysis of repetitive DNA across geographically distant populations of Spodoptera frugiperda, particularly satellite DNA, using publicly accessible raw genome data from eight different geographical regions. Our results showed that most transposable elements (TEs) were commonly shared across all geographically distant samples, except for the Maverick and PIF/Harbinger elements, which have divergent repeat copies. The TEs age analysis revealed that most TEs families consist of young copies 1–15 million years old; however, PIF/Harbinger has some older/degenerated copies of 30–35 million years old. A total of seven satellite DNA families were discovered, accounting for approximately 0.65% of the entire genome of the Spodoptera frugiperda fall armyworm. The repeat profiling analysis of satellite DNA families revealed differential read depth coverage or copy numbers. The satellite DNA families range in size from the lowest 108 bp SfrSat06-108 families to the largest (1824 bp) SfrSat07-1824 family. We did not observe a statistically significant correlation between monomer length and K2P divergence, copy number, or abundance of each satellite family. Our findings suggest that the satellite DNA families identified in Spodoptera frugiperda account for a considerable proportion of the genome’s repetitive fraction. The satellite DNA families’ repeat profiling revealed a point mutation along the reference sequences. Limited TEs differentiation exists among geographically distant populations of Spodoptera frugiperda. Full article
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