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Next-generation sequencing reveals cryptic mtDNA diversity of Plasmodium relictum in the Hawaiian Islands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2013

S. I. JARVI ,
M. E. FARIAS ,
D. A. LAPOINTE ,
M. BELCAID  and
C. T. ATKINSON
S. I. JARVI*
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy, University of Hawaii at Hilo, 34 Rainbow Drive, Hilo, HI 96720, USA
M. E. FARIAS
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy, University of Hawaii at Hilo, 34 Rainbow Drive, Hilo, HI 96720, USA
D. A. LAPOINTE
Affiliation:
U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, Kilauea Field Station, P.O. Box 44, Building 343, Hawaii National Park, HI 96718, USA
M. BELCAID
Affiliation:
Information and Computer Sciences Department, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Pacific Ocean Science and Technology Building, Room 317, 1680 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
C. T. ATKINSON
Affiliation:
U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, Kilauea Field Station, P.O. Box 44, Building 343, Hawaii National Park, HI 96718, USA
*
*Corresponding author. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy, University of Hawaii at Hilo, 34 Rainbow Drive, Hilo, HI 96720, USA. E-mail: jarvi@hawaii.edu
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Summary

Next-generation 454 sequencing techniques were used to re-examine diversity of mitochondrial cytochrome b lineages of avian malaria (Plasmodium relictum) in Hawaii. We document a minimum of 23 variant lineages of the parasite based on single nucleotide transitional changes, in addition to the previously reported single lineage (GRW4). A new, publicly available portal (Integroomer) was developed for initial parsing of 454 datasets. Mean variant prevalence and frequency was higher in low elevation Hawaii Amakihi (Hemignathus virens) with Avipoxvirus-like lesions (P = 0·001), suggesting that the variants may be biologically distinct. By contrast, variant prevalence and frequency did not differ significantly among mid-elevation Apapane (Himatione sanguinea) with or without lesions (P = 0·691). The low frequency and the lack of detection of variants independent of GRW4 suggest that multiple independent introductions of P. relictum to Hawaii are unlikely. Multiple variants may have been introduced in heteroplasmy with GRW4 or exist within the tandem repeat structure of the mitochondrial genome. The discovery of multiple mitochondrial lineages of P. relictum in Hawaii provides a measure of genetic diversity within a geographically isolated population of this parasite and suggests the origins and evolution of parasite diversity may be more complicated than previously recognized.

Keywords

mtDNAavian malariaHawaiiPlasmodium relictumnext generation sequencingIntegroomer
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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 140 , Issue 14 , December 2013 , pp. 1741 - 1750
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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