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Hu Q, Liu J, Chen X, Guzmán C, Xu Q, Zhang Y, Chen Q, Tang H, Qi P, Deng M, Ma J, Chen G, Wei Y, Wang J, Zheng Y, Tu Y, Jiang Q. Multi-omic analysis reveals the effects of interspecific hybridization on the synthesis of seed reserve polymers in a Triticum turgidum ssp. durum × Aegilops sharonensis amphidiploid. BMC Genomics 2024; 25:626. [PMID: 38902625 PMCID: PMC11188524 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-024-10352-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2024] [Indexed: 06/22/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Wheat grain endosperm is mainly composed of proteins and starch. The contents and the overall composition of seed storage proteins (SSP) markedly affect the processing quality of wheat flour. Polyploidization results in duplicated chromosomes, and the genomes are often unstable and may result in a large number of gene losses and gene rearrangements. However, the instability of the genome itself, as well as the large number of duplicated genes generated during polyploidy, is an important driving force for genetic innovation. In this study, we compared the differences in starch and SSP, and analyzed the transcriptome and metabolome among Aegilops sharonensis (R7), durum wheat (Z636) and amphidiploid (Z636×R7) to reveal the effects of polyploidization on the synthesis of seed reserve polymers. RESULTS The total starch and amylose content of Z636×R7 was significantly higher than R7 and lower than Z636. The gliadin and glutenin contents of Z636×R7 were higher than those in Z636 and R7. Through transcriptome analysis, there were 21,037, 2197, 15,090 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in the three comparison groups of R7 vs Z636, Z636 vs Z636×R7, and Z636×R7 vs R7, respectively, which were mainly enriched in carbon metabolism and amino acid biosynthesis pathways. Transcriptome data and qRT-PCR were combined to analyze the expression levels of genes related to storage polymers. It was found that the expression levels of some starch synthase genes, namely AGP-L, AGP-S and GBSSI in Z636×R7 were higher than in R7 and among the 17 DEGs related to storage proteins, the expression levels of 14 genes in R7 were lower than those in Z636 and Z636×R7. According to the classification analysis of all differential metabolites, most belonged to carboxylic acids and derivatives, and fatty acyls were enriched in the biosynthesis of unsaturated fatty acids, niacin and nicotinamide metabolism, one-carbon pool by folate, etc. CONCLUSION: After allopolyploidization, the expression of genes related to starch synthesis was down-regulated in Z636×R7, and the process of starch synthesis was inhibited, resulting in delayed starch accumulation and prolongation of the seed development process. Therefore, at the same development time point, the starch accumulation of Z636×R7 lagged behind that of Z636. In this study, the expression of the GSe2 gene in Z636×R7 was higher than that of the two parents, which was beneficial to protein synthesis, and increased the protein content. These results eventually led to changes in the synthesis of seed reserve polymers. The current study provided a basis for a greater in-depth understanding of the mechanism of wheat allopolyploid formation and its stable preservation, and also promoted the effective exploitation of high-value alleles.
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Grants
- 2023YFH0041 the Sichuan Science and Technology Program, PR China
- 2023YFH0041 the Sichuan Science and Technology Program, PR China
- 2023YFH0041 the Sichuan Science and Technology Program, PR China
- 2023YFH0041 the Sichuan Science and Technology Program, PR China
- 2023YFH0041 the Sichuan Science and Technology Program, PR China
- 2023YFH0041 the Sichuan Science and Technology Program, PR China
- 2023YFH0041 the Sichuan Science and Technology Program, PR China
- 2023YFH0041 the Sichuan Science and Technology Program, PR China
- 2023YFH0041 the Sichuan Science and Technology Program, PR China
- 2023YFH0041 the Sichuan Science and Technology Program, PR China
- 2023YFH0041 the Sichuan Science and Technology Program, PR China
- 2023YFH0041 the Sichuan Science and Technology Program, PR China
- 2023YFH0041 the Sichuan Science and Technology Program, PR China
- 2023YFH0041 the Sichuan Science and Technology Program, PR China
- 2023YFH0041 the Sichuan Science and Technology Program, PR China
- 2022-YF05- 00022-SN the Science & Technology project of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PR China
- 2022-YF05- 00022-SN the Science & Technology project of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PR China
- 2022-YF05- 00022-SN the Science & Technology project of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PR China
- 2022-YF05- 00022-SN the Science & Technology project of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PR China
- 2022-YF05- 00022-SN the Science & Technology project of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PR China
- 2022-YF05- 00022-SN the Science & Technology project of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PR China
- 2022-YF05- 00022-SN the Science & Technology project of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PR China
- 2022-YF05- 00022-SN the Science & Technology project of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PR China
- 2022-YF05- 00022-SN the Science & Technology project of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PR China
- 2022-YF05- 00022-SN the Science & Technology project of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PR China
- 2022-YF05- 00022-SN the Science & Technology project of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PR China
- 2022-YF05- 00022-SN the Science & Technology project of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PR China
- 2022-YF05- 00022-SN the Science & Technology project of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PR China
- 2022-YF05- 00022-SN the Science & Technology project of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PR China
- 2022-YF05- 00022-SN the Science & Technology project of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PR China
- the Science & Technology project of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PR China
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- Qian Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
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- Departamento de Genética, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica y de Montes, Universidad de Córdoba, Edificio Gregor Mendel, Campus de RabanaEles, Cordoba, 14071, Spain
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
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- School of agricultural science, Xichang University, Xichang, Sichuan, 615000, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China.
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China.
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Gruet C, Alaoui M, Gerin F, Prigent-Combaret C, Börner A, Muller D, Moënne-Loccoz Y. Genomic content of wheat has a higher influence than plant domestication status on the ability to interact with Pseudomonas plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2023; 46:3933-3948. [PMID: 37614118 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
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Plant evolutionary history has had profound effects on belowground traits, which is likely to have impacted the ability to interact with microorganisms, but consequences on root colonization and gene expression by plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) remain poorly understood. Here, we tested the hypothesis that wheat genomic content and domestication are key factors determining the capacity for PGPR interaction. Thus, 331 wheat representatives from eight Triticum or Aegilops species were inoculated under standardized conditions with the generalist PGPR Pseudomonas ogarae F113, using an autofluorescent reporter system for monitoring F113 colonization and expression of phl genes coding for the auxinic inducing signal 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol. The interaction with P. ogarae F113 was influenced by ploidy level, presence of genomes AA, BB, DD, and domestication. While root colonization was higher for hexaploid and tetraploid species, and phl expression level higher for hexaploid wheat, the diploid Ae. tauschii displayed higher phl induction rate (i.e., expression:colonisation ratio) on roots. However, a better potential of interaction with F113 (i.e., under non-stress gnotobiotic conditions) did not translate, after seed inoculation, into better performance of wheat landraces in non-sterile soil under drought. Overall, results showed that domestication and especially plant genomic content modulate the PGPR interaction potential of wheats.
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- Cécile Gruet
- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, UMR5557 Ecologie Microbienne, Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, UMR5557 Ecologie Microbienne, Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, UMR5557 Ecologie Microbienne, Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, UMR5557 Ecologie Microbienne, Villeurbanne, France
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- Genebank Department, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Seeland, OT Gatersleben, Germany
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, UMR5557 Ecologie Microbienne, Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, UMR5557 Ecologie Microbienne, Villeurbanne, France
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Banouh M, Armisen D, Bouguennec A, Huneau C, Sow MD, Pont C, Salse J, Civáň P. Low impact of polyploidization on the transcriptome of synthetic allohexaploid wheat. BMC Genomics 2023; 24:255. [PMID: 37170217 PMCID: PMC10173476 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-023-09324-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Bread wheat is a recent allohexaploid (genomic constitution AABBDD) that emerged through a hybridization between tetraploid Triticum turgidum (AABB) and diploid Aegilops tauschii (DD) less than 10,000 years ago. The hexaploidization can be re-created artificially, producing synthetic wheat that has been used to study immediate genomic responses to polyploidization. The scale of the consequences of polyploidization, and their mechanism of establishment, remain uncertain. RESULTS Here we sampled several synthetic wheats from alternative parental genotypes and reciprocal crosses, and examined transcriptomes from two different tissues and successive generations. We did not detect any massive reprogramming in gene expression, with only around 1% of expressed genes showing significant differences compared to their lower-ploidy parents. Most of this differential expression is located on the D subgenome, without consistency in the direction of the expression change. Homoeolog expression bias in synthetic wheat is similar to the pattern observed in the parents. Both differential expression and homoeolog bias are tissue-specific. While up to three families of transposable elements became upregulated in wheat synthetics, their position and distance are not significantly associated with expression changes in proximal genes. DISCUSSION While only a few genes change their expression pattern after polyploidization, they can be involved in agronomically important pathways. Alternative parental combinations can lead to opposite changes on the same subset of D-located genes, which is relevant for harnessing new diversity in wheat breeding. Tissue specificity of the polyploidization-triggered expression changes indicates the remodelling of transcriptomes in synthetic wheat is plastic and likely caused by regulome interactions rather than permanent changes. We discuss the pitfalls of transcriptomic comparisons across ploidy levels that can inflate the de-regulation signal. CONCLUSIONS Transcriptomic response to polyploidization in synthetic AABBDD wheat is modest and much lower than some previous estimates. Homoeolog expression bias in wheat allohexaploids is mostly attributed to parental legacy, with polyploidy having a mild balancing effect.
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Grants
- PolyBléD Fonds de Soutien à l'Obtention Végétale
- SeedEX, SeedENCODE, MethylWheat Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
- SeedEX, SeedENCODE, MethylWheat Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
- SeedEX, SeedENCODE, MethylWheat Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
- SeedEX, SeedENCODE, MethylWheat Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
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- Meriem Banouh
- INRAE/UCA UMR 1095, 5 Chemin de Beaulieu, Clermont Ferrand, 63100, France
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- Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, CNRS UMR 5242, 46 allée d'Italie, Lyon, 69364, France
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- INRAE/UCA UMR 1095, 5 Chemin de Beaulieu, Clermont Ferrand, 63100, France
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- INRAE/UCA UMR 1095, 5 Chemin de Beaulieu, Clermont Ferrand, 63100, France
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- INRAE/UCA UMR 1095, 5 Chemin de Beaulieu, Clermont Ferrand, 63100, France
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- INRAE/UCA UMR 1095, 5 Chemin de Beaulieu, Clermont Ferrand, 63100, France
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- INRAE/UCA UMR 1095, 5 Chemin de Beaulieu, Clermont Ferrand, 63100, France
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- INRAE/UCA UMR 1095, 5 Chemin de Beaulieu, Clermont Ferrand, 63100, France.
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Chen Y, Wang Y, Guan F, Long L, Wang Y, Li H, Deng M, Zhang Y, Pu Z, Li W, Jiang Q, Wang J, Wei Y, Ma J, Xu Q, Kang H, Qi P, Yuan Z, Zhang L, Liu D, Zheng Y, Chen G, Jiang Y. Comparative analysis of Fusarium crown rot resistance in synthetic hexaploid wheats and their parental genotypes. BMC Genomics 2023; 24:178. [PMID: 37020178 PMCID: PMC10077658 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-023-09268-7] [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: 01/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 04/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Fusarium crown rot (FCR) is a chronic disease of cereals worldwide. Compared with tetraploid wheat, hexaploid wheat is more resistant to FCR infection. The underlying reasons for the differences are still not clear. In this study, we compared FCR responses of 10 synthetic hexaploid wheats (SHWs) and their tetraploid and diploid parents. We then performed transcriptome analysis to uncover the molecular mechanism of FCR on these SHWs and their parents. RESULTS We observed higher levels of FCR resistance in the SHWs compared with their tetraploid parents. The transcriptome analysis suggested that multiple defense pathways responsive to FCR infection were upregulated in the SHWs. Notably, phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) genes, involved in lignin and salicylic acid (SA) biosynthesis, exhibited a higher level of expression to FCR infection in the SHWs. Physiological and biochemical analysis validated that PAL activity and SA and lignin contents of the stem bases were higher in SHWs than in their tetraploid parents. CONCLUSION Overall, these findings imply that improved FCR resistance in SHWs compared with their tetraploid parents is probably related to higher levels of response on PAL-mediated lignin and SA biosynthesis pathways.
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- Ying Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, P. R. China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, P. R. China
- Dazhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Tongchuan, Dazhou, 635000, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, P. R. China
- College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, P. R. China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, P. R. China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, P. R. China.
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, 611130, Sichuan, P. R. China.
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Wijerathna-Yapa A, Ramtekey V, Ranawaka B, Basnet BR. Applications of In Vitro Tissue Culture Technologies in Breeding and Genetic Improvement of Wheat. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:2273. [PMID: 36079653 PMCID: PMC9459818 DOI: 10.3390/plants11172273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Revised: 08/13/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
Sources of new genetic variability have been limited to existing germplasm in the past. Wheat has been studied extensively for various agronomic traits located throughout the genome. The large size of the chromosomes and the ability of its polyploid genome to tolerate the addition or loss of chromosomes facilitated rapid progress in the early study of wheat genetics using cytogenetic techniques. At the same time, its large genome size has limited the progress in genetic characterization studies focused on diploid species, with a small genome and genetic engineering procedures already developed. Today, the genetic transformation and gene editing procedures offer attractive alternatives to conventional techniques for breeding wheat because they allow one or more of the genes to be introduced or altered into an elite cultivar without affecting its genetic background. Recently, significant advances have been made in regenerating various plant tissues, providing the essential basis for regenerating transgenic plants. In addition, Agrobacterium-mediated, biolistic, and in planta particle bombardment (iPB) gene delivery procedures have been developed for wheat transformation and advanced transgenic wheat development. As a result, several useful genes are now available that have been transferred or would be helpful to be transferred to wheat in addition to the current traditional effort to improve trait values, such as resistance to abiotic and biotic factors, grain quality, and plant architecture. Furthermore, the in planta genome editing method will significantly contribute to the social implementation of genome-edited crops to innovate the breeding pipeline and leverage unique climate adaptations.
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- Akila Wijerathna-Yapa
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Seed Science, Kushmaur, Mau, Uttar Pradesh 275103, India
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
- Centre for Agriculture and the Bioeconomy, Institute for Future Environments, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
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- Global Wheat Program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), El Batán 56237, Mexico
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Wang F, Zhang K, Zhang R, Liu H, Zhang W, Jia Z, Wang C. PolyReco: A Method to Automatically Label Collinear Regions and Recognize Polyploidy Events Based on the K S Dotplot. Front Genet 2022; 13:842387. [PMID: 35518356 PMCID: PMC9065682 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.842387] [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] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Polyploidization plays a critical role in producing new gene functions and promoting species evolution. Effective identification of polyploid types can be helpful in exploring the evolutionary mechanism. However, current methods for detecting polyploid types have some major limitations, such as being time-consuming and strong subjectivity, etc. In order to objectively and scientifically recognize collinearity fragments and polyploid types, we developed PolyReco method, which can automatically label collinear regions and recognize polyploidy events based on the K S dotplot. Combining with whole-genome collinearity analysis, PolyReco uses DBSCAN clustering method to cluster K S dots. According to the distance information in the x-axis and y-axis directions between the categories, the clustering results are merged based on certain rules to obtain the collinear regions, automatically recognize and label collinear fragments. According to the information of the labeled collinear regions on the y-axis, the polyploidization recognition algorithm is used to exhaustively combine and obtain the genetic collinearity evaluation index of each combination, and then draw the genetic collinearity evaluation index graph. Based on the inflection point on the graph, polyploid types and related chromosomes with polyploidy signal can be detected. The validation experiments showed that the conclusions of PolyReco were consistent with the previous study, which verified the effectiveness of this method. It is expected that this approach can become a reference architecture for other polyploid types classification methods.
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- Fushun Wang
- Department of Information Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Agricultural Big Data, Baoding, China
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- Department of Life Science, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Molecular Pathology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- Department of Information Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- Department of Urban and Rural Construction, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- Department of Information Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- Department of Information Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- Department of Life Science, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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Qin J, Mo R, Li H, Ni Z, Sun Q, Liu Z. The Transcriptional and Splicing Changes Caused by Hybridization Can Be Globally Recovered by Genome Doubling during Allopolyploidization. Mol Biol Evol 2021; 38:2513-2519. [PMID: 33585937 PMCID: PMC8136492 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msab045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Polyploidization is a major driving force in plant evolution. Allopolyploidization, involving hybridization and genome doubling, can cause extensive transcriptome reprogramming which confers allopolyploids higher evolutionary potential than their diploid progenitors. To date, little is known about the interplay between hybridization and genome doubling in transcriptome reprogramming. Here, we performed genome-wide analyses of transcriptome reprogramming during allopolyploidization in wheat and brassica lineages. Our results indicated that hybridization-induced transcriptional and splicing changes of genes can be largely recovered to parental levels by genome doubling in allopolyploids. As transcriptome reprogramming is an important contributor to heterosis, our finding updates a longstanding theory that heterosis in interspecific hybrids can be permanently fixed through genome doubling. Our results also indicated that much of the transcriptome reprogramming in interspecific hybrids was not caused by the merging of two parental genomes, providing novel insights into the mechanisms underlying both heterosis and hybrid speciation.
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- Jinxia Qin
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization (MOE), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization (MOE), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.,Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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Bird KA, Niederhuth CE, Ou S, Gehan M, Pires JC, Xiong Z, VanBuren R, Edger PP. Replaying the evolutionary tape to investigate subgenome dominance in allopolyploid Brassica napus. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2021; 230:354-371. [PMID: 33280122 PMCID: PMC7986222 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Allopolyploidisation merges evolutionarily distinct parental genomes (subgenomes) into a single nucleus. A frequent observation is that one subgenome is 'dominant' over the other subgenome, often being more highly expressed. Here, we 'replayed the evolutionary tape' with six isogenic resynthesised Brassica napus allopolyploid lines and investigated subgenome dominance patterns over the first 10 generations postpolyploidisation. We found that the same subgenome was consistently more dominantly expressed in all lines and generations and that >70% of biased gene pairs showed the same dominance patterns across all lines and an in silico hybrid of the parents. Gene network analyses indicated an enrichment for network interactions and several biological functions for the Brassica oleracea subgenome biased pairs, but no enrichment was identified for Brassica rapa subgenome biased pairs. Furthermore, DNA methylation differences between subgenomes mirrored the observed gene expression bias towards the dominant subgenome in all lines and generations. Many of these differences in gene expression and methylation were also found when comparing the progenitor genomes, suggesting that subgenome dominance is partly related to parental genome differences rather than just a byproduct of allopolyploidisation. These findings demonstrate that 'replaying the evolutionary tape' in an allopolyploid results in largely repeatable and predictable subgenome expression dominance patterns.
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- Kevin A. Bird
- Department of HorticultureMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMI48824USA
- Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and BehaviorMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMI48824USA
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- Department of Plant BiologyMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMI48824USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal BiologyIowa State UniversityAmesIA50011USA
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- Donald Danforth Plant Science CenterSt LouisMO63123USA
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- Division of Biological SciencesUniversity of MissouriColumbiaMO65211USA
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- Key Laboratory of Herbage and Endemic Crop BiotechnologyInner Mongolia UniversityHohhot010070China
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- Department of HorticultureMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMI48824USA
- Plant Resilience InstituteMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMI48824USA
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- Department of HorticultureMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMI48824USA
- Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and BehaviorMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMI48824USA
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Lu FH, McKenzie N, Gardiner LJ, Luo MC, Hall A, Bevan MW. Reduced chromatin accessibility underlies gene expression differences in homologous chromosome arms of diploid Aegilops tauschii and hexaploid wheat. Gigascience 2020; 9:5860314. [PMID: 32562491 PMCID: PMC7305686 DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giaa070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Revised: 02/17/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Background Polyploidy is centrally important in the evolution and domestication of plants because it leads to major genomic changes, such as altered patterns of gene expression, which are thought to underlie the emergence of new traits. Despite the common occurrence of these globally altered patterns of gene expression in polyploids, the mechanisms involved are not well understood. Results Using a precisely defined framework of highly conserved syntenic genes on hexaploid wheat chromosome 3DL and its progenitor 3 L chromosome arm of diploid Aegilops tauschii, we show that 70% of these gene pairs exhibited proportionately reduced gene expression, in which expression in the hexaploid context of the 3DL genes was ∼40% of the levels observed in diploid Ae tauschii. Several genes showed elevated expression during the later stages of grain development in wheat compared with Ae tauschii. Gene sequence and methylation differences probably accounted for only a few cases of differences in gene expression. In contrast, chromosome-wide patterns of reduced chromatin accessibility of genes in the hexaploid chromosome arm compared with its diploid progenitor were correlated with both reduced gene expression and the imposition of new patterns of gene expression. Conclusions Our pilot-scale analyses show that chromatin compaction may orchestrate reduced gene expression levels in the hexaploid chromosome arm of wheat compared to its diploid progenitor chromosome arm.
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- Fu-Hao Lu
- Department Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UZ, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UZ, UK
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- Correspondence address. Michael W Bevan, Department Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK. E-mail:
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Li M, Wang R, Wu X, Wang J. Homoeolog expression bias and expression level dominance (ELD) in four tissues of natural allotetraploid Brassica napus. BMC Genomics 2020; 21:330. [PMID: 32349676 PMCID: PMC7191788 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-6747-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2019] [Accepted: 04/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Background Allopolyploidy is widespread in angiosperms, and they can coordinate two or more different genomes through genetic and epigenetic modifications to exhibit stronger vigor and adaptability. To explore the changes in homologous gene expression patterns in the natural allotetraploid Brassica napus (AnAnCnCn) relative to its two diploid progenitors, B. rapa (ArAr) and B. oleracea (CoCo), after approximately 7500 years of domestication, the global gene pair expression patterns in four major tissues (stems, leaves, flowers and siliques) of these three species were analyzed using an RNA sequencing approach. Results The results showed that the ‘transcriptomic shock’ phenomenon was alleviated in natural B. napus after approximately 7500 years of natural domestication, and most differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in B. napus were downregulated relative to those in its two diploid progenitors. The KEGG analysis indicated that three pathways related to photosynthesis were enriched in both comparison groups (AnAnCnCn vs ArAr and AnAnCnCn vs CoCo), and these pathways were all downregulated in four tissues of B. napus. In addition, homoeolog expression bias and expression level dominance (ELD) in B. napus were thoroughly studied through analysis of expression levels of 27,609 B. rapa-B. oleracea orthologous gene pairs. The overwhelming majority of gene pairs (an average of 86.7%) in B. napus maintained their expression pattern in two diploid progenitors, and approximately 78.1% of the gene pairs showed expression bias with a preference toward the A subgenome. Overall, an average of 48, 29.7 and 22.3% homologous gene pairs exhibited additive expression, ELD and transgressive expression in B. napus, respectively. The ELD bias varies from tissue to tissue; specifically, more gene pairs in stems and siliques showed ELD-A, whereas the opposite was observed in leaves and flowers. More transgressive upregulation, rather than downregulation, was observed in gene pairs of B. napus. Conclusions In general, these results may provide a comprehensive understanding of the changes in homologous gene expression patterns in natural B. napus after approximately 7500 years of evolution and domestication and may enhance our understanding of allopolyploidy.
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- Mengdi Li
- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Oil Crops Research Institute of CAAS, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China.
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Hao M, Zhang L, Ning S, Huang L, Yuan Z, Wu B, Yan Z, Dai S, Jiang B, Zheng Y, Liu D. The Resurgence of Introgression Breeding, as Exemplified in Wheat Improvement. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:252. [PMID: 32211007 PMCID: PMC7067975 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Accepted: 02/18/2020] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Breeding progress in most crops has relied heavily on the exploitation of variation within the species' primary gene pool, a process which is destined to fail once the supply of novel variants has been exhausted. Accessing a crop's secondary gene pool, as represented by its wild relatives, has the potential to greatly expand the supply of usable genetic variation. The crop in which this approach has been most strongly championed is bread wheat (Triticum aestivum), a species which is particularly tolerant of the introduction of chromosomal segments of exotic origin thanks to the genetic buffering afforded by its polyploid status. While the process of introgression can be in itself cumbersome, a larger problem is that linkage drag and/or imperfect complementation frequently impose a yield and/or quality penalty, which explains the reluctance of breeders to introduce such materials into their breeding populations. Thanks to the development of novel strategies to induce introgression and of genomic tools to facilitate the selection of desirable genotypes, introgression breeding is returning as a mainstream activity, at least in wheat. Accessing variation present in progenitor species has even been able to drive genetic advance in grain yield. The current resurgence of interest in introgression breeding can be expected to result in an increased deployment of exotic genes in commercial wheat cultivars.
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- Ming Hao
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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Zeng D, Guan J, Luo J, Zhao L, Li Y, Chen W, Zhang L, Ning S, Yuan Z, Li A, Zheng Y, Mao L, Liu D, Hao M. A transcriptomic view of the ability of nascent hexaploid wheat to tolerate aneuploidy. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 20:97. [PMID: 32131739 PMCID: PMC7057484 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-020-2309-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2019] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND In contrast to most animal species, polyploid plant species are quite tolerant of aneuploidy. Here, the global transcriptome of four aneuploid derivatives of a synthetic hexaploid wheat line was acquired, with the goal of characterizing the relationship between gene copy number and transcript abundance. RESULTS For most of the genes mapped to the chromosome involved in aneuploidy, the abundance of transcripts reflected the gene copy number. Aneuploidy had a greater effect on the strength of transcription of genes mapped to the chromosome present in a noneuploid dose than on that of genes mapped elsewhere in the genome. Overall, changing the copy number of one member of a homeologous set had little effect on the abundance of transcripts generated from the set of homeologs as a whole, consistent with the tolerance of aneuploidy exhibited by allopolyploids, whether in the form of a chromosomal deficit (monosomy) or chromosomal excess (trisomy). CONCLUSIONS Our findings shed new light on the genetic regulation of homeoallele transcription and contribute to a deeper understanding of allopolyploid genome evolution, with implications for the breeding of polyploid crops.
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- Deying Zeng
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University at Chengdu, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University at Chengdu, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Science, Chengdu, 610066, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University at Chengdu, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University at Chengdu, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University at Chengdu, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University at Chengdu, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University at Chengdu, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University at Chengdu, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University at Chengdu, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University at Chengdu, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University at Chengdu, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University at Chengdu, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University at Chengdu, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University at Chengdu, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University at Chengdu, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University at Chengdu, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University at Chengdu, Wenjiang, 611130, Sichuan, China.
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Hao M, Zhang L, Zhao L, Dai S, Li A, Yang W, Xie D, Li Q, Ning S, Yan Z, Wu B, Lan X, Yuan Z, Huang L, Wang J, Zheng K, Chen W, Yu M, Chen X, Chen M, Wei Y, Zhang H, Kishii M, Hawkesford MJ, Mao L, Zheng Y, Liu D. A breeding strategy targeting the secondary gene pool of bread wheat: introgression from a synthetic hexaploid wheat. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2019; 132:2285-2294. [PMID: 31049633 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-019-03354-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2019] [Accepted: 04/25/2019] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Introgressing one-eighth of synthetic hexaploid wheat genome through a double top-cross plus a two-phase selection is an effective strategy to develop high-yielding wheat varieties. The continued expansion of the world population and the likely onset of climate change combine to form a major crop breeding challenge. Genetic advances in most crop species to date have largely relied on recombination and reassortment within a relatively narrow gene pool. Here, we demonstrate an efficient wheat breeding strategy for improving yield potentials by introgression of multiple genomic regions of de novo synthesized wheat. The method relies on an initial double top-cross (DTC), in which one parent is synthetic hexaploid wheat (SHW), followed by a two-phase selection procedure. A genotypic analysis of three varieties (Shumai 580, Shumai 969 and Shumai 830) released from this program showed that each harbors a unique set of genomic regions inherited from the SHW parent. The first two varieties were generated from very small populations, whereas the third used a more conventional scale of selection since one of bread wheat parents was a pre-breeding material. The three varieties had remarkably enhanced yield potential compared to those developed by conventional breeding. A widely accepted consensus among crop breeders holds that introducing unadapted germplasm, such as landraces, as parents into a breeding program is a risky proposition, since the size of the breeding population required to overcome linkage drag becomes too daunting. However, the success of the proposed DTC strategy has demonstrated that novel variation harbored by SHWs can be accessed in a straightforward, effective manner. The strategy is in principle generalizable to any allopolyploid crop species where the identity of the progenitor species is known.
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- Ming Hao
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, No. 211 Huiming Rd, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611130, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China.
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, No. 211 Huiming Rd, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611130, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China.
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, No. 211 Huiming Rd, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611130, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, No. 211 Huiming Rd, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611130, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China
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- Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, 610066, People's Republic of China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, No. 211 Huiming Rd, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611130, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, No. 211 Huiming Rd, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611130, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, No. 211 Huiming Rd, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611130, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, No. 211 Huiming Rd, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611130, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, No. 211 Huiming Rd, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611130, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, No. 211 Huiming Rd, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611130, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, No. 211 Huiming Rd, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611130, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, No. 211 Huiming Rd, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611130, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, No. 211 Huiming Rd, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611130, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, No. 211 Huiming Rd, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611130, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, No. 211 Huiming Rd, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611130, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, No. 211 Huiming Rd, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611130, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, No. 211 Huiming Rd, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611130, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, No. 211 Huiming Rd, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611130, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, No. 211 Huiming Rd, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611130, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
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- Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, 810008, Qinghai, People's Republic of China
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, 56237, Texcoco, Mexico
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- Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, People's Republic of China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, No. 211 Huiming Rd, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611130, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, No. 211 Huiming Rd, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611130, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China.
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Genomic dissection and transcriptional profiling of Cysteine-rich receptor-like kinases in five cereals and functional characterization of TaCRK68-A. Int J Biol Macromol 2019; 134:316-329. [PMID: 31078592 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2019] [Revised: 05/03/2019] [Accepted: 05/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Cysteine-rich receptor-like kinases (CRK) constitute one of the largest subfamily of receptor-like kinases, which play crucial roles in plant development and stress response. In total, 43, 37, 36, 38 and 170 CRK genes including duplicated genes were identified in the genome of Brachypodium distachyon, Hordeum vulgare, Oryza sativa, Sorghum bicolor and Triticum aestivum, respectively. These CRK proteins were tightly clustered into four phylogenetic groups and exhibited close syntenic relationship among orthologous genes. Majority of CRK proteins contain a transmembrane domain for plasma membrane localization. The organization of exon/intron, domains and motifs were variably conserved. Tissue-specific expression suggested the involvement of certain CRK genes in plant development. Modulated expression revealed their specific stress-responsive functions. Co-expression and interaction analysis indicated their role in signaling. Ks value and divergence time analysis suggested duplication of TaCRK genes before the hybridization of T. aestivum sub-genomes. Expression comparison of duplicated TaCRK genes revealed functional retention, neofunctionalization or pseudo-functionalization. Recombinant expression of a stress-responsive gene TaCRK68-A in Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae displayed enhanced tolerance against heat, drought, cold and salinity stresses. The study suggested vital functions of CRKs during development and stresses, and provides the basis for functional characterization of each gene in future studies.
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Ramírez-González RH, Borrill P, Lang D, Harrington SA, Brinton J, Venturini L, Davey M, Jacobs J, van Ex F, Pasha A, Khedikar Y, Robinson SJ, Cory AT, Florio T, Concia L, Juery C, Schoonbeek H, Steuernagel B, Xiang D, Ridout CJ, Chalhoub B, Mayer KFX, Benhamed M, Latrasse D, Bendahmane A, Wulff BBH, Appels R, Tiwari V, Datla R, Choulet F, Pozniak CJ, Provart NJ, Sharpe AG, Paux E, Spannagl M, Bräutigam A, Uauy C. The transcriptional landscape of polyploid wheat. Science 2018; 361:eaar6089. [PMID: 30115782 DOI: 10.1126/science.aar6089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 540] [Impact Index Per Article: 90.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2017] [Accepted: 07/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The coordinated expression of highly related homoeologous genes in polyploid species underlies the phenotypes of many of the world's major crops. Here we combine extensive gene expression datasets to produce a comprehensive, genome-wide analysis of homoeolog expression patterns in hexaploid bread wheat. Bias in homoeolog expression varies between tissues, with ~30% of wheat homoeologs showing nonbalanced expression. We found expression asymmetries along wheat chromosomes, with homoeologs showing the largest inter-tissue, inter-cultivar, and coding sequence variation, most often located in high-recombination distal ends of chromosomes. These transcriptionally dynamic genes potentially represent the first steps toward neo- or subfunctionalization of wheat homoeologs. Coexpression networks reveal extensive coordination of homoeologs throughout development and, alongside a detailed expression atlas, provide a framework to target candidate genes underpinning agronomic traits in wheat.
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Wu J, Lin L, Xu M, Chen P, Liu D, Sun Q, Ran L, Wang Y. Homoeolog expression bias and expression level dominance in resynthesized allopolyploid Brassica napus. BMC Genomics 2018; 19:586. [PMID: 30081834 PMCID: PMC6080508 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-018-4966-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Background Allopolyploids require rapid genetic and epigenetic modifications to reconcile two or more sets of divergent genomes. To better understand the fate of duplicate genes following genomic mergers and doubling during allopolyploid formation, in this study, we explored the global gene expression patterns in resynthesized allotetraploid Brassica napus (AACC) and its diploid parents B. rapa (AA) and B. oleracea (CC) using RNA sequencing of leaf transcriptomes. Results We found that allopolyploid B. napus formation was accompanied by extensive changes (approximately one-third of the expressed genes) in the parental gene expression patterns (‘transcriptome shock’). Interestingly, the majority (85%) of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were downregulated in the allotetraploid. Moreover, the homoeolog expression bias (relative contribution of homoeologs to the transcriptome) and expression level dominance (total expression level of both homoeologs) were thoroughly investigated by monitoring the expression of 23,766 B. oleracea-B. rapa orthologous gene pairs. Approximately 36.5% of the expressed gene pairs displayed expression bias with a slight preference toward the A-genome. In addition, 39.6, 4.9 and 9.0% of the expressed gene pairs exhibited expression level dominance (ELD), additivity expression and transgressive expression, respectively. The genome-wide ELD was also biased toward the A-genome in the resynthesized B. napus. To explain the ELD phenomenon, we compared the individual homoeolog expression levels relative to those of the diploid parents and found that ELD in the direction of the higher-expression parent can be explained by the downregulation of homoeologs from the dominant parent or upregulation of homoeologs from the nondominant parent; however, ELD in the direction of the lower-expression parent can be explained only by the downregulation of the nondominant parent or both homoeologs. Furthermore, Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis suggested that the alteration in the gene expression patterns could be a prominent cause of the phenotypic variation between the newly formed B. napus and its parental species. Conclusions Collectively, our data provide insight into the rapid repatterning of gene expression at the beginning of Brassica allopolyploidization and enhance our knowledge of allopolyploidization processes. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12864-018-4966-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Jian Wu
- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China.
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MacKintosh C, Ferrier DEK. Recent advances in understanding the roles of whole genome duplications in evolution. F1000Res 2017; 6:1623. [PMID: 28928963 PMCID: PMC5590085 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.11792.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Ancient whole-genome duplications (WGDs)- paleopolyploidy events-are key to solving Darwin's 'abominable mystery' of how flowering plants evolved and radiated into a rich variety of species. The vertebrates also emerged from their invertebrate ancestors via two WGDs, and genomes of diverse gymnosperm trees, unicellular eukaryotes, invertebrates, fishes, amphibians and even a rodent carry evidence of lineage-specific WGDs. Modern polyploidy is common in eukaryotes, and it can be induced, enabling mechanisms and short-term cost-benefit assessments of polyploidy to be studied experimentally. However, the ancient WGDs can be reconstructed only by comparative genomics: these studies are difficult because the DNA duplicates have been through tens or hundreds of millions of years of gene losses, mutations, and chromosomal rearrangements that culminate in resolution of the polyploid genomes back into diploid ones (rediploidisation). Intriguing asymmetries in patterns of post-WGD gene loss and retention between duplicated sets of chromosomes have been discovered recently, and elaborations of signal transduction systems are lasting legacies from several WGDs. The data imply that simpler signalling pathways in the pre-WGD ancestors were converted via WGDs into multi-stranded parallelised networks. Genetic and biochemical studies in plants, yeasts and vertebrates suggest a paradigm in which different combinations of sister paralogues in the post-WGD regulatory networks are co-regulated under different conditions. In principle, such networks can respond to a wide array of environmental, sensory and hormonal stimuli and integrate them to generate phenotypic variety in cell types and behaviours. Patterns are also being discerned in how the post-WGD signalling networks are reconfigured in human cancers and neurological conditions. It is fascinating to unpick how ancient genomic events impact on complexity, variety and disease in modern life.
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- Carol MacKintosh
- Division of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, DD1 5EH, UK
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- The Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews, Scotland, KY16 8LB, UK
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