Candidate Loci for Yield-Related Traits in Maize Revealed by a Combination of MetaQTL Analysis and Regional Association Mapping

نویسندگان

  • Lin Chen
  • Yixin An
  • Yong-xiang Li
  • Chunhui Li
  • Yunsu Shi
  • Yanchun Song
  • Dengfeng Zhang
  • Tianyu Wang
  • Yu Li
چکیده

Maize grain yield and related traits are complex and are controlled by a large number of genes of small effect or quantitative trait loci (QTL). Over the years, a large number of yield-related QTLs have been identified in maize and deposited in public databases. However, integrating and re-analyzing these data and mining candidate loci for yield-related traits has become a major issue in maize. In this study, we collected information on QTLs conferring maize yield-related traits from 33 published studies. Then, 999 of these QTLs were iteratively projected and subjected to meta-analysis to obtain metaQTLs (MQTLs). A total of 76 MQTLs were found across the maize genome. Based on a comparative genomics strategy, several maize orthologs of rice yield-related genes were identified in these MQTL regions. Furthermore, three potential candidate genes (Gene ID: GRMZM2G359974, GRMZM2G301884, and GRMZM2G083894) associated with kernel size and weight within three MQTL regions were identified using regional association mapping, based on the results of the meta-analysis. This strategy, combining MQTL analysis and regional association mapping, is helpful for functional marker development and rapid identification of candidate genes or loci.

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دوره 8  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2017