High genome heterozygosity and endemic genetic recombination in the wheat stripe rust fungus

  • Wenming Zheng
  • , Lili Huang
  • , Jinqun Huang
  • , Xiaojie Wang
  • , Xianming Chen
  • , Jie Zhao
  • , Jun Guo
  • , Hua Zhuang
  • , Chuangzhao Qiu
  • , Jie Liu
  • , Huiquan Liu
  • , Xueling Huang
  • , Guoliang Pei
  • , Gangming Zhan
  • , Chunlei Tang
  • , Yulin Cheng
  • , Minjie Liu
  • , Jinshan Zhang
  • , Zhongtao Zhao
  • , Shijie Zhang
  • Qingmei Han, Dejun Han, Hongchang Zhang, Jing Zhao, Xiaoning Gao, Jianfeng Wang, Peixiang Ni, Wei Dong, Linfeng Yang, Huanming Yang, Jin Rong Xu, Gengyun Zhang, Zhensheng Kang

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Abstract

Stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst), is one of the most destructive diseases of wheat. Here we report a 110-Mb draft sequence of Pst isolate CY32, obtained using a 'fosmid-to-fosmid' strategy, to better understand its race evolution and pathogenesis. The Pst genome is highly heterozygous and contains 25,288 protein-coding genes. Compared with non-obligate fungal pathogens, Pst has a more diverse gene composition and more genes encoding secreted proteins. Re-sequencing analysis indicates significant genetic variation among six isolates collected from different continents. Approximately 35% of SNPs are in the coding sequence regions, and half of them are non-synonymous. High genetic diversity in Pst suggests that sexual reproduction has an important role in the origin of different regional races. Our results show the effectiveness of the 'fosmid-to-fosmid' strategy for sequencing dikaryotic genomes and the feasibility of genome analysis to understand race evolution in Pst and other obligate pathogens.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2673
JournalNature Communications
Volume4
DOIs
StatePublished - 23 Oct 2013
Externally publishedYes

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