scholarly journals Characterization of the genetic basis of local adaptation of wheat landraces from Iran and Pakistan using genome‐wide association study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uzma Hanif ◽  
Hadi Alipour ◽  
Alvina Gul ◽  
Li Jing ◽  
Reza Darvishzadeh ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caijing Li ◽  
Jindong Liu ◽  
Jianxin Bian ◽  
Tao Jin ◽  
Baoli Zou ◽  
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Abstract Background: Rice is a crop that is very sensitive to low temperature, and its morphological development and production are greatly affected by low temperature. Therefore, understanding the genetic basis of cold tolerance in rice is of great significance for mining favorable genes and cultivating excellent rice varieties. However, there were limited studies focusing on cold tolerance at the bud burst stage, therefore, considerable attention should be paid to the genetic basis of cold tolerance at the bud burst stage (CTBB).Results: In this study, a natural population consisting of 211 rice landraces collected from 15 provinces of China and other countries were firstly used to evaluate the cold tolerance at the bud burst stage. Population structure analysis showed that this population divided into three groups and was rich in genetic diversity. Our evaluation results confered that the japonica rice was more tolerance to cold at the bud burst stage than indica rice. Genome-wide association study (GWAS) were performed through the phenotypic data of 211 rice landraces and 36,727 SNPs dataset under a mixed linear model, and 12 QTLs (P < 0.0001) were identified according to the seedling survival rate (SSR) treated at 4 ℃, in which there are five QTLs (qSSR2-2, qSSR3-1, qSSR3-2, qSSR3-3 and qSSR9) which were co-located with previous studies, and seven QTLs (qSSR2-1, qSSR3-4, qSSR3-5, qSSR3-6, qSSR3-7, qSSR4 and qSSR7) which were reported for the first time. Among these QTLs, qSSR9, harboring the highest-peak SNP, explained biggest phenotypic variation. Through bioinformatics analysis, five genes (LOC_Os09g12440, LOC_Os09g12470, LOC_Os09g12520, LOC_Os09g12580 and LOC_Os09g12720) were nominated as candidates for qSSR9. Conclusion: This natural population consisting of 211 rice landraces with high density SNPs will serve as a better choice for identifying rice QTLs/genes in future, and the detected QTLs associated with cold tolerance in rice bud burst stage will be conducive to further mining favorable genes and breeding of rice varieties under cold stress.


Author(s):  
Sarah Maguire ◽  
Eleni Perraki ◽  
Katarzyna Tomczyk ◽  
Michael E Jones ◽  
Olivia Fletcher ◽  
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Abstract Background The etiology of male breast cancer (MBC) is poorly understood. In particular, the extent to which the genetic basis of MBC differs from female breast cancer (FBC) is unknown. A previous genome-wide association study of MBC identified 2 predisposition loci for the disease, both of which were also associated with risk of FBC. Methods We performed genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping of European ancestry MBC case subjects and controls in 3 stages. Associations between directly genotyped and imputed single nucleotide polymorphisms with MBC were assessed using fixed-effects meta-analysis of 1380 cases and 3620 controls. Replication genotyping of 810 cases and 1026 controls was used to validate variants with P values less than 1 × 10–06. Genetic correlation with FBC was evaluated using linkage disequilibrium score regression, by comprehensively examining the associations of published FBC risk loci with risk of MBC and by assessing associations between a FBC polygenic risk score and MBC. All statistical tests were 2-sided. Results The genome-wide association study identified 3 novel MBC susceptibility loci that attained genome-wide statistical significance (P &lt; 5 × 10–08). Genetic correlation analysis revealed a strong shared genetic basis with estrogen receptor–positive FBC. Men in the top quintile of genetic risk had a fourfold increased risk of breast cancer relative to those in the bottom quintile (odds ratio = 3.86, 95% confidence interval = 3.07 to 4.87, P = 2.08 × 10–30). Conclusions These findings advance our understanding of the genetic basis of MBC, providing support for an overlapping genetic etiology with FBC and identifying a fourfold high-risk group of susceptible men.


2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Zhao ◽  
Jiahao Li ◽  
Ruiling Zhao ◽  
Ke Xu ◽  
Yirao Xiao ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (10) ◽  
pp. 2113-2129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Offenbacher ◽  
Kimon Divaris ◽  
Silvana P. Barros ◽  
Kevin L. Moss ◽  
Julie T. Marchesan ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 135 (6) ◽  
pp. 1548-1555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Lynn S. Chang ◽  
Inbar Raber ◽  
Jin Xu ◽  
Rui Li ◽  
Robert Spitale ◽  
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Plants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 1722
Author(s):  
Byeong Yong Jeong ◽  
Yoonjung Lee ◽  
Yebin Kwon ◽  
Jee Hye Kim ◽  
Tae-Ho Ham ◽  
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A genome-wide association study (GWAS) was used to investigate the genetic basis of chilling tolerance in a collection of 117 rice accessions, including 26 Korean landraces and 29 weedy rices, at the reproductive stage. To assess chilling tolerance at the early young microspore stage, plants were treated at 12 °C for 5 days, and tolerance was evaluated using seed set fertility. GWAS, together with principal component analysis and kinship matrix analysis, revealed five quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated with chilling tolerance on chromosomes 3, 6, and 7. The percentage of phenotypic variation explained by the QTLs was 11–19%. The genomic region underlying the QTL on chromosome 3 overlapped with a previously reported QTL associated with spikelet fertility. Subsequent bioinformatic and haplotype analyses suggested three candidate chilling-tolerance genes within the QTL linkage disequilibrium block: Os03g0305700, encoding a protein similar to peptide chain release factor 2; Os06g0495700, encoding a beta tubulin, autoregulation binding-site-domain-containing protein; and Os07g0137800, encoding a protein kinase, core-domain-containing protein. Further analysis of the detected QTLs and the candidate chilling-tolerance genes will facilitate strategies for developing chilling-tolerant rice cultivars in breeding programs.


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