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Zhang L, Zhao R, Liang J, Cai X, Zhang L, Guo H, Zhang Z, Wu J, Wang X. BL-Hi-C reveals the 3D genome structure of Brassica crops with high sensitivity. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2024; 11:uhae017. [PMID: 38464474 PMCID: PMC10923644 DOI: 10.1093/hr/uhae017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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High-throughput Chromatin Conformation Capture (Hi-C) technologies can be used to investigate the three-dimensional genomic structure of plants. However, the practical utility of these technologies is impeded by significant background noise, hindering their capability in detecting fine 3D genomic structures. In this study, we optimized the Bridge Linker Hi-C technology (BL-Hi-C) to comprehensively investigate the 3D chromatin landscape of Brassica rapa and Brassica oleracea. The Bouquet configuration of both B. rapa and B. oleracea was elucidated through the construction of a 3D genome simulation. The optimized BL-Hi-C exhibited lower background noise compared to conventional Hi-C methods. Taking this advantage, we used BL-Hi-C to identify FLC gene loops in Arabidopsis, B. rapa, and B. oleracea. We observed that gene loops of FLC2 exhibited conservation across Arabidopsis, B. rapa, and B. oleracea. While gene loops of syntenic FLCs exhibited conservation across B. rapa and B. oleracea, variations in gene loops were evident among multiple paralogs FLCs within the same species. Collectively, our findings highlight the high sensitivity of optimized BL-Hi-C as a powerful tool for investigating the fine 3D genomic organization.
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- Lupeng Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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E L, Lyu S, Wang Y, Xiao D, Liu T, Hou X, Li Y, Zhang C. Integrating Dynamic 3D Chromatin Architecture and Gene Expression Alterations Reveal Heterosis in Brassica rapa. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:2568. [PMID: 38473815 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25052568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2023] [Revised: 01/25/2024] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
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Heterosis plays a significant role in enhancing variety, boosting yield, and raising economic value in crops, but the molecular mechanism is still unclear. We analyzed the transcriptomes and 3D genomes of a hybrid (F1) and its parents (w30 and 082). The analysis of the expression revealed a total of 485 specially expressed genes (SEGs), 173 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) above the parental expression level, more actively expressed genes, and up-regulated DEGs in the F1. Further study revealed that the DEGs detected in the F1 and its parents were mainly involved in the response to auxin, plant hormone signal transduction, DNA metabolic process, purine metabolism, starch, and sucrose metabolism, which suggested that these biological processes may play a crucial role in the heterosis of Brassica rapa. The analysis of 3D genome data revealed that hybrid F1 plants tend to contain more transcriptionally active A chromatin compartments after hybridization. Supplementaryly, the F1 had a smaller TAD (topologically associated domain) genome length, but the number was the highest, and the expression change in activated TAD was higher than that of repressed TAD. More specific TAD boundaries were detected between the parents and F1. Subsequently, 140 DEGs with genomic structural variants were selected as potential candidate genes. We found two DEGs with consistent expression changes in A/B compartments and TADs. Our findings suggested that genomic structural variants, such as TADs and A/B chromatin compartments, may affect gene expression and contribute to heterosis in Brassica rapa. This study provides further insight into the molecular mechanism of heterosis in Brassica rapa.
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- Liu E
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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Ren X, Chen L, Deng L, Zhao Q, Yao D, Li X, Cong W, Zang Z, Zhao D, Zhang M, Yang S, Zhang J. Comparative transcriptomic analysis reveals the molecular mechanism underlying seedling heterosis and its relationship with hybrid contemporary seeds DNA methylation in soybean. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 15:1364284. [PMID: 38444535 PMCID: PMC10913200 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1364284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2024] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 03/07/2024]
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Heterosis is widely used in crop production, but phenotypic dominance and its underlying causes in soybeans, a significant grain and oil crop, remain a crucial yet unexplored issue. Here, the phenotypes and transcriptome profiles of three inbred lines and their resulting F1 seedlings were analyzed. The results suggest that F1 seedlings with superior heterosis in leaf size and biomass exhibited a more extensive recompilation in their transcriptional network and activated a greater number of genes compared to the parental lines. Furthermore, the transcriptional reprogramming observed in the four hybrid combinations was primarily non-additive, with dominant effects being more prevalent. Enrichment analysis of sets of differentially expressed genes, coupled with a weighted gene co-expression network analysis, has shown that the emergence of heterosis in seedlings can be attributed to genes related to circadian rhythms, photosynthesis, and starch synthesis. In addition, we combined DNA methylation data from previous immature seeds and observed similar recompilation patterns between DNA methylation and gene expression. We also found significant correlations between methylation levels of gene region and gene expression levels, as well as the discovery of 12 hub genes that shared or conflicted with their remodeling patterns. This suggests that DNA methylation in contemporary hybrid seeds have an impact on both the F1 seedling phenotype and gene expression to some extent. In conclusion, our study provides valuable insights into the molecular mechanisms of heterosis in soybean seedlings and its practical implications for selecting superior soybean varieties.
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- Xiaobo Ren
- Faculty of Agronomy, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
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- Faculty of Agronomy, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
- Zhanjiang City Key Laboratory for Tropical Crops Genetic Improvement, South Subtropical Crops Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Zhanjiang, China
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- Faculty of Agronomy, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
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- Faculty of Agronomy, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
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- College of Life Science, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
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- Faculty of Agronomy, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
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- Faculty of Agronomy, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
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- Faculty of Agronomy, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
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- Faculty of Agronomy, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
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- Faculty of Agronomy, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
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- Faculty of Agronomy, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
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- Faculty of Agronomy, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
- National Crop Variety Approval and Characteristic Identification Station, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China
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Liu W, He G, Deng XW. Toward understanding and utilizing crop heterosis in the age of biotechnology. iScience 2024; 27:108901. [PMID: 38533455 PMCID: PMC10964264 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.108901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/28/2024] Open
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Heterosis, a universal phenomenon in nature, mainly reflected in the superior productivity, quality, and fitness of F1 hybrids compared with their inbred parents, has been exploited in agriculture and greatly benefited human society in terms of food security. However, the flexible and efficient utilization of heterosis has remained a challenge in hybrid breeding systems because of the limitations of "three-line" and "two-line" methods. In the past two decades, rapidly developed biotechnologies have provided unprecedented conveniences for both understanding and utilizing heterosis. Notably, "third-generation" (3G) hybrid breeding technology together with high-throughput sequencing and gene editing greatly promoted the efficiency of hybrid breeding. Here, we review emerging ideas about the genetic or molecular mechanisms of heterosis and the development of 3G hybrid breeding system in the age of biotechnology. In addition, we summarized opportunities and challenges for optimal heterosis utilization in the future.
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- Wenwen Liu
- School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences and School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Laboratory of Advanced Agricultural Sciences in Weifang, Weifang, Shandong 261325, China
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- School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences and School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences and School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Laboratory of Advanced Agricultural Sciences in Weifang, Weifang, Shandong 261325, China
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Gao Z, Su Y, Chang L, Jiao G, Ou Y, Yang M, Xu C, Liu P, Wang Z, Qi Z, Liu W, Sun L, He G, Deng XW, He H. Increased long-distance and homo-trans interactions related to H3K27me3 in Arabidopsis hybrids. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 66:208-227. [PMID: 38326968 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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In plants, the genome structure of hybrids changes compared with their parents, but the effects of these changes in hybrids remain elusive. Comparing reciprocal crosses between Col × C24 and C24 × Col in Arabidopsis using high-throughput chromosome conformation capture assay (Hi-C) analysis, we found that hybrid three-dimensional (3D) chromatin organization had more long-distance interactions relative to parents, and this was mainly located in promoter regions and enriched in genes with heterosis-related pathways. The interactions between euchromatin and heterochromatin were increased, and the compartment strength decreased in hybrids. In compartment domain (CD) boundaries, the distal interactions were more in hybrids than their parents. In the hybrids of CURLY LEAF (clf) mutants clfCol × clfC24 and clfC24 × clfCol , the heterosis phenotype was damaged, and the long-distance interactions in hybrids were fewer than in their parents with lower H3K27me3. ChIP-seq data revealed higher levels of H3K27me3 in the region adjacent to the CD boundary and the same interactional homo-trans sites in the wild-type (WT) hybrids, which may have led to more long-distance interactions. In addition, the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) located in the boundaries of CDs and loop regions changed obviously in WT, and the functional enrichment for DEGs was different between WT and clf in the long-distance interactions and loop regions. Our findings may therefore propose a new epigenetic explanation of heterosis in the Arabidopsis hybrids and provide new insights into crop breeding and yield increase.
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- Zhaoxu Gao
- School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences and School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences and School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences and School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences and School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences and School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences and School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences and School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences and School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences and School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- College of Grassland Science, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences and School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences and School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences and School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences and School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
- Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Laboratory of Advanced Agricultural Sciences in Weifang, Weifang 261325, China
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- School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences and School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
- Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Laboratory of Advanced Agricultural Sciences in Weifang, Weifang 261325, China
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Zhang L, Liu L, Li H, He J, Chao H, Yan S, Yin Y, Zhao W, Li M. 3D genome structural variations play important roles in regulating seed oil content of Brassica napus. PLANT COMMUNICATIONS 2024; 5:100666. [PMID: 37496273 PMCID: PMC10811347 DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2023.100666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 07/01/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023]
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Dissecting the complex regulatory mechanism of seed oil content (SOC) is one of the main research goals in Brassica napus. Increasing evidence suggests that genome architecture is linked to multiple biological functions. However, the effect of genome architecture on SOC regulation remains unclear. Here, we used high-throughput chromatin conformation capture to characterize differences in the three-dimensional (3D) landscape of genome architecture of seeds from two B. napus lines, N53-2 (with high SOC) and Ken-C8 (with low SOC). Bioinformatics analysis demonstrated that differentially accessible regions and differentially expressed genes between N53-2 and Ken-C8 were preferentially enriched in regions with quantitative trait loci (QTLs)/associated genomic regions (AGRs) for SOC. A multi-omics analysis demonstrated that expression of SOC-related genes was tightly correlated with genome structural variations in QTLs/AGRs of B. napus. The candidate gene BnaA09g48250D, which showed structural variation in a QTL/AGR on chrA09, was identified by fine-mapping of a KN double-haploid population derived from hybridization of N53-2 and Ken-C8. Overexpression and knockout of BnaA09g48250D led to significant increases and decreases in SOC, respectively, in the transgenic lines. Taken together, our results reveal the 3D genome architecture of B. napus seeds and the roles of genome structural variations in SOC regulation, enriching our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of SOC regulation from the perspective of spatial chromatin structure.
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- Libin Zhang
- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Hubei Bioinformatics and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Wuhan Frasergen Bioinformatics Co., Ltd., Wuhan 430075, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Hubei Bioinformatics and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory, Wuhan 430074, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Hubei Bioinformatics and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory, Wuhan 430074, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Hubei Bioinformatics and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory, Wuhan 430074, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Hubei Bioinformatics and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory, Wuhan 430074, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Hubei Bioinformatics and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory, Wuhan 430074, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Hubei Bioinformatics and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory, Wuhan 430074, China.
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Chen Y, Niu S, Deng X, Song Q, He L, Bai D, He Y. Genome-wide association study of leaf-related traits in tea plant in Guizhou based on genotyping-by-sequencing. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 23:196. [PMID: 37046207 PMCID: PMC10091845 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-023-04192-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Studying the genetic characteristics of tea plant (Camellia spp.) leaf traits is essential for improving yield and quality through breeding and selection. Guizhou Plateau, an important part of the original center of tea plants, has rich genetic resources. However, few studies have explored the associations between tea plant leaf traits and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers in Guizhou. RESULTS In this study, we used the genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) method to identify 100,829 SNP markers from 338 accessions of tea germplasm in Guizhou Plateau, a region with rich genetic resources. We assessed population structure based on high-quality SNPs, constructed phylogenetic relationships, and performed genome-wide association studies (GWASs). Four inferred pure groups (G-I, G-II, G-III, and G-IV) and one inferred admixture group (G-V), were identified by a population structure analysis, and verified by principal component analyses and phylogenetic analyses. Through GWAS, we identified six candidate genes associated with four leaf traits, including mature leaf size, texture, color and shape. Specifically, two candidate genes, located on chromosomes 1 and 9, were significantly associated with mature leaf size, while two genes, located on chromosomes 8 and 11, were significantly associated with mature leaf texture. Additionally, two candidate genes, located on chromosomes 1 and 2 were identified as being associated with mature leaf color and mature leaf shape, respectively. We verified the expression level of two candidate genes was verified using reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) and designed a derived cleaved amplified polymorphism (dCAPS) marker that co-segregated with mature leaf size, which could be used for marker-assisted selection (MAS) breeding in Camellia sinensis. CONCLUSIONS In the present study, by using GWAS approaches with the 338 tea accessions population in Guizhou, we revealed a list of SNPs markers and candidate genes that were significantly associated with four leaf traits. This work provides theoretical and practical basis for the genetic breeding of related traits in tea plant leaves.
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- Yanjun Chen
- College of Tea Science / Tea Engineering Technology Research Center, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025 Guizhou Province People’s Republic of China
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- College of Tea Science / Tea Engineering Technology Research Center, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025 Guizhou Province People’s Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Germplasm Innovation in Mountainous Region, Ministry of Education, Institute of Agro-Bioengineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025 Guizhou Province People’s Republic of China
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- School of Architecture, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025 Guizhou Province People’s Republic of China
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- College of Tea Science / Tea Engineering Technology Research Center, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025 Guizhou Province People’s Republic of China
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- College of Tea Science / Tea Engineering Technology Research Center, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025 Guizhou Province People’s Republic of China
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- College of Tea Science / Tea Engineering Technology Research Center, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025 Guizhou Province People’s Republic of China
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- College of Tea Science / Tea Engineering Technology Research Center, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025 Guizhou Province People’s Republic of China
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Xiong J, Hu K, Shalby N, Zhuo C, Wen J, Yi B, Shen J, Ma C, Fu T, Tu J. Comparative transcriptomic analysis reveals the molecular mechanism underlying seedling biomass heterosis in Brassica napus. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 22:283. [PMID: 35676627 PMCID: PMC9178846 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-022-03671-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Heterosis is an important biological phenomenon in which the hybrids exceed the parents in many traits. However, the molecular mechanism underlying seedling heterosis remains unclear. RESULTS In the present study, we analyzed the leaf transcriptomes of strong hybrids (AM, HM) and weak hybrids (CM, HW) and their parents (A, C, H, M, and W) at two periods. Phenotypically, hybrids had obvious biomass heterosis at the seedling stage, with statistically significant differences between the strong and weak hybrids. The transcriptomic analysis demonstrated that the number of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between parents was the highest. Further analysis showed that most DEGs were biased toward parental expression. The biological processes of the two periods were significantly enriched in the plant hormone signal transduction and photosynthetic pathways. In the plant hormone signaling pathway, DEG expression was high in hybrids, with expression differences between strong and weak hybrids. In addition, DEGs related to cell size were identified. Similar changes were observed during photosynthesis. The enhanced leaf area of hybrids generated an increase in photosynthetic products, which was consistent with the phenotype of the biomass. Weighted gene co-expression network analysis of different hybrids and parents revealed that hub genes in vigorous hybrid were mainly enriched in the plant hormone signal transduction and regulation of plant hormones. CONCLUSION Plant hormone signaling and photosynthesis pathways, as well as differential expression of plant cell size-related genes, jointly regulate the dynamic changes between strong and weak hybrids and the generation of seedling-stage heterosis. This study may elucidate the molecular mechanism underlying early biomass heterosis and help enhance canola yield.
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- Jie Xiong
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
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