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Here, we explore the phylogenetic stability of nematode chromosomes using a new telomere-to-telomere assembly of the rhabditine nematode Oscheius tipulae generated from nanopore long reads. The 60-Mb O. tipulae genome is resolved into six chromosomal molecules. We find the evidence of specific chromatin diminution at all telomeres. Comparing this chromosomal O. tipulae assembly with chromosomal assemblies of diverse rhabditid nematodes, we identify seven ancestral chromosomal elements (Nigon elements) and present a model for the evolution of nematode chromosomes through rearrangement and fusion of these elements. We identify frequent fusion events involving NigonX, the element associated with the rhabditid X chromosome, and thus sex chromosome-associated gene sets differ markedly between species. Despite the karyotypic stability, gene order within chromosomes defined by Nigon elements is not conserved. Our model for nematode chromosome evolution provides a platform for investigation of the tensions between local genome rearrangement and karyotypic evolution in generating extant genome architectures.</jats:p>","journal":"G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics","year":2021,"id":617172,"datarank":1.934666978527844,"base_score":4.5217885770490405,"endowment":4.5217885770490405,"self_citation_contribution":0.6782682865573562,"citation_network_contribution":1.256398691970488,"self_endowment_contribution":0.6782682865573562,"citer_contribution":1.256398691970488,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":91,"citer_count":76,"citers_with_citation_signal":61,"citers_with_endowment":61,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":null,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":false,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":null,"fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":1591456,"name":"Marian Thomson","orcid":null,"position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1591458,"name":"Urmi Trivedi","orcid":null,"position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":92288,"name":"Alan Tracey","orcid":"0000-0002-4805-9058","position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1547045,"name":"Sophie Tandonnet","orcid":"0000-0001-7559-0154","position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":374682,"name":"Mark Blaxter","orcid":"0000-0003-2861-949X","position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1591454,"name":"Pablo Manuel Gonzalez de la Rosa","orcid":"0000-0002-2009-1531","position":0,"is_corresponding":false}],"reference_count":0,"raw_metadata":{"has_enrichment":true,"resolved":true,"title":"A telomere-to-telomere assembly of\n                    <i>Oscheius tipulae</i>\n                    and the evolution of rhabditid nematode chromosomes","abstract":"<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Eukaryotic chromosomes have phylogenetic persistence. 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