混合体显示了可访问的染色体跨遗传关联
Mark A A Minow1, Alexandre P Marand2, Xuan Zhang1
1Department of Genetics, University of Georgia; 120 E Green St, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
|November 24, 2025
概括
玉米杂交活力 (异质性) 与基因调节有关. 这项使用ATAC-seq的研究表明,染色质可访问性主要是附加的,但在异性交叉中显示过度主导,揭示了促进生长的跨调节变体.
科学领域:
- 植物遗传学 植物遗传学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 表观遗传学 在表观遗传学中,表观遗传学是指表观遗传学.
背景情况:
- 玉米 (Zea mays) 中的混合活力 (异质) 会导致增长和产量增加,这是由复杂的遗传相互作用驱动的.
- 了解异构的遗传基础对于农业应用至关重要,但具体的位置和调节机制仍然在很大程度上是未知的.
- 基因表达对于异质化至关重要,由与可访问的染色体区域 (ACR) 内的cis调节元素相互作用的转录因子控制.
研究的目的:
- 调查玉米F1杂交品种中染色质可访问性的遗传模式.
- 通过分析异位基因特异性染色质可访问性来识别与异质异位相关的跨调节变异.
- 阐明在异性玉米杂交品种中增强生长和发育的基础上的分子机制.
主要方法:
- 对转化酶可访问的染色体测序 (ATAC-seq) 的测试用于在玉米母子F1对中的染色体可访问性.
- 连锁参考对齐被用来对ACRs (附加性,主导性,超主导性) 的遗传模式进行分类.
- 使用基因特异性比较和染色质可访问多样性小组来检测差异转调的ACR和相关的SNP.
主要成果:
- 染色质可访问性主要是通过附加遗传,在玉米F1杂交品种中观察到高狭义遗传性.
- 硬茎与非硬茎 (B73xOh43) 交叉表现出显著的主导和过度主导的ACR遗传,反映了异性现象型.
- 多重发现过在B73xOh43交叉中确定了跨调节变异,这些变异与异性F1苗木中细胞分裂和合成的增加有关.
结论:
- 染色体可访问性遗传为玉米异质的遗传结构提供了洞察力.
- 跨调节变体通过影响基因表达和发育途径,在调节异构中发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 开发的多重发现过方法为剖析各种遗传模型中的跨调节关系提供了一个多功能工具.
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