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Bourke PM, Voorrips RE, Visser RGF, Maliepaard C. Tools for Genetic Studies in Experimental Populations of Polyploids. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:513. [PMID: 29720992 PMCID: PMC5915555 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2018] [Accepted: 04/04/2018] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Polyploid organisms carry more than two copies of each chromosome, a condition rarely tolerated in animals but which occurs relatively frequently in the plant kingdom. One of the principal challenges faced by polyploid organisms is to evolve stable meiotic mechanisms to faithfully transmit genetic information to the next generation upon which the study of inheritance is based. In this review we look at the tools available to the research community to better understand polyploid inheritance, many of which have only recently been developed. Most of these tools are intended for experimental populations (rather than natural populations), facilitating genomics-assisted crop improvement and plant breeding. This is hardly surprising given that a large proportion of domesticated plant species are polyploid. We focus on three main areas: (1) polyploid genotyping; (2) genetic and physical mapping; and (3) quantitative trait analysis and genomic selection. We also briefly review some miscellaneous topics such as the mode of inheritance and the availability of polyploid simulation software. The current polyploid analytic toolbox includes software for assigning marker genotypes (and in particular, estimating the dosage of marker alleles in the heterozygous condition), establishing chromosome-scale linkage phase among marker alleles, constructing (short-range) haplotypes, generating linkage maps, performing genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and quantitative trait locus (QTL) analyses, and simulating polyploid populations. These tools can also help elucidate the mode of inheritance (disomic, polysomic or a mixture of both as in segmental allopolyploids) or reveal whether double reduction and multivalent chromosomal pairing occur. An increasing number of polyploids (or associated diploids) are being sequenced, leading to publicly available reference genome assemblies. Much work remains in order to keep pace with developments in genomic technologies. However, such technologies also offer the promise of understanding polyploid genomes at a level which hitherto has remained elusive.
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
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Ogawa D, Yamamoto E, Ohtani T, Kanno N, Tsunematsu H, Nonoue Y, Yano M, Yamamoto T, Yonemaru JI. Haplotype-based allele mining in the Japan-MAGIC rice population. Sci Rep 2018. [PMID: 29531264 PMCID: PMC5847589 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-22657-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Multi-parent advanced generation inter-cross (MAGIC) lines have broader genetic variation than bi-parental recombinant inbred lines. Genome-wide association study (GWAS) using high number of DNA polymorphisms such as single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) is a popular tool for allele mining in MAGIC populations, in which the associations of phenotypes with SNPs are investigated; however, the effects of haplotypes from multiple founders on phenotypes are not considered. Here, we describe an improved method of allele mining using the newly developed Japan-MAGIC (JAM) population, which is derived from eight high-yielding rice cultivars in Japan. To obtain information on the haplotypes in the JAM lines, we predicted the haplotype blocks in the whole chromosomes using 16,345 SNPs identified via genotyping-by-sequencing analysis. Using haplotype-based GWAS, we clearly detected the loci controlling the glutinous endosperm and culm length traits. Information on the alleles of the eight founders, which was based on the effects of mutations revealed by the analysis of next-generation sequencing data, was used to narrow down the candidate genes and reveal the associations between alleles and phenotypes. The haplotype-based allele mining (HAM) proposed in this study is a promising approach to the detection of allelic variation in genes controlling agronomic traits in MAGIC populations.
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- Daisuke Ogawa
- Institute of Crop Science, National Agricultural and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Japan.,Agrogenomics Research Centre, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), Tsukuba, Japan
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- Agrogenomics Research Centre, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), Tsukuba, Japan
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- Agrogenomics Research Centre, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), Tsukuba, Japan
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- Institute of Crop Science, National Agricultural and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Japan.,Agrogenomics Research Centre, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), Tsukuba, Japan
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- Institute of Crop Science, National Agricultural and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Japan
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- Institute of Crop Science, National Agricultural and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Japan
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- Institute of Crop Science, National Agricultural and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Japan.,Agrogenomics Research Centre, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), Tsukuba, Japan
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- Institute of Crop Science, National Agricultural and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Japan. .,Agrogenomics Research Centre, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), Tsukuba, Japan.
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- Institute of Crop Science, National Agricultural and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Japan. .,Agrogenomics Research Centre, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), Tsukuba, Japan.
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Huynh BL, Ehlers JD, Huang BE, Muñoz-Amatriaín M, Lonardi S, Santos JRP, Ndeve A, Batieno BJ, Boukar O, Cisse N, Drabo I, Fatokun C, Kusi F, Agyare RY, Guo YN, Herniter I, Lo S, Wanamaker SI, Xu S, Close TJ, Roberts PA. A multi-parent advanced generation inter-cross (MAGIC) population for genetic analysis and improvement of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.). THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2018; 93:1129-1142. [PMID: 29356213 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2017] [Revised: 11/30/2017] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Multi-parent advanced generation inter-cross (MAGIC) populations are an emerging type of resource for dissecting the genetic structure of traits and improving breeding populations. We developed a MAGIC population for cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) from eight founder parents. These founders were genetically diverse and carried many abiotic and biotic stress resistance, seed quality and agronomic traits relevant to cowpea improvement in the United States and sub-Saharan Africa, where cowpea is vitally important in the human diet and local economies. The eight parents were inter-crossed using structured matings to ensure that the population would have balanced representation from each parent, followed by single-seed descent, resulting in 305 F8 recombinant inbred lines each carrying a mosaic of genome blocks contributed by all founders. This was confirmed by single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping with the Illumina Cowpea Consortium Array. These lines were on average 99.74% homozygous but also diverse in agronomic traits across environments. Quantitative trait loci (QTLs) were identified for several parental traits. Loci with major effects on photoperiod sensitivity and seed size were also verified by biparental genetic mapping. The recombination events were concentrated in telomeric regions. Due to its broad genetic base, this cowpea MAGIC population promises breakthroughs in genetic gain, QTL and gene discovery, enhancement of breeding populations and, for some lines, direct releases as new varieties.
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- Bao-Lam Huynh
- Department of Nematology, University of California, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Discovery Sciences, Janssen R&D, 329 Oyster Point Blvd, South San Francisco, CA, 94080, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Department of Nematology, University of California, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Department of Nematology, University of California, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Institut de l'Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles, BP 476 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso
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- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, PMB 5320, Oyo Road, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles, BP 3320, Thiès, Sénégal
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- Institut de l'Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles, 01 BP 10 Koudougou 01, Burkina Faso
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- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Entrance Rd, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, P. O. Box TL 52, Tamale, Ghana
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- Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, P. O. Box TL 52, Tamale, Ghana
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- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Department of Nematology, University of California, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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Dissecting the Genetic Architecture of Shoot Growth in Carrot ( Daucus carota L.) Using a Diallel Mating Design. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2018; 8:411-426. [PMID: 29187419 PMCID: PMC5919754 DOI: 10.1534/g3.117.300235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Crop establishment in carrot (Daucus carota L.) is limited by slow seedling growth and delayed canopy closure, resulting in high management costs for weed control. Varieties with improved growth habit (i.e., larger canopy and increased shoot biomass) may help mitigate weed control, but the underlying genetics of these traits in carrot is unknown. This project used a diallel mating design coupled with recent Bayesian analytical methods to determine the genetic basis of carrot shoot growth. Six diverse carrot inbred lines with variable shoot size were crossed in WI in 2014. F1 hybrids, reciprocal crosses, and parental selfs were grown in a randomized complete block design with two blocks in WI (2015) and CA (2015, 2016). Measurements included canopy height, canopy width, shoot biomass, and root biomass. General and specific combining abilities were estimated using Griffing’s Model I, which is a common analysis for plant breeding experiments. In parallel, additive, inbred, cross-specific, and maternal effects were estimated from a Bayesian mixed model, which is robust to dealing with data imbalance and outliers. Both additive and nonadditive effects significantly influenced shoot traits, with nonadditive effects playing a larger role early in the growing season, when weed control is most critical. Results suggest the presence of heritable variation and thus potential for improvement of these phenotypes in carrot. In addition, results present evidence of heterosis for root biomass, which is a major component of carrot yield.
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Joint Analysis of Strain and Parent-of-Origin Effects for Recombinant Inbred Intercrosses Generated from Multiparent Populations with the Collaborative Cross as an Example. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2018; 8:599-605. [PMID: 29255115 PMCID: PMC5919741 DOI: 10.1534/g3.117.300483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Multiparent populations (MPP) have become popular resources for complex trait mapping because of their wider allelic diversity and larger population size compared with traditional two-way recombinant inbred (RI) strains. In mice, the collaborative cross (CC) is one of the most popular MPP and is derived from eight genetically diverse inbred founder strains. The strategy of generating RI intercrosses (RIX) from MPP in general and from the CC in particular can produce a large number of completely reproducible heterozygote genomes that better represent the (outbred) human population. Since both maternal and paternal haplotypes of each RIX are readily available, RIX is a powerful resource for studying both standing genetic and epigenetic variations of complex traits, in particular, the parent-of-origin (PoO) effects, which are important contributors to many complex traits. Furthermore, most complex traits are affected by >1 genes, where multiple quantitative trait locus mapping could be more advantageous. In this paper, for MPP-RIX data but taking CC-RIX as a working example, we propose a general Bayesian variable selection procedure to simultaneously search for multiple genes with founder allelic effects and PoO effects. The proposed model respects the complex relationship among RIX samples, and the performance of the proposed method is examined by extensive simulations.
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SSR-based association mapping of fiber quality in upland cotton using an eight-way MAGIC population. Mol Genet Genomics 2018; 293:793-805. [PMID: 29392407 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-018-1419-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2017] [Accepted: 01/13/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The quality of fiber is significant in the upland cotton industry. As complex quantitative traits, fiber quality traits are worth studying at a genetic level. To investigate the genetic architecture of fiber quality traits, we conducted an association analysis using a multi-parent advanced generation inter-cross (MAGIC) population developed from eight parents and comprised of 960 lines. The reliable phenotypic data for six major fiber traits of the MAGIC population were collected from five environments in three locations. Phenotypic analysis showed that the MAGIC lines have a wider variation amplitude and coefficient than the founders. A total of 284 polymorphic SSR markers among eight parents screened from a high-density genetic map were used to genotype the MAGIC population. The MAGIC population showed abundant genetic variation and fast linkage disequilibrium (LD) decay (0.76 cM, r2 > 0.1), which revealed the advantages of high efficiency and power in QTL exploration. Association mapping via a mixed linear model identified 52 significant loci associated with six fiber quality traits; 14 of them were mapped in reported QTL regions with fiber-related or other agronomic traits. Nine markers demonstrated the pleiotropism that controls more than two fiber traits. Furthermore, two SSR markers, BNL1231 and BNL3452, were authenticated as hotspots that were mapped with multi-traits. In addition, we provided candidate regions and screened six candidate genes for identified loci according to the LD decay distance. Our results provide valuable QTL for further genetic mapping and will facilitate marker-based breeding for fiber quality in cotton.
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Sogbohossou EOD, Achigan-Dako EG, Maundu P, Solberg S, Deguenon EMS, Mumm RH, Hale I, Van Deynze A, Schranz ME. A roadmap for breeding orphan leafy vegetable species: a case study of Gynandropsis gynandra (Cleomaceae). HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2018; 5:2. [PMID: 29423232 PMCID: PMC5798814 DOI: 10.1038/s41438-017-0001-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2017] [Revised: 10/23/2017] [Accepted: 11/29/2017] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Despite an increasing awareness of the potential of "orphan" or unimproved crops to contribute to food security and enhanced livelihoods for farmers, coordinated research agendas to facilitate production and use of orphan crops by local communities are generally lacking. We provide an overview of the current knowledge on leafy vegetables with a focus on Gynandropsis gynandra, a highly nutritious species used in Africa and Asia, and highlight general and species-specific guidelines for participatory, genomics-assisted breeding of orphan crops. Key steps in genome-enabled orphan leafy vegetables improvement are identified and discussed in the context of Gynandropsis gynandra breeding, including: (1) germplasm collection and management; (2) product target definition and refinement; (3) characterization of the genetic control of key traits; (4) design of the 'process' for cultivar development; (5) integration of genomic data to optimize that 'process'; (6) multi-environmental participatory testing and end-user evaluation; and (7) crop value chain development. The review discusses each step in detail, with emphasis on improving leaf yield, phytonutrient content, organoleptic quality, resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses and post-harvest management.
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- E. O. Deedi Sogbohossou
- Biosystematics Group, Wageningen University, Postbus 647 6700AP, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Genetics, Horticulture and Seed Sciences, Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, BP 2549 Abomey-Calavi, Benin
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- Laboratory of Genetics, Horticulture and Seed Sciences, Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, BP 2549 Abomey-Calavi, Benin
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- Kenya Resource Center for Indigenous Knowledge (KENRIK), Centre for Biodiversity, National Museums of Kenya, Museum Hill, P.O. Box 40658, Nairobi, 00100 Kenya
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- World Vegetable Center (AVRDC), P.O. Box 42, Shanhua, Tainan 74199 Taiwan
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801 USA
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- Department of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Food Systems, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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- Biosystematics Group, Wageningen University, Postbus 647 6700AP, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Millán T, Madrid E, Castro P, Gil J, Rubio J. Genetic Mapping and Quantitative Trait Loci. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-66117-9_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
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Mating Design and Genetic Structure of a Multi-Parent Advanced Generation Intercross (MAGIC) Population of Sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench). G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2018; 8:331-341. [PMID: 29150594 PMCID: PMC5765360 DOI: 10.1534/g3.117.300248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Multi-parent advanced generation intercross (MAGIC) populations are powerful next-generation mapping resources. We describe here the mating design and structure of the first MAGIC population in sorghum, and test its utility for mapping. The population was developed by intercrossing 19 diverse founder lines through a series of paired crosses with a genetic male sterile (MS) source, followed by 10 generations of random mating. At the final stage of random mating, 1000 random fertile plants in the population were identified and subjected to six generations of selfing to produce 1000 immortal MAGIC inbred lines. The development of this sorghum MAGIC population took over 15 yr. Genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) of a subset of 200 MAGIC lines identified 79,728 SNPs, spanning high gene-rich regions. Proportion of SNPs per chromosome ranged from 6 to 15%. Structure analyses produced no evidence of population stratification, portraying the desirability of this population for genome-wide association studies (GWAS). The 19 founders formed three clusters, each with considerable genetic diversity. Further analysis showed that 73% of founder alleles segregated in the MAGIC population. Linkage disequilibrium (LD) patterns depicted the MAGIC population to be highly recombined, with LD decaying to r2≤ 0.2 at 40 kb and down to r2≤ 0.1 at 220 kb. GWAS detected two known plant height genes, DWARF1 (chromosome 9) and DWARF3 (chromosome 7), and a potentially new plant height quantitative trait locus (QTL) (QTL-6) on chromosome 6. The MAGIC population was found to be rich in allelic content with high fragmentation of its genome, making it fit for both gene mapping and effective marker-assisted breeding.
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Cockram J, Mackay I. Genetic Mapping Populations for Conducting High-Resolution Trait Mapping in Plants. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2018; 164:109-138. [PMID: 29470600 DOI: 10.1007/10_2017_48] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Fine mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTL) is the route to more detailed molecular characterization and functional studies of the relationship between polymorphism and trait variation. It is also of direct relevance to breeding since it makes QTL more easily integrated into marker-assisted breeding and into genomic selection. Fine mapping requires that marker-trait associations are tested in populations in which large numbers of recombinations have occurred. This can be achieved by increasing the size of mapping populations or by increasing the number of generations of crossing required to create the population. We review the factors affecting the precision and power of fine mapping experiments and describe some contemporary experimental approaches, focusing on the use of multi-parental or multi-founder populations such as the multi-parent advanced generation intercross (MAGIC) and nested association mapping (NAM). We favor approaches such as MAGIC since these focus explicitly on increasing the amount of recombination that occurs within the population. Whatever approaches are used, we believe the days of mapping QTL in small populations must come to an end. In our own work in MAGIC wheat populations, we started with a target of developing 1,000 lines per population: that number now looks to be on the low side. Graphical Abstract.
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- James Cockram
- The John Bingham Laboratory, National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB), Cambridge, UK.
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- The John Bingham Laboratory, National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB), Cambridge, UK
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Kulwal PL. Trait Mapping Approaches Through Linkage Mapping in Plants. PLANT GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2018; 164:53-82. [DOI: 10.1007/10_2017_49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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Ponce KS, Ye G, Zhao X. QTL Identification for Cooking and Eating Quality in indica Rice Using Multi-Parent Advanced Generation Intercross (MAGIC) Population. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:868. [PMID: 30042770 PMCID: PMC6048290 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Accepted: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Association mapping using a multi-parent advanced generation intercross (MAGIC) population provides a promising tool in genetic dissection of rice cooking and eating quality (CEQ). In this study, QTLs were identified for ten physicochemical properties related to CEQ using 508 F6 MAGIC lines. The whole population and eight founder lines were genotyped with 6K Illumina Infinium HD Assay. All traits had high heritability estimates and showed a large genetic variation in the MAGIC population. Highly significant phenotypic correlations were present between traits. AC was significantly positively correlated with PKT, TV, FV, SBV, PKT, and RT but significantly negatively correlated with GC and BDV. Seventeen QTLs were identified for all traits. GBSSI locus was hosted or closely to nine QTLs, qAC6, qGC6.1, qPKT6.1, qPKV6, qBDV6.1, qTV6.1, qFV6, qSBV6, and qRT6, suggesting that GBSSI impacts the overall CEQ. Another locus closed to SSIIa, located at 6.99 Mb, affects five traits, GC, PKT, BDV, SBV, and PT. The identified QTLs revealed small to modest effects where the highest percentage of phenotypic variance explained was 17.18%. These QTLs are directly relevant and useful in breeding for CEQ in indica rice. These results also confirmed that QTL mapping via association mapping using a MAGIC population is a powerful method in genetic analysis of complex traits.
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- Kimberly S. Ponce
- Rice Breeding Platform, International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Philippines
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- Rice Breeding Platform, International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Philippines
- CAAS-IRRI Joint Laboratory for Genomics-Assisted Germplasm Enhancement, Agricultural Genomics Institute, Shenzhen, China
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- Institute of Crop Science and Nuclear Technology Utilization, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Science, Hangzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Xiangqian Zhao,
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Diouf IA, Derivot L, Bitton F, Pascual L, Causse M. Water Deficit and Salinity Stress Reveal Many Specific QTL for Plant Growth and Fruit Quality Traits in Tomato. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:279. [PMID: 29559986 PMCID: PMC5845638 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2017] [Accepted: 02/19/2018] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Quality is a key trait in plant breeding, especially for fruit and vegetables. Quality involves several polygenic components, often influenced by environmental conditions with variable levels of genotype × environment interaction that must be considered in breeding strategies aiming to improve quality. In order to assess the impact of water deficit and salinity on tomato fruit quality, we evaluated a multi-parent advanced generation intercross (MAGIC) tomato population in contrasted environmental conditions over 2 years, one year in control vs. drought condition and the other in control vs. salt condition. Overall 250 individual lines from the MAGIC population-derived from eight parental lines covering a large diversity in cultivated tomato-were used to identify QTL in both experiments for fruit quality and yield component traits (fruit weight, number of fruit, Soluble Solid Content, firmness), phenology traits (time to flower and ripe) and a vegetative trait, leaf length. All the traits showed a large genotype variation (33-86% of total phenotypic variation) in both experiments and high heritability whatever the year or treatment. Significant genotype × treatment interactions were detected for five of the seven traits over the 2 years of experiments. QTL were mapped using 1,345 SNP markers. A total of 54 QTL were found among which 15 revealed genotype × environment interactions and 65% (35 QTL) were treatment specific. Confidence intervals of the QTL were projected on the genome physical map and allowed identifying regions carrying QTL co-localizations, suggesting pleiotropic regulation. We then applied a strategy for candidate gene detection based on the high resolution mapping offered by the MAGIC population, the allelic effect of each parental line at the QTL and the sequence information of the eight parental lines.
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- Isidore A. Diouf
- INRA, UR1052, Génétique et Amélioration des Fruits et Légumes, Centre de Recherche PACA, Montfavet, France
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- INRA, UR1052, Génétique et Amélioration des Fruits et Légumes, Centre de Recherche PACA, Montfavet, France
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- INRA, UR1052, Génétique et Amélioration des Fruits et Légumes, Centre de Recherche PACA, Montfavet, France
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- INRA, UR1052, Génétique et Amélioration des Fruits et Légumes, Centre de Recherche PACA, Montfavet, France
- *Correspondence: Mathilde Causse
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Reciprocal Genetics: Identifying QTL for General and Specific Combining Abilities in Hybrids Between Multiparental Populations from Two Maize ( Zea mays L.) Heterotic Groups. Genetics 2017; 207:1167-1180. [PMID: 28971957 PMCID: PMC5669627 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.117.300305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2017] [Accepted: 09/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Several plant and animal species of agricultural importance are commercialized as hybrids to take advantage of the heterosis phenomenon. Understanding the genetic architecture of hybrid performances is therefore of key importance. We developed two multiparental maize (Zea mays L.) populations, each corresponding to an important heterotic group (dent or flint) and comprised of six connected biparental segregating populations of inbred lines (802 and 822 lines for each group, respectively) issued from four founder lines. Instead of using "testers" to evaluate their hybrid values, segregating lines were crossed according to an incomplete factorial design to produce 951 dent-flint hybrids, evaluated for four biomass production traits in eight environments. QTL detection was carried out for the general-combining-ability (GCA) and specific-combining-ability (SCA) components of hybrid value, considering allelic effects transmitted from each founder line. In total, 42 QTL were detected across traits. We detected mostly QTL affecting GCA, 31% (41% for dry matter yield) of which also had mild effects on SCA. The small impact of dominant effects is consistent with the known differentiation between the dent and flint heterotic groups and the small percentage of hybrid variance due to SCA observed in our design (∼20% for the different traits). Furthermore, most (80%) of GCA QTL were segregating in only one of the two heterotic groups. Relative to tester-based designs, use of hybrids between two multiparental populations appears highly cost efficient to detect QTL in two heterotic groups simultaneously. This presents new prospects for selecting superior hybrid combinations with markers.
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NGS-Based Genotyping, High-Throughput Phenotyping and Genome-Wide Association Studies Laid the Foundations for Next-Generation Breeding in Horticultural Crops. DIVERSITY-BASEL 2017. [DOI: 10.3390/d9030038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Demographic trends and changes to climate require a more efficient use of plant genetic resources in breeding programs. Indeed, the release of high-yielding varieties has resulted in crop genetic erosion and loss of diversity. This has produced an increased susceptibility to severe stresses and a reduction of several food quality parameters. Next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies are being increasingly used to explore “gene space” and to provide high-resolution profiling of nucleotide variation within germplasm collections. On the other hand, advances in high-throughput phenotyping are bridging the genotype-to-phenotype gap in crop selection. The combination of allelic and phenotypic data points via genome-wide association studies is facilitating the discovery of genetic loci that are associated with key agronomic traits. In this review, we provide a brief overview on the latest NGS-based and phenotyping technologies and on their role to unlocking the genetic potential of vegetable crops; then, we discuss the paradigm shift that is underway in horticultural crop breeding.
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Genome-Wide Linkage-Disequilibrium Mapping to the Candidate Gene Level in Melon (Cucumis melo). Sci Rep 2017; 7:9770. [PMID: 28852011 PMCID: PMC5575340 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-09987-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2017] [Accepted: 08/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Cucumis melo is highly diverse for fruit traits providing wide breeding and genetic research opportunities, including genome-wide association (GWA) analysis. We used a collection of 177 accessions representing the two C. melo subspecies and 11 horticultural groups for detailed characterization of fruit traits variation and evaluation of the potential of GWA for trait mapping in melon. Through genotyping-by-sequencing, 23,931 informative SNPs were selected for genome-wide analyses. We found that linkage-disequilibrium decays at ~100 Kb in this collection and that population structure effect on association results varies between traits. We mapped several monogenic traits to narrow intervals overlapping with known causative genes, demonstrating the potential of diverse collections and GWA for mapping Mendelian traits to a candidate-gene level in melon. We further report on mapping of fruit shape quantitative trait loci (QTLs) and comparison with multiple previous QTL studies. Expansion of sample size and a more balanced representation of taxonomic groups might improve efficiency for simple traits dissection. But, as in other plant species, integrated linkage-association multi-allelic approaches are likely to produce better combination of statistical power, diversity capture and mapping resolution in melon. Our data can be utilized for selection of the most appropriate accessions for such approaches.
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Kumar J, Gupta DS, Gupta S, Dubey S, Gupta P, Kumar S. Quantitative trait loci from identification to exploitation for crop improvement. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2017; 36:1187-1213. [PMID: 28352970 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-017-2127-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2016] [Accepted: 03/09/2017] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Advancement in the field of genetics and genomics after the discovery of Mendel's laws of inheritance has led to map the genes controlling qualitative and quantitative traits in crop plant species. Mapping of genomic regions controlling the variation of quantitatively inherited traits has become routine after the advent of different types of molecular markers. Recently, the next generation sequencing methods have accelerated the research on QTL analysis. These efforts have led to the identification of more closely linked molecular markers with gene/QTLs and also identified markers even within gene/QTL controlling the trait of interest. Efforts have also been made towards cloning gene/QTLs or identification of potential candidate genes responsible for a trait. Further new concepts like crop QTLome and QTL prioritization have accelerated precise application of QTLs for genetic improvement of complex traits. In the past years, efforts have also been made in exploitation of a number of QTL for improving grain yield or other agronomic traits in various crops through markers assisted selection leading to cultivation of these improved varieties at farmers' field. In present article, we reviewed QTLs from their identification to exploitation in plant breeding programs and also reviewed that how improved cultivars developed through introgression of QTLs have improved the yield productivity in many crops.
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- Jitendra Kumar
- Division of Crop Improvement, ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, India.
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- Division of Crop Improvement, ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, India
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- Division of Crop Improvement, ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, India
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- Division of Crop Improvement, ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, India
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- Division of Crop Improvement, ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, India
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- International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Rabat-Institutes, B.P. 6299, Rabat, Morocco
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Approaches in Characterizing Genetic Structure and Mapping in a Rice Multiparental Population. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2017; 7:1721-1730. [PMID: 28592653 PMCID: PMC5473752 DOI: 10.1534/g3.117.042101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Multi-parent Advanced Generation Intercross (MAGIC) populations are fast becoming mainstream tools for research and breeding, along with the technology and tools for analysis. This paper demonstrates the analysis of a rice MAGIC population from data filtering to imputation and processing of genetic data to characterizing genomic structure, and finally quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping. In this study, 1316 S6:8 indica MAGIC (MI) lines and the eight founders were sequenced using Genotyping by Sequencing (GBS). As the GBS approach often includes missing data, the first step was to impute the missing SNPs. The observable number of recombinations in the population was then explored. Based on this case study, a general outline of procedures for a MAGIC analysis workflow is provided, as well as for QTL mapping of agronomic traits and biotic and abiotic stress, using the results from both association and interval mapping approaches. QTL for agronomic traits (yield, flowering time, and plant height), physical (grain length and grain width) and cooking properties (amylose content) of the rice grain, abiotic stress (submergence tolerance), and biotic stress (brown spot disease) were mapped. Through presenting this extensive analysis in the MI population in rice, we highlight important considerations when choosing analytical approaches. The methods and results reported in this paper will provide a guide to future genetic analysis methods applied to multi-parent populations.
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Capistrano-Gossmann GG, Ries D, Holtgräwe D, Minoche A, Kraft T, Frerichmann SLM, Rosleff Soerensen T, Dohm JC, González I, Schilhabel M, Varrelmann M, Tschoep H, Uphoff H, Schütze K, Borchardt D, Toerjek O, Mechelke W, Lein JC, Schechert AW, Frese L, Himmelbauer H, Weisshaar B, Kopisch-Obuch FJ. Crop wild relative populations of Beta vulgaris allow direct mapping of agronomically important genes. Nat Commun 2017; 8:15708. [PMID: 28585529 PMCID: PMC5467160 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2016] [Accepted: 04/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Rapid identification of agronomically important genes is of pivotal interest for crop breeding. One source of such genes are crop wild relative (CWR) populations. Here we used a CWR population of <200 wild beets (B. vulgaris ssp. maritima), sampled in their natural habitat, to identify the sugar beet (Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris) resistance gene Rz2 with a modified version of mapping-by-sequencing (MBS). For that, we generated a draft genome sequence of the wild beet. Our results show the importance of preserving CWR in situ and demonstrate the great potential of CWR for rapid discovery of causal genes relevant for crop improvement. The candidate gene for Rz2 was identified by MBS and subsequently corroborated via RNA interference (RNAi). Rz2 encodes a CC-NB-LRR protein. Access to the DNA sequence of Rz2 opens the path to improvement of resistance towards rhizomania not only by marker-assisted breeding but also by genome editing. Variation among wild relatives of crop plants can be used to identify genes underlying traits of agronomic importance. Here, the authors show that a modified mapping-by-sequencing approach can rapidly identify the genetic basis for viral resistance in sugar beet using wild beet populations in their natural habitat.
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- CeBiTec &Faculty of Biology, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, Bielefeld 33615, Germany
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- CeBiTec &Faculty of Biology, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, Bielefeld 33615, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestraße 73, Berlin 14195, Germany.,Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney NSW 2010, Australia
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- Syngenta Seeds AB, Box 302, Landskrona 26123, Sweden
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- Plant Breeding Institute, Kiel University, Am Botanischen Garten 1-9, Kiel 24118, Germany
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- CeBiTec &Faculty of Biology, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, Bielefeld 33615, Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Carrer del Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain
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- Plant Breeding Institute, Kiel University, Am Botanischen Garten 1-9, Kiel 24118, Germany
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- Department of Phytopathology, Institute of Sugar Beet Research (IfZ), Holtenser Landstraße 77, Göttingen 37079, Germany
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- SESVanderHave N.V., Industriepark, Tienen 3300, Belgium
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- Syngenta Seeds AB, Box 302, Landskrona 26123, Sweden
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- KWS SAAT SE, Grimsehlstraße 31, Einbeck 37555, Germany
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- KWS SAAT SE, Grimsehlstraße 31, Einbeck 37555, Germany
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- KWS SAAT SE, Grimsehlstraße 31, Einbeck 37555, Germany
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- KWS SAAT SE, Grimsehlstraße 31, Einbeck 37555, Germany
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- KWS SAAT SE, Grimsehlstraße 31, Einbeck 37555, Germany
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- Strube Research GmbH &Co. KG, Hauptstraße 1, Söllingen 38387, Germany
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- Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants (JKI), Erwin-Baur-Str. 27, Quedlinburg 06484, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestraße 73, Berlin 14195, Germany.,Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria.,Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Carrer del Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain
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- CeBiTec &Faculty of Biology, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, Bielefeld 33615, Germany
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- Plant Breeding Institute, Kiel University, Am Botanischen Garten 1-9, Kiel 24118, Germany.,KWS SAAT SE, Grimsehlstraße 31, Einbeck 37555, Germany
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High-Resolution Mapping of Crossover Events in the Hexaploid Wheat Genome Suggests a Universal Recombination Mechanism. Genetics 2017; 206:1373-1388. [PMID: 28533438 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.116.196014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2016] [Accepted: 05/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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During meiosis, crossovers (COs) create new allele associations by reciprocal exchange of DNA. In bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), COs are mostly limited to subtelomeric regions of chromosomes, resulting in a substantial loss of breeding efficiency in the proximal regions, though these regions carry ∼60-70% of the genes. Identifying sequence and/or chromosome features affecting recombination occurrence is thus relevant to improve and drive recombination. Using the recent release of a reference sequence of chromosome 3B and of the draft assemblies of the 20 other wheat chromosomes, we performed fine-scale mapping of COs and revealed that 82% of COs located in the distal ends of chromosome 3B representing 19% of the chromosome length. We used 774 SNPs to genotype 180 varieties representative of the Asian and European genetic pools and a segregating population of 1270 F6 lines. We observed a common location for ancestral COs (predicted through linkage disequilibrium) and the COs derived from the segregating population. We delineated 73 small intervals (<26 kb) on chromosome 3B that contained 252 COs. We observed a significant association of COs with genic features (73 and 54% in recombinant and nonrecombinant intervals, respectively) and with those expressed during meiosis (67% in recombinant intervals and 48% in nonrecombinant intervals). Moreover, while the recombinant intervals contained similar amounts of retrotransposons and DNA transposons (42 and 53%), nonrecombinant intervals had a higher level of retrotransposons (63%) and lower levels of DNA transposons (28%). Consistent with this, we observed a higher frequency of a DNA motif specific to the TIR-Mariner DNA transposon in recombinant intervals.
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Thudi M, Chitikineni A, Liu X, He W, Roorkiwal M, Yang W, Jian J, Doddamani D, Gaur PM, Rathore A, Samineni S, Saxena RK, Xu D, Singh NP, Chaturvedi SK, Zhang G, Wang J, Datta SK, Xu X, Varshney RK. Recent breeding programs enhanced genetic diversity in both desi and kabuli varieties of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Sci Rep 2016; 6:38636. [PMID: 27982107 PMCID: PMC5159902 DOI: 10.1038/srep38636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2016] [Accepted: 11/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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In order to understand the impact of breeding on genetic diversity and gain insights into temporal trends in diversity in chickpea, a set of 100 chickpea varieties released in 14 countries between 1948 and 2012 were re-sequenced. For analysis, the re-sequencing data for 29 varieties available from an earlier study was also included. Copy number variations and presence absence variations identified in the present study have potential to drive phenotypic variations for trait improvement. Re-sequencing of a large number of varieties has provided opportunities to inspect the genetic and genomic changes reflecting the history of breeding, which we consider as breeding signatures and the selected loci may provide targets for crop improvement. Our study also reports enhanced diversity in both desi and kabuli varieties as a result of recent chickpea breeding efforts. The current study will aid the explicit efforts to breed for local adaptation in the context of anticipated climate changes.
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- Mahendar Thudi
- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India
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- All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Chickpea, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, India
- Indian Institute of Pulses Research (IIPR), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Kanpur, India
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- Indian Institute of Pulses Research (IIPR), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Kanpur, India
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India
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Ladejobi O, Elderfield J, Gardner KA, Gaynor RC, Hickey J, Hibberd JM, Mackay IJ, Bentley AR. Maximizing the potential of multi-parental crop populations. Appl Transl Genom 2016; 11:9-17. [PMID: 28018845 PMCID: PMC5167364 DOI: 10.1016/j.atg.2016.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2016] [Revised: 10/22/2016] [Accepted: 10/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Most agriculturally significant crop traits are quantitatively inherited which limits the ease and efficiency of trait dissection. Multi-parent populations overcome the limitations of traditional trait mapping and offer new potential to accurately define the genetic basis of complex crop traits. The increasing popularity and use of nested association mapping (NAM) and multi-parent advanced generation intercross (MAGIC) populations raises questions about the optimal design and allocation of resources in their creation. In this paper we review strategies for the creation of multi-parent populations and describe two complementary in silico studies addressing the design and construction of NAM and MAGIC populations. The first simulates the selection of diverse founder parents and the second the influence of multi-parent crossing schemes (and number of founders) on haplotype creation and diversity. We present and apply two open software resources to simulate alternate strategies for the development of multi-parent populations.
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- Olufunmilayo Ladejobi
- The John Bingham Laboratory, NIAB, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0LE, United Kingdom
- Department of Plant Sciences, The University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Sciences, The University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EA, United Kingdom
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- The John Bingham Laboratory, NIAB, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0LE, United Kingdom
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Research Centre, Midlothian EH25 9RG, United Kingdom
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Research Centre, Midlothian EH25 9RG, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Sciences, The University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EA, United Kingdom
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- The John Bingham Laboratory, NIAB, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0LE, United Kingdom
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- The John Bingham Laboratory, NIAB, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0LE, United Kingdom
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Chen J, Zhang L, Liu S, Li Z, Huang R, Li Y, Cheng H, Li X, Zhou B, Wu S, Chen W, Wu J, Ding J. The Genetic Basis of Natural Variation in Kernel Size and Related Traits Using a Four-Way Cross Population in Maize. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0153428. [PMID: 27070143 PMCID: PMC4829245 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2016] [Accepted: 03/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Kernel size is an important component of grain yield in maize breeding programs. To extend the understanding on the genetic basis of kernel size traits (i.e., kernel length, kernel width and kernel thickness), we developed a set of four-way cross mapping population derived from four maize inbred lines with varied kernel sizes. In the present study, we investigated the genetic basis of natural variation in seed size and other components of maize yield (e.g., hundred kernel weight, number of rows per ear, number of kernels per row). In total, ten QTL affecting kernel size were identified, three of which (two for kernel length and one for kernel width) had stable expression in other components of maize yield. The possible genetic mechanism behind the trade-off of kernel size and yield components was discussed.
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- Jiafa Chen
- College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- The National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Science and CIMMYT China Office, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Henan Vocational College of Agriculture, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
- * E-mail: (JW); (JD)
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- College of Agronomy, Synergetic Innovation Center of Henan Grain Crops and National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
- * E-mail: (JW); (JD)
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Han S, Utz HF, Liu W, Schrag TA, Stange M, Würschum T, Miedaner T, Bauer E, Schön CC, Melchinger AE. Choice of models for QTL mapping with multiple families and design of the training set for prediction of Fusarium resistance traits in maize. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2016; 129:431-444. [PMID: 26660464 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-015-2637-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2015] [Accepted: 11/09/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE QTL analysis for Fusarium resistance traits with multiple connected families detected more QTL than single-family analysis. Prediction accuracy was tightly associated with the kinship of the validation and training set. ABSTRACT QTL mapping has recently shifted from analysis of single families to multiple, connected families and several biometric models have been suggested. Using a high-density consensus map with 2472 marker loci, we performed QTL mapping with five connected bi-parental families with 639 doubled-haploid (DH) lines in maize for ear rot resistance and analyzed traits DON, Gibberella ear rot severity (GER), and days to silking (DS). Five biometric models differing in the assumption about the number and effects of alleles at QTL were compared. Model 2 to 5 performing joint analyses across all families and using linkage and/or linkage disequilibrium (LD) information identified all and even further QTL than Model 1 (single-family analyses) and generally explained a higher proportion pG of the genotypic variance for all three traits. QTL for DON and GER were mostly family specific, but several QTL for DS occurred in multiple families. Many QTL displayed large additive effects and most alleles increasing resistance originated from a resistant parent. Interactions between detected QTL and genetic background (family) occurred rarely and were comparatively small. Detailed analysis of three fully connected families yielded higher pG values for Model 3 or 4 than for Model 2 and 5, irrespective of the size NTS of the training set (TS). In conclusion, Model 3 and 4 can be recommended for QTL-based prediction with larger families. Including a sufficiently large number of full sibs in the TS helped to increase QTL-based prediction accuracy (rVS) for various scenarios differing in the composition of the TS.
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- Sen Han
- Institute of Plant Breeding, Seed Science and Population Genetics (350a), University of Hohenheim, 70593, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Breeding, Seed Science and Population Genetics (350a), University of Hohenheim, 70593, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Crop Genetics and Breeding Department, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Institute of Plant Breeding, Seed Science and Population Genetics (350a), University of Hohenheim, 70593, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Breeding, Seed Science and Population Genetics (350a), University of Hohenheim, 70593, Stuttgart, Germany
- Strube Research GmbH and Co. KG, Hauptstraße 1, 38387, Söllingen, Germany
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- State Plant Breeding Institute (720), University of Hohenheim, 70593, Stuttgart, Germany
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- State Plant Breeding Institute (720), University of Hohenheim, 70593, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Plant Breeding, Center of Life and Food Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, 85350, Freising, Germany
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- Department of Plant Breeding, Center of Life and Food Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, 85350, Freising, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Breeding, Seed Science and Population Genetics (350a), University of Hohenheim, 70593, Stuttgart, Germany.
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Varshney RK. Exciting journey of 10 years from genomes to fields and markets: Some success stories of genomics-assisted breeding in chickpea, pigeonpea and groundnut. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2016; 242:98-107. [PMID: 26566828 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2015.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2015] [Revised: 09/04/2015] [Accepted: 09/07/2015] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Legume crops such as chickpea, pigeonpea and groundnut, mostly grown in marginal environments, are the major source of nutrition and protein to the human population in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. These crops, however, have a low productivity, mainly due to their exposure to several biotic and abiotic stresses in the marginal environments. Until 2005, these crops had limited genomics resources and molecular breeding was very challenging. During the last decade (2005-2015), ICRISAT led demand-driven innovations in genome science and translated the massive genome information in breeding. For instance, large-scale genomic resources including draft genome assemblies, comprehensive genetic and physical maps, thousands of SSR markers, millions of SNPs, several high-throughput as well as low cost marker genotyping platforms have been developed in these crops. After mapping several breeding related traits, several success stories of translational genomics have become available in these legumes. These include development of superior lines with enhanced drought tolerance in chickpea, enhanced and pyramided resistance to Fusarium wilt and Ascochyta blight in chickpea, enhanced resistance to leaf rust in groundnut, improved oil quality in groundnut and utilization of markers for assessing purity of hybrids/parental lines in pigeonpea. Some of these stories together with future prospects have been discussed.
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- Rajeev K Varshney
- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad 502324, India.
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Di Pierro EA, Gianfranceschi L, Di Guardo M, Koehorst-van Putten HJJ, Kruisselbrink JW, Longhi S, Troggio M, Bianco L, Muranty H, Pagliarani G, Tartarini S, Letschka T, Lozano Luis L, Garkava-Gustavsson L, Micheletti D, Bink MCAM, Voorrips RE, Aziz E, Velasco R, Laurens F, van de Weg WE. A high-density, multi-parental SNP genetic map on apple validates a new mapping approach for outcrossing species. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2016; 3:16057. [PMID: 27917289 PMCID: PMC5120355 DOI: 10.1038/hortres.2016.57] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2016] [Revised: 10/25/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping approaches rely on the correct ordering of molecular markers along the chromosomes, which can be obtained from genetic linkage maps or a reference genome sequence. For apple (Malus domestica Borkh), the genome sequence v1 and v2 could not meet this need; therefore, a novel approach was devised to develop a dense genetic linkage map, providing the most reliable marker-loci order for the highest possible number of markers. The approach was based on four strategies: (i) the use of multiple full-sib families, (ii) the reduction of missing information through the use of HaploBlocks and alternative calling procedures for single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers, (iii) the construction of a single backcross-type data set including all families, and (iv) a two-step map generation procedure based on the sequential inclusion of markers. The map comprises 15 417 SNP markers, clustered in 3 K HaploBlock markers spanning 1 267 cM, with an average distance between adjacent markers of 0.37 cM and a maximum distance of 3.29 cM. Moreover, chromosome 5 was oriented according to its homoeologous chromosome 10. This map was useful to improve the apple genome sequence, design the Axiom Apple 480 K SNP array and perform multifamily-based QTL studies. Its collinearity with the genome sequences v1 and v3 are reported. To our knowledge, this is the shortest published SNP map in apple, while including the largest number of markers, families and individuals. This result validates our methodology, proving its value for the construction of integrated linkage maps for any outbreeding species.
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen 6700AJ, The Netherlands
- Research and Innovation Centre, Edmund Mach Foundation, San Michele all’Adige 38010, Italy
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen 6700AJ, The Netherlands
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Edmund Mach Foundation, San Michele all’Adige 38010, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Edmund Mach Foundation, San Michele all’Adige 38010, Italy
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- IRHS, INRA, AGROCAMPUS-Ouest, Université d’Angers, SFR 4207 QUASAV, Beaucouzé 49071, France
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna 40127, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna 40127, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Laimburg Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Ora 39040, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Laimburg Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Ora 39040, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Edmund Mach Foundation, San Michele all’Adige 38010, Italy
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- Biometris, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen 6700AA, The Netherlands
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen 6700AJ, The Netherlands
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen 6700AJ, The Netherlands
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Edmund Mach Foundation, San Michele all’Adige 38010, Italy
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- IRHS, INRA, AGROCAMPUS-Ouest, Université d’Angers, SFR 4207 QUASAV, Beaucouzé 49071, France
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen 6700AJ, The Netherlands
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A Random-Model Approach to QTL Mapping in Multiparent Advanced Generation Intercross (MAGIC) Populations. Genetics 2015; 202:471-86. [PMID: 26715662 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.115.179945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2015] [Accepted: 12/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Most standard QTL mapping procedures apply to populations derived from the cross of two parents. QTL detected from such biparental populations are rarely relevant to breeding programs because of the narrow genetic basis: only two alleles are involved per locus. To improve the generality and applicability of mapping results, QTL should be detected using populations initiated from multiple parents, such as the multiparent advanced generation intercross (MAGIC) populations. The greatest challenges of QTL mapping in MAGIC populations come from multiple founder alleles and control of the genetic background information. We developed a random-model methodology by treating the founder effects of each locus as random effects following a normal distribution with a locus-specific variance. We also fit a polygenic effect to the model to control the genetic background. To improve the statistical power for a scanned marker, we release the marker effect absorbed by the polygene back to the model. In contrast to the fixed-model approach, we estimate and test the variance of each locus and scan the entire genome one locus at a time using likelihood-ratio test statistics. Simulation studies showed that this method can increase statistical power and reduce type I error compared with composite interval mapping (CIM) and multiparent whole-genome average interval mapping (MPWGAIM). We demonstrated the method using a public Arabidopsis thaliana MAGIC population and a mouse MAGIC population.
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Leung H, Raghavan C, Zhou B, Oliva R, Choi IR, Lacorte V, Jubay ML, Cruz CV, Gregorio G, Singh RK, Ulat VJ, Borja FN, Mauleon R, Alexandrov NN, McNally KL, Sackville Hamilton R. Allele mining and enhanced genetic recombination for rice breeding. RICE (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2015; 8:34. [PMID: 26606925 PMCID: PMC4659784 DOI: 10.1186/s12284-015-0069-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2015] [Accepted: 11/20/2015] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Traditional rice varieties harbour a large store of genetic diversity with potential to accelerate rice improvement. For a long time, this diversity maintained in the International Rice Genebank has not been fully used because of a lack of genome information. The publication of the first reference genome of Nipponbare by the International Rice Genome Sequencing Project (IRGSP) marked the beginning of a systematic exploration and use of rice diversity for genetic research and breeding. Since then, the Nipponbare genome has served as the reference for the assembly of many additional genomes. The recently completed 3000 Rice Genomes Project together with the public database (SNP-Seek) provides a new genomic and data resource that enables the identification of useful accessions for breeding. Using disease resistance traits as case studies, we demonstrated the power of allele mining in the 3,000 genomes for extracting accessions from the GeneBank for targeted phenotyping. Although potentially useful landraces can now be identified, their use in breeding is often hindered by unfavourable linkages. Efficient breeding designs are much needed to transfer the useful diversity to breeding. Multi-parent Advanced Generation InterCross (MAGIC) is a breeding design to produce highly recombined populations. The MAGIC approach can be used to generate pre-breeding populations with increased genotypic diversity and reduced linkage drag. Allele mining combined with a multi-parent breeding design can help convert useful diversity into breeding-ready genetic resources.
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- Hei Leung
- Plant Breeding Genetics and Biotechnology Division and International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines.
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- Plant Breeding Genetics and Biotechnology Division and International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines
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- Plant Breeding Genetics and Biotechnology Division and International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines
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- Plant Breeding Genetics and Biotechnology Division and International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines
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- Plant Breeding Genetics and Biotechnology Division and International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines
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- Plant Breeding Genetics and Biotechnology Division and International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines
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- Plant Breeding Genetics and Biotechnology Division and International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines
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- Plant Breeding Genetics and Biotechnology Division and International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines
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- Plant Breeding Genetics and Biotechnology Division and International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines
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- Plant Breeding Genetics and Biotechnology Division and International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines
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- T.T. Chang Genetic Resource Center, International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines
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- T.T. Chang Genetic Resource Center, International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines
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- T.T. Chang Genetic Resource Center, International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines
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- T.T. Chang Genetic Resource Center, International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines
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- T.T. Chang Genetic Resource Center, International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines
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A multiparent advanced-generation intercross population of maize has been developed to help plant geneticists identify sequence variants affecting important agricultural traits.
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- James B Holland
- USDA-ARS Plant Science Research Unit, Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7620, USA.
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