TY - JOUR A1 - Förster, Daniel W. A1 - Bull, James K. A1 - Lenz, Dorina A1 - Autenrieth, Marijke A1 - Paijmans, Johanna L. A. A1 - Kraus, Robert H. S. A1 - Nowak, Carsten A1 - Bayerl, Helmut A1 - Kühn, Ralph A1 - Saveljev, Alexander P. A1 - Sindicic, Magda A1 - Hofreiter, Michael A1 - Schmidt, Krzysztof A1 - Fickel, Jörns T1 - Targeted resequencing of coding DNA sequences for SNP discovery in nonmodel species JF - Molecular ecology resources N2 - Targeted capture coupled with high-throughput sequencing can be used to gain information about nuclear sequence variation at hundreds to thousands of loci. Divergent reference capture makes use of molecular data of one species to enrich target loci in other (related) species. This is particularly valuable for nonmodel organisms, for which often no a priori knowledge exists regarding these loci. Here, we have used targeted capture to obtain data for 809 nuclear coding DNA sequences (CDS) in a nonmodel organism, the Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx, using baits designed with the help of the published genome of a related model organism (the domestic cat Felis catus). Using this approach, we were able to survey intraspecific variation at hundreds of nuclear loci in L. lynx across the species’ European range. A large set of biallelic candidate SNPs was then evaluated using a high-throughput SNP genotyping platform (Fluidigm), which we then reduced to a final 96 SNP-panel based on assay performance and reliability; validation was carried out with 100 additional Eurasian lynx samples not included in the SNP discovery phase. The 96 SNP-panel developed from CDS performed very successfully in the identification of individuals and in population genetic structure inference (including the assignment of individuals to their source population). In keeping with recent studies, our results show that genic SNPs can be valuable for genetic monitoring of wildlife species. KW - CDS KW - conservation genetics KW - Eurasian lynx KW - genetic monitoring KW - hybridization capture KW - single nucleotide polymorphism Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12924 SN - 1755-098X SN - 1755-0998 VL - 18 IS - 6 SP - 1356 EP - 1373 PB - Wiley CY - Hoboken ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Krüger, Johanna A1 - Foerster, Verena Elisabeth A1 - Trauth, Martin H. A1 - Hofreiter, Michael A1 - Tiedemann, Ralph T1 - Exploring the Past Biosphere of Chew Bahir/Southern Ethiopia: Cross-Species Hybridization Capture of Ancient Sedimentary DNA from a Deep Drill Core JF - Frontiers in Earth Science N2 - Eastern Africa has been a prime target for scientific drilling because it is rich in key paleoanthropological sites as well as in paleolakes, containing valuable paleoclimatic information on evolutionary time scales. The Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project (HSPDP) explores these paleolakes with the aim of reconstructing environmental conditions around critical episodes of hominin evolution. Identification of biological taxa based on their sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) traces can contribute to understand past ecological and climatological conditions of the living environment of our ancestors. However, sedaDNA recovery from tropical environments is challenging because high temperatures, UV irradiation, and desiccation result in highly degraded DNA. Consequently, most of the DNA fragments in tropical sediments are too short for PCR amplification. We analyzed sedaDNA in the upper 70 m of the composite sediment core of the HSPDP drill site at Chew Bahir for eukaryotic remnants. We first tested shotgun high throughput sequencing which leads to metagenomes dominated by bacterial DNA of the deep biosphere, while only a small fraction was derived from eukaryotic, and thus probably ancient, DNA. Subsequently, we performed cross-species hybridization capture of sedaDNA to enrich ancient DNA (aDNA) from eukaryotic remnants for paleoenvironmental analysis, using established barcoding genes (cox1 and rbcL for animals and plants, respectively) from 199 species that may have had relatives in the past biosphere at Chew Bahir. Metagenomes yielded after hybridization capture are richer in reads with similarity to cox1 and rbcL in comparison to metagenomes without prior hybridization capture. Taxonomic assignments of the reads from these hybridization capture metagenomes also yielded larger fractions of the eukaryotic domain. For reads assigned to cox1, inferred wet periods were associated with high inferred relative abundances of putative limnic organisms (gastropods, green algae), while inferred dry periods showed increased relative abundances for insects. These findings indicate that cross-species hybridization capture can be an effective approach to enhance the information content of sedaDNA in order to explore biosphere changes associated with past environmental conditions, enabling such analyses even under tropical conditions. KW - Chew Bahir KW - hybridization capture KW - ICDP KW - paleoclimate KW - past biosphere KW - sedaDNA KW - sediment core Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.683010 SN - 2296-6463 SP - 1 EP - 20 PB - Frontiers in Earth Science CY - Lausanne, Schweiz ER - TY - GEN A1 - Krüger, Johanna A1 - Foerster, Verena Elisabeth A1 - Trauth, Martin H. A1 - Hofreiter, Michael A1 - Tiedemann, Ralph T1 - Exploring the Past Biosphere of Chew Bahir/Southern Ethiopia: Cross-Species Hybridization Capture of Ancient Sedimentary DNA from a Deep Drill Core T2 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - Eastern Africa has been a prime target for scientific drilling because it is rich in key paleoanthropological sites as well as in paleolakes, containing valuable paleoclimatic information on evolutionary time scales. The Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project (HSPDP) explores these paleolakes with the aim of reconstructing environmental conditions around critical episodes of hominin evolution. Identification of biological taxa based on their sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) traces can contribute to understand past ecological and climatological conditions of the living environment of our ancestors. However, sedaDNA recovery from tropical environments is challenging because high temperatures, UV irradiation, and desiccation result in highly degraded DNA. Consequently, most of the DNA fragments in tropical sediments are too short for PCR amplification. We analyzed sedaDNA in the upper 70 m of the composite sediment core of the HSPDP drill site at Chew Bahir for eukaryotic remnants. We first tested shotgun high throughput sequencing which leads to metagenomes dominated by bacterial DNA of the deep biosphere, while only a small fraction was derived from eukaryotic, and thus probably ancient, DNA. Subsequently, we performed cross-species hybridization capture of sedaDNA to enrich ancient DNA (aDNA) from eukaryotic remnants for paleoenvironmental analysis, using established barcoding genes (cox1 and rbcL for animals and plants, respectively) from 199 species that may have had relatives in the past biosphere at Chew Bahir. Metagenomes yielded after hybridization capture are richer in reads with similarity to cox1 and rbcL in comparison to metagenomes without prior hybridization capture. Taxonomic assignments of the reads from these hybridization capture metagenomes also yielded larger fractions of the eukaryotic domain. For reads assigned to cox1, inferred wet periods were associated with high inferred relative abundances of putative limnic organisms (gastropods, green algae), while inferred dry periods showed increased relative abundances for insects. These findings indicate that cross-species hybridization capture can be an effective approach to enhance the information content of sedaDNA in order to explore biosphere changes associated with past environmental conditions, enabling such analyses even under tropical conditions. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 1244 KW - Chew Bahir KW - hybridization capture KW - ICDP KW - paleoclimate KW - past biosphere KW - sedaDNA KW - sediment core Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-550071 SN - 1866-8372 SP - 1 EP - 20 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Paijmans, Johanna L. A. A1 - Fickel, Jörns A1 - Courtiol, Alexandre A1 - Hofreiter, Michael A1 - Foerster, Daniel W. T1 - Impact of enrichment conditions on cross-species capture of fresh and degraded DNA JF - Molecular ecology resources N2 - Abstract By combining high-throughput sequencing with target enrichment (‘hybridization capture’), researchers are able to obtain molecular data from genomic regions of interest for projects that are otherwise constrained by sample quality (e.g. degraded and contamination-rich samples) or a lack of a priori sequence information (e.g. studies on nonmodel species). Despite the use of hybridization capture in various fields of research for many years, the impact of enrichment conditions on capture success is not yet thoroughly understood. We evaluated the impact of a key parameter – hybridization temperature – on the capture success of mitochondrial genomes across the carnivoran family Felidae. Capture was carried out for a range of sample types (fresh, archival, ancient) with varying levels of sequence divergence between bait and target (i.e. across a range of species) using pools of individually indexed libraries on Agilent SureSelect™ arrays. Our results suggest that hybridization capture protocols require specific optimization for the sample type that is being investigated. Hybridization temperature affected the proportion of on-target sequences following capture: for degraded samples, we obtained the best results with a hybridization temperature of 65 °C, while a touchdown approach (65 °C down to 50 °C) yielded the best results for fresh samples. Evaluation of capture performance at a regional scale (sliding window approach) revealed no significant improvement in the recovery of DNA fragments with high sequence divergence from the bait at any of the tested hybridization temperatures, suggesting that hybridization temperature may not be the critical parameter for the enrichment of divergent fragments. KW - degraded DNA KW - Felidae KW - hybridization capture KW - mitogenomes KW - next-generation sequencing KW - sequence enrichment Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12420 SN - 1755-098X SN - 1755-0998 VL - 16 SP - 42 EP - 55 PB - Wiley-Blackwell CY - Hoboken ER - TY - THES A1 - Schulte, Luise T1 - Dynamics of Larix (Mill.) species in Siberia during the last 50,000 years inferred from sedimentary ancient DNA T1 - Die Dynamik sibirischer Lärchenarten (Larix Mill.) während der der letzten 50.000 Jahre, untersucht mittels sedimentärer alter DNA N2 - The deciduous needle tree larch (Larix Mill.) covers more than 80% of the Asian boreal forests. Only a few Larix species constitute the vast forests and these species differ markedly in their ecological traits, most importantly in their ability to grow on and stabilize underlying permafrost. The pronounced dominance of the summergreen larches makes the Asian boreal forests unique, as the rest of the northern hemisphere boreal forests is almost exclusively dominated by evergreen needle-leaf forests. Global warming is impacting the whole world but is especially pronounced in the arctic and boreal regions. Although adapted to extreme climatic conditions, larch forests are sensitive to varying climatic conditions. By their sheer size, changes in Asian larch forests as range shifts or changes in species composition and the resulting vegetation-climate feedbacks are of global relevance. It is however still uncertain if larch forests will persist under the ongoing warming climate or if they will be replaced by evergreen forests. It is therefore of great importance to understand how these ecosystems will react to future climate warmings and if they will maintain their dominance. One step in the better understanding of larch dynamics is to study how the vast dominant forests developed and why they only established in northern Asia. A second step is to study how the species reacted to past changes in the climate. The first objective of this thesis was to review and identify factors promoting Asian larch dominance. I achieved this by synthesizing and comparing reported larch occurrences and influencing components on the northern hemisphere continents in the present and in the past. The second objective was to find a possibility to directly study past Larix populations in Siberia and specifically their genetic variation, enabling the study of geographic movements. For this, I established chloroplast enrichment by hybridization capture from sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) isolated from lake sediment records. The third objective was to use the established method to track past larch populations, their glacial refugia during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) around 21,000 years before present (ka BP), and their post-glacial migration patterns. To study larch promoting factors, I compared the present state of larch species ranges, areas of dominance, their bioclimatic niches, and the distribution on different extents and thaw depths of permafrost. The species comparison showed that the bioclimatic niches greatly overlap between the American and Asian species and that it is only in the extremely continental climates in which only the Asian larch species can persist. I revealed that the area of dominance is strongly connected to permafrost extent but less linked to permafrost seasonal thaw depths. Comparisons of the paleorecord of larch between the continents suggest differences in the recolonization history. Outside of northern Asia and Alaska, glacial refugial populations of larch were confined to the southern regions and thus recolonization could only occur as migration from south to north. Alaskan larch populations could not establish wide-range dominant forest which could be related to their own genetically depletion as separated refugial population. In Asia, it is still unclear whether or not the northern refugial populations contributed and enhanced the postglacial colonization or whether they were replaced by populations invading from the south in the course of climate warming. Asian larch dominance is thus promoted partly by adaptions to extremely continental climates and by adaptations to grow on continuous permafrost but could be also connected to differences in glacial survival and recolonization history of Larix species. Except for extremely rare macrofossil findings of fossilized cones, traditional methods to study past vegetation are not able to distinguish between larch species or populations. Within the scope of this thesis, I therefore established a method to retrieve genetic information of past larch populations to distinguish between species. Using the Larix chloroplast genome as target, I successfully applied the method of DNA target enrichment by hybridization capture on sedaDNA samples from lake records and showed that it is able to distinguish between larch species. I then used the method on samples from lake records from across Siberia dating back up to 50 ka BP. The results allowed me to address the question of glacial survival and post-glacial recolonization mode in Siberian larch species. The analyzed pattern showed that LGM refugia were almost exclusively constituted by L. gmelinii, even in sites of current L. sibirica distribution. For included study sites, L. sibirica migrated into its extant northern distribution area only in the Holocene. Consequently, the post-glacial recolonization of L. sibirica was not enhanced by northern glacial refugia. In case of sites in extant distribution area of L. gmelinii, the absence of a genetic turn-over point to a continuous population rather than an invasion of southern refugia. The results suggest that climate has a strong influence on the distribution of Larix species and that species may also respond differently to future climate warming. Because species differ in their ecological characteristics, species distribution is also relevant with respect to further feedbacks between vegetation and climate. With this thesis, I give an overview of present and past larch occurrences and evaluate which factors promote their dominance. Furthermore, I provide the tools to study past Larix species and give first important insights into the glacial history of Larix populations. N2 - Der sommergrüne Nadelbaum Lärche (Larix Mill.) bedeckt mehr als 80 % der Fläche der borealen Wälder Asiens. Nur wenige Lärchenarten bilden ausgedehnte Wälder und diese Arten unterscheiden sich deutlich in ihren ökologischen Eigenschaften, vor allem in ihrer Fähigkeit, auf Permafrost zu wachsen und diesen zu stabilisieren. Die ausgeprägte Dominanz der sommergrünen Lärchen macht die asiatischen borealen Wälder einzigartig, da der Rest der borealen Wälder der Nordhalbkugel fast ausschließlich von immergrünen Nadelwäldern dominiert wird. Die Klimaerwärmung wirkt sich auf die ganze Welt aus, ist aber in den arktischen und borealen Regionen besonders ausgeprägt. Obwohl die Lärchenwälder an extreme klimatische Bedingungen angepasst sind, reagieren sie empfindlich auf klimatische Schwankungen. Aufgrund ihrer schieren Größe sind Veränderungen in asiatischen Lärchenwäldern, wie z. B. Verschiebungen des Verbreitungsgebiets oder Veränderungen in der Artenzusammensetzung und die daraus resultierenden Rückkopplungen zwischen Vegetation und Klima, von globaler Bedeutung. Es ist jedoch noch ungewiss, ob die Lärchenwälder unter der fortschreitenden Klimaerwärmung bestehen bleiben oder durch immergrüne Wälder ersetzt werden. Es ist daher von großer Bedeutung zu verstehen, wie diese Ökosysteme auf die künftige Klimaerwärmung reagieren werden und ob sie ihre Dominanz behalten werden. Ein Schritt zum besseren Verständnis der Lärchendynamik besteht darin, zu untersuchen, wie die riesigen dominanten Wälder von heute entstanden sind und warum sie sich nur in Nordasien etabliert haben. In einem zweiten Schritt soll untersucht werden, wie die Art auf vergangene Klimaveränderungen reagiert hat. Das erste Ziel dieser Arbeit bestand darin, die Faktoren zu ermitteln, die die Dominanz der asiatischen Lärche begünstigen. Dies erreichte ich, indem ich die dokumentierten Lärchenvorkommen und die sie beeinflussenden Komponenten auf den Kontinenten der nördlichen Hemisphäre in der Gegenwart und in der Vergangenheit gesammelt und verglichen habe. Das zweite Ziel bestand darin, eine Möglichkeit zu finden, frühere Lärchenpopulationen in Sibirien und insbesondere ihre genetische Variation direkt zu studieren, um geografische Bewegungen untersuchen zu können. Dafür etablierte ich die Methode der Anreicherung von Chloroplasten durch Hybridisierung von alter sedimentärer DNA (sedaDNA) isoliert aus Seesedimenten. Das dritte Ziel bestand darin, die etablierte Methode zu nutzen, um vergangene Lärchenpopulationen, ihre eiszeitlichen Refugien während des letzten glazialen Maximums (LGM) um ca. 21.000 Jahre vor der Gegenwart (ka BP) und ihre nacheiszeitlichen Migrationsmuster zu verfolgen. Um die Faktoren zu untersuchen, die die Ausbreitung der Lärche begünstigen, verglich ich den gegenwärtigen Stand der Verbreitungsgebiete der Lärchenarten, die Gebiete, in denen sie vorherrschen, ihre bioklimatischen Nischen und die Verteilung auf verschiedene Ausdehnungen und Auftautiefen des Permafrosts. Der Artenvergleich zeigte, dass sich die bioklimatischen Nischen der amerikanischen und asiatischen Arten stark überschneiden und dass nur in den extrem kontinentalen Klimazonen ausschließlich die asiatischen Lärchenarten überleben können. Es zeigte sich, dass das Verbreitungsgebiet stark mit der Permafrostausdehnung zusammenhängt, aber weniger mit der saisonalen Auftautiefe des Permafrosts. Der Vergleich vergangener Lärchenvorkommen zwischen den Kontinenten deutet auf Unterschiede in der Rekolonisationsgeschichte hin. Außerhalb Nordasiens und Alaskas waren die eiszeitlichen Lärchenpopulationen auf die südlichen Regionen beschränkt, so dass die Wiederbesiedlung nur als Wanderung von Süden nach Norden erfolgen konnte. Die Lärchenpopulationen in Alaska konnten keinen weiträumig dominanten Wald etablieren, was mit ihrer eigenen genetischen Verarmung als abgeschiedene Refugialpopulation zusammenhängen könnte. In Asien ist noch unklar, ob die nördlichen Refugialpopulationen zur nacheiszeitlichen Besiedlung beigetragen und diese verstärkt haben oder ob sie im Zuge der Klimaerwärmung durch von Süden eindringende Populationen ersetzt wurden. Die Dominanz der asiatischen Lärche wird also zum Teil durch Anpassungen an das extrem kontinentale Klima und durch Anpassungen an das Wachstum auf kontinuierlichem Permafrost begünstigt, könnte aber auch mit Unterschieden in der glazialen Überlebens- und Rekolonisationsgeschichte der Larix-Arten zusammenhängen. Abgesehen von den äußerst seltenen Makrofossilienfunden versteinerter Zapfen sind die herkömmlichen Methoden zur Untersuchung der vergangenen Vegetation nicht in der Lage, zwischen Lärchenarten oder -populationen zu unterscheiden. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit habe ich daher eine Methode zur Gewinnung genetischer Informationen früherer Lärchenpopulationen entwickelt, um zwischen den Arten zu unterscheiden. Unter Verwendung des Larix-Chloroplastengenoms habe ich die Methode der DNA-Anreicherung durch Hybridisierung erfolgreich auf sedaDNA-Proben aus See-sedimentbohrkernen angewandt und gezeigt, dass die Methode erlaubt zwischen Lärchenarten zu unterscheiden. Anschließend wendete ich die Methode auf Proben aus Seen in ganz Sibirien an, die bis zu 50 ka BP zurückreichen. Anhand der Ergebnisse konnte ich zur Beantwortung der Frage beitragen, welche sibirische Lärchenarten während des LGM überlebten und wie die postglaziale Wiederbesiedlung stattfand. Das analysierte Muster zeigte, dass die LGM-Refugien fast ausschließlich von L. gmelinii gebildet wurden, selbst an Orten, an denen heute L. sibirica verbreitet ist. In den untersuchten Gebieten ist L. sibirica erst im Holozän in ihr heutiges nördliches Verbreitungsgebiet eingewandert. Folglich wurde die nacheiszeitliche Wiederbesiedlung von L. sibirica nicht durch nördliche eiszeitliche Refugien gefördert. Im Falle der Standorte im heutigen Verbreitungsgebiet von L. gmelinii deutet das Fehlen eines Wechsels genetischer Variation eher auf eine kontinuierliche Population als auf eine Invasion aus südlichen Refugien hin. Die Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin, dass das Klima einen starken Einfluss auf die Verbreitung von Larix-Arten hat und die Arten auch auf zukünftige Klimaerwärmung unterschiedlich reagieren könnten. Da die Arten sich in ihren ökologischen Eigenschaften unterscheiden, ist eine Änderung in der Verbreitung der Arten auch im Hinblick auf weitere Rückkopplungen zwischen Vegetation und Klima relevant. In dieser Arbeit gebe ich einen Überblick über die heutigen und früheren Lärchenvorkommen und bewerte, welche Faktoren ihre Dominanz begünstigen. Darüber hinaus stelle ich eine Methode zur Untersuchung vergangener Lärchenarten bereit und gebe erste wichtige Einblicke in ihre glaziale Geschichte. KW - ancient DNA KW - ancient sedimentary DNA KW - Larix KW - larch KW - glacial refugia KW - postglacial recolonization KW - phylogeography KW - hybridization capture KW - target enrichment KW - shotgun sequencing KW - chloroplast KW - Siberia KW - Larix KW - Sibirien KW - alte DNA KW - alte sedimentäre DNA KW - Chloroplast KW - glaziale Refugien KW - Lärche KW - Phylogeographie KW - nacheiszeitliche Wiederbesiedlung KW - Shotgun Sequenzierung Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-558782 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schulte, Luise A1 - Bernhardt, Nadine A1 - Stoof-Leichsenring, Kathleen Rosemarie A1 - Zimmermann, Heike Hildegard A1 - Pestryakova, Luidmila Agafyevna A1 - Epp, Laura S. A1 - Herzschuh, Ulrike T1 - Hybridization capture of larch (Larix Mill.) chloroplast genomes from sedimentary ancient DNA reveals past changes of Siberian forest JF - Molecular ecology resources N2 - Siberian larch (Larix Mill.) forests dominate vast areas of northern Russia and contribute important ecosystem services to the world. It is important to understand the past dynamics of larches in order to predict their likely response to a changing climate in the future. Sedimentary ancient DNA extracted from lake sediment cores can serve as archives to study past vegetation. However, the traditional method of studying sedimentary ancient DNA-metabarcoding-focuses on small fragments, which cannot resolve Larix to species level nor allow a detailed study of population dynamics. Here, we use shotgun sequencing and hybridization capture with long-range PCR-generated baits covering the complete Larix chloroplast genome to study Larix populations from a sediment core reaching back to 6700 years from the Taymyr region in northern Siberia. In comparison with shotgun sequencing, hybridization capture results in an increase in taxonomically classified reads by several orders of magnitude and the recovery of complete chloroplast genomes of Larix. Variation in the chloroplast reads corroborates an invasion of Larix gmelinii into the range of Larix sibirica before 6700 years ago. Since then, both species have been present at the site, although larch populations have decreased with only a few trees remaining in what was once a forested area. This study demonstrates for the first time that hybridization capture applied directly to ancient DNA of plants extracted from lake sediments can provide genome-scale information and is a viable tool for studying past genomic changes in populations of single species, irrespective of a preservation as macrofossil. KW - chloroplast genome KW - hybridization capture KW - Larix KW - sediment core KW - sedimentary ancient DNA KW - target enrichment Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13311 SN - 1755-098X SN - 1755-0998 VL - 21 IS - 3 SP - 801 EP - 815 PB - Wiley CY - Hoboken ER -