@booklet {thomy_combining_2021,
	title = {Combining Nanopore and Illumina Sequencing Permits Detailed Analysis of Insertion Mutations and Structural Variations Produced by PEG-Mediated Transformation in Ostreococcus tauri},
	year = {2021},
	month = {feb},
	publisher = {LIFE SCIENCES},
	type = {preprint},
	abstract = {Ostreococcus tauri is a simple unicellular green alga representing an ecologically important group of phytoplankton in oceans worldwide. Modern molecular techniques must be developed in order to understand the mechanisms that permit adaptation of microalgae to their environment. We present for the first time in O. tauri a detailed characterization of individual genomic integration events of foreign DNA of plasmid origin after PEG-mediated transformation. Vector integration appears to be random, occurring mainly at a single locus, and thus confirming the utility of this technique for insertional mutagenesis. While the mechanism of double-stranded DNA repair in the O. tauri model remains to be elucidated, we clearly demonstrate by genome resequencing that the integration of the vector leads to frequent structural variations (deletions/insertions and duplications) and some chromosomal rearrangements in the genome at the insertion loci, and often within the vector sequence itself. From these observations, we speculate that a non-homologous end joining-like mechanism is required during random insertion events, as described in plants and other freshwater algal models. PEG-mediated transformation is therefore a promising molecular biology tool, not only for functional genomic studies, but also for biotechnological research in ecologically important marine algae.},
	keywords = {RCC1115},
	doi = {10.20944/preprints202102.0506.v1},
	url = {https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202102.0506/v1},
	author = {Thomy, Julie and Sanchez, Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric and Gut, Marta and Cruz, Fernando and Alioto, Tyler and Piganeau, Gwenael and Grimsley, Nigel and Yau, Sheree}
}
@article {thomy_combining_2021,
	title = {Combining Nanopore and Illumina Sequencing Permits Detailed Analysis of Insertion Mutations and Structural Variations Produced by PEG-Mediated Transformation in Ostreococcus tauri},
	journal = {Cells},
	volume = {10},
	number = {3},
	year = {2021},
	pages = {664},
	abstract = {Ostreococcus tauri is a simple unicellular green alga representing an ecologically important group of phytoplankton in oceans worldwide. Modern molecular techniques must be developed in order to understand the mechanisms that permit adaptation of microalgae to their environment. We present for the first time in O. tauri a detailed characterization of individual genomic integration events of foreign DNA of plasmid origin after PEG-mediated transformation. Vector integration occurred randomly at a single locus in the genome and mainly as a single copy. Thus, we confirmed the utility of this technique for insertional mutagenesis. While the mechanism of double-stranded DNA repair in the O. tauri model remains to be elucidated, we clearly demonstrate by genome resequencing that the integration of the vector leads to frequent structural variations (deletions/insertions and duplications) and some chromosomal rearrangements in the genome at the insertion loci. Furthermore, we often observed variations in the vector sequence itself. From these observations, we speculate that a nonhomologous end-joining-like mechanism is employed during random insertion events, as described in plants and other freshwater algal models. PEG-mediated transformation is therefore a promising molecular biology tool, not only for functional genomic studies, but also for biotechnological research in this ecologically important marine alga.},
	keywords = {RCC1115, RCC7079, RCC7080, RCC7081, RCC7082, RCC7083, RCC7084, RCC7085},
	issn = {2073-4409},
	doi = {10.3390/cells10030664},
	url = {https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/3/664},
	author = {Thomy, Julie and Sanchez, Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric and Gut, Marta and Cruz, Fernando and Alioto, Tyler and Piganeau, Gwenael and Grimsley, Nigel and Yau, Sheree}
}
@article {benites_evolutionary_2021,
	title = {Evolutionary Genomics of Sex-Related Chromosomes at the Base of the Green Lineage},
	journal = {Genome Biology and Evolution},
	volume = {13},
	number = {10},
	year = {2021},
	pages = {evab216},
	abstract = {Although sex is now accepted as a ubiquitous and ancestral feature of eukaryotes, direct observation of sex is still lacking in most unicellular eukaryotic lineages. Evidence of sex is frequently indirect and inferred from the identification of genes involved in meiosis from whole genome data and/or the detection of recombination signatures from genetic diversity in natural populations. In haploid unicellular eukaryotes, sex-related chromosomes are named mating-type (MTs) chromosomes and generally carry large genomic regions where recombination is suppressed. These regions have been characterized in Fungi and Chlorophyta and determine gamete compatibility and fusion. Two candidate MT{\th} and MT{\`A} alleles, spanning 450{\textendash}650 kb, have recently been described in Ostreococcus tauri, a marine phytoplanktonic alga from the Mamiellophyceae class, an early diverging branch in the green lineage. Here, we investigate the architecture and evolution of these candidate MT{\th} and MT{\`A} alleles. We analyzed the phylogenetic profile and GC content of MT gene families in eight different genomes whose divergence has been previously estimated at up to 640 Myr, and found evidence that the divergence of the two MT alleles predates speciation in the Ostreococcus genus. Phylogenetic profiles of MT transspecific polymorphisms in gametologs disclosed candidate MTs in two additional species, and possibly a third. These Mamiellales MT candidates are likely to be the oldest mating-type loci described to date, which makes them fascinating models to investigate the evolutionary mechanisms of haploid sex determination in eukaryotes.},
	keywords = {RCC1105, RCC1115, RCC2590, RCC299, rcc3401, RCC4221, RCC809, RCC834},
	issn = {1759-6653},
	doi = {10.1093/gbe/evab216},
	url = {https://academic.oup.com/gbe/article/doi/10.1093/gbe/evab216/6380139},
	author = {Benites, Luis Felipe and Bucchini, Fran{\c c}ois and Sanchez-Brosseau, Sophie and Grimsley, Nigel and Vandepoele, Klaas and Piganeau, Gwenael},
	editor = {Wolfe, Kenneth}
}
@article {Blanc-Mathieu2017,
	title = {Population genomics of picophytoplankton unveils novel chromosome hypervariability},
	journal = {Science Advances},
	volume = {3},
	number = {7},
	year = {2017},
	note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC1105,RCC1108,RCC1110,RCC1112,RCC1114,RCC1115,RCC1116,RCC1117,RCC1118,RCC1123,RCC1558,RCC1559,RCC1561,RCC299,RCC4221,RCC809},
	month = {jul},
	pages = {e1700239},
	keywords = {RCC1105, RCC1108, RCC1110, RCC1112, RCC1114, RCC1115, RCC1116, RCC1117, RCC1118, RCC1123, RCC1558, RCC1559, RCC1561, RCC299, RCC4221, RCC809},
	issn = {2375-2548},
	doi = {10.1126/sciadv.1700239},
	url = {http://advances.sciencemag.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1700239},
	author = {Blanc-Mathieu, Romain and Krasovec, Marc and Hebrard, Maxime and Yau, Sheree and Desgranges, Elodie and Martin, Joel and Schackwitz, Wendy and Kuo, Alan and Salin, Gerald and Donnadieu, Cecile and Desdevises, Yves and Sanchez-Ferandin, Sophie and Moreau, Herv{\'e} and Rivals, Eric and Grigoriev, Igor V. and Grimsley, Nigel and Eyre-Walker, Adam and Piganeau, Gwenael}
}
@article {Blanc-Mathieu2013,
	title = {Organellar inheritance in the green lineage: Insights from ostreococcus tauri},
	journal = {Genome Biology and Evolution},
	volume = {5},
	number = {8},
	year = {2013},
	note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC1108,RCC1110,RCC1112,RCC1114,RCC1115,RCC1116,RCC1117,RCC1118,RCC1123,RCC1558,RCC1559,RCC1561,RCC745},
	pages = {1503{\textendash}1511},
	abstract = {Along the green lineage (Chlorophyta and Streptophyta), mitochondria and chloroplast are mainly uniparentally transmitted and their evolution is thus clonal. The mode of organellar inheritance in their ancestor is less certain. The inability to make clear phylogenetic inference is partly due to a lack of information for deep branching organisms in this lineage. Here, we investigate organellar evolution in the early branching green alga Ostreococcus tauri using population genomics data from the complete mitochondrial and chloroplast genomes. The haplotype structure is consistent with clonal evolution in mitochondria, while we find evidence for recombination in the chloroplast genome. The number of recombination events in the genealogy of the chloroplast suggests that recombination, and thus biparental inheritance, is not rare. Consistent with the evidence of recombination, we find that the ratio of the number of nonsynonymous to the synonymous polymorphisms per site is lower in chloroplast than in the mitochondria genome. We also find evidence for the segregation of two selfish genetic elements in the chloroplast. These results shed light on the role of recombination and the evolutionary history of organellar inheritance in the green lineage.},
	keywords = {rcc, RCC1108, RCC1110, RCC1112, RCC1114, RCC1115, RCC1116, RCC1117, RCC1118, RCC1123, RCC1558, RCC1559, RCC1561, RCC745},
	doi = {10.1093/gbe/evt106},
	url = {http://gbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/5/8/1503.abstract},
	author = {Blanc-Mathieu, Romain and Sanchez-Ferandin, Sophie and Eyre-Walker, Adam and Piganeau, Gwenael}
}
@article {Clerissi2012,
	title = {Prasinoviruses of the marine green alga Ostreococcus tauri are mainly species specific},
	journal = {Journal of Virology},
	volume = {86},
	number = {8},
	year = {2012},
	note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC1110,RCC1114,RCC1115,RCC1116,RCC1117,RCC1123,RCC1558,RCC1561,RCC745},
	pages = {4611{\textendash}4619},
	abstract = {Prasinoviruses infecting unicellular green algae in the order Mamiellales (class Mamiellophyceae) are commonly found in coastal marine waters where their host species frequently abound. We tested 40 Ostreococcus tauri viruses on 13 independently isolated wild-type O. tauri strains, 4 wild-type O. lucimarinus strains, 1 Ostreococcus sp. ({\textquotedblleft}Ostreococcus mediterraneus{\textquotedblright}) clade D strain, and 1 representative species of each of two other related species of Mamiellales, Bathycoccus prasinos and Micromonas pusilla. Thirty-four out of 40 viruses infected only O. tauri, 5 could infect one other species of the Ostreococcus genus, and 1 infected two other Ostreococcus spp., but none of them infected the other genera. We observed that the overall susceptibility pattern of Ostreococcus strains to viruses was related to the size of two host chromosomes known to show intraspecific size variations, that genetically related viruses tended to infect the same host strains, and that viruses carrying inteins were strictly strain specific. Comparison of two complete O. tauri virus proteomes revealed at least three predicted proteins to be candidate viral specificity determinants.},
	keywords = {rcc, RCC1110, RCC1114, RCC1115, RCC1116, RCC1117, RCC1123, RCC1558, RCC1561, RCC745},
	issn = {0022-538X},
	doi = {10.1128/jvi.07221-11},
	url = {http://jvi.asm.org/content/86/8/4611.abstract},
	author = {Clerissi, Camille and Desdevises, Yves and Grimsley, Nigel}
}
