Bayesian QTL mapping for recombinant inbred lines derived from a four-way cross

Recombinant inbred lines (RILs) are created by a cross between inbred lines followed by repeated selfing or sib-mating, which include many different types of new inbred lines with many recombination events on the genome. The phenotype of each RIL can be assessed based on multiple individuals within the same line to reduce non-genetic variability. Therefore, RILs are useful tools for QTL mapping allowing effective detection and fine localization of QTL. Usually only two inbred lines are involved to create RILs. In such two-way RILs, however, there are at most two different alleles at QTL and only QTL segregating between two parental lines can be detected. Recently a new crossing design using multiple founders for creating RILs was proposed in Arabidopsis thaliana and mice, where the genome of each RIL is a mosaic of the genomes from multiple parents. Such multi-way RILs are more useful to improve the efficiency in QTL detection than two-way RILs because of the increased chance of QTL segregation among multiple lines, leading to the successful detection of many QTL. In this paper, we propose a Bayesian method for mapping multiple QTL simultaneously in four-way RILs allowing the inference about the equivalence relationship among the four possible alleles descended from the four founder lines as well as the estimation of QTL locations and effects via a MCMC algorithm. Simulation experiments show that our method has the practical ability to detect QTL and to provide the information of equivalence relationship among alleles at detected QTL using four-way RILs.     

以性状和分子标记为基础的水稻近等基因系的分离

以珍汕97/明恢63的一个含234个重组自交系的F6：7群体为材料, 通过以性状和分子标记为基础的方法在该群体中分离了每穗实粒数和千粒重这两个性状的近等基因系及对这两个性状有效应的QTL标记位点和两两互作位点的近等基因系。 在重组自交系RIL65和RIL197家系内分别分离了每穗实粒数和千粒重的近等基因系。 在重组自交系RIL54     

Genetic analysis and QTL mapping of oil content and seed index using two recombinant inbred lines and two backcross populations in Upland cotton

Cottonseed is one of the main by‐products of cotton. To explore the genetic composition of oil content (OC) and seed index (SI) is helpful for utilizing the cottonseed. Under multiple environmental conditions, the genetic structures of OC and SI were explored using two recombinant inbred lines (RILs) and corresponding backcross (BC) populations in Upland cotton. Twenty‐four and 31 quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for OC and SI, respectively, were detected using composite interval mapping, in which 9 QTLs for OC and 18 QTLs controlling SI were simultaneously identified in more than two environments or two populations. Forty‐seven and 37 QTLs with main effects (M‐QTLs) for OC and SI and 114 and 74 QTLs involved in digenic interactions (E‐QTLs), respectively, identified by inclusive composite interval mapping. On average, the E‐QTLs explained a larger portion of the phenotypic variation than the M‐QTLs did. It was concluded that additive effects of single‐locus and epistasis derived from complementary loci with few detectable single‐locus effects played an important role in oil content and seed index in Upland cotton.     

QTL Mapping of Boll Weight Trait Based on Recombinant Inbred Lines in Gossypium hirsutum L.

[Objective] The aim of this study was to explore the quantitative trait locus (QTL) related to the boll weight. [Method] A single seed descended population of 137 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) was developed from the cross of upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) CCRI 36 and G2005, an introgression inbred line introgressed from G. barbadense. Using restriction-site associated DNA sequencing (RAD-seq), a genetic linkage map composed of 6 434 makers, including 6 295 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) and 139 simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers, was developed from the RILs population. [Result] This map spanned 4 071.98 cM with an average distance of 0.63 cM between adjacent markers. QTL mapping was performed by using boll weight data of five environments through WinQTLCart 2.5 software. Thirty-two QTL, with 4.46%-15.84% explained phenotypic variation related boll weight, were detected and found distributing on 15 chromosomes. qBW-A4-1, qBW-A4-2, qBW-A5-2, qBW-D9-1, and qBW-D9-2 were detected in two environments, which explained 5.07%-15.84% of the phenotypic variation. [Conclusion] Major QTLs detected in this study will provide an important reference for analysis of the genetic mechanism of boll weight.     

利用重组自交系定位棉花第22染色体短臂的纤维品质性状的QTL

 以TM-1的染色体片段代换系CSB22sh和TM-1杂交,构建了包含104个家系的重组自交系（RILs）群体。利用74对具有多态性位点的引物进行检测,构建了包含61个多态性位点,长度为76.93 cM的遗传图谱,平均标记间距离1.26 cM。利用此遗传图谱结合重组自交系群体4个环境下的5个纤维品质性状进行QTL定位,共定位出12个QTLs,解释性状表型变异的2.45%～21.11%;在1,2,3,4个环境中同时检测到的QTLs分别有9,1,1,1个。而利用4个环境平均值进行联合分析定位出个4个QTLs,纤维长度和纤维整齐度的QTLs均为2个,解释性状表型变异的14.37%～19.97%,并且纤维长度和整齐度的QTL在相同的位置。多环境下检测到的QTL可能对标记辅助选择有实际应用价值。     

Genetic analysis of plant height using two immortalized populations of “CRI12 × J8891” in Gossypium hirsutum L.

Plant height is an important plant architecture trait that determines the canopy structure, photosynthetic capacity and lodging resistance of upland cotton populations. To understand the genetic basis of plant height for marker-assisted breeding, quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis was conducted based on the genetic map of recombinant inbred lines (RILs) derived from the cross “CRI12 × J8891” (Gossypium hirsutum L.). Three methods, including composite interval mapping, multiple interval mapping and multi-marker joint analysis, were used to detect QTL across multiple environments in the RILs and in the immortalized F₂ population developed through intermating between RILs. A total of 19 QTL with genetic main effects and/or genetic × environment interaction effects were identified on 15 chromosomes or linkage groups, each explaining 5.8–14.3 % of the phenotypic variation. Five digenic epistatic QTL pairs, mainly involving additive × additive and/or dominance × dominance, were detected in different environments. Seven out of eight interacting loci were main-effect QTL, suggesting that these loci act as major genes as well as modifying genes in the expression of plant height. The results demonstrate that additive effects, dominance and epistasis are all important for the genetic constitution of plant height, with additive effects playing a more important role in reducing plant height. QTL showing stability across environments that were repeatedly detected by different methods can be used in marker-assisted breeding.     

多环境下陆地棉(Gossypium hirsutum L.)重组自交系铃重与衣分性状的QTL分析

本研究利用以SGK9708为母本,0-153为父本构建的196个陆地棉重组自交系(F6:8)构建了包含186个标记,总长827.84 cM,标记间平均距离4.45 cM,覆盖棉花基因组18.6%的遗传连锁图谱,并对7个环境下的铃重和衣分性状进行QTL定位和上位性互作分析.利用两种分析软件(WinQTLcart2.5和Q...     

QTL mapping of fiber quality in an elite hybrid derived-RIL population of upland cotton

Xiangzamian 2 (XZM2) was the most widely cultivated cotton hybrid planted as F₁ hybrids and as selfed F₂ seeds in China before the release of transgenic Bt hybrids. By crossing two parents of XZM2, Gossypium hirsutum cv. Zhongmiansuo12 (ZMS12) and G. hirsutum acc. 8891, and through subsequent selfings, we obtained F₈ and F₉ populations of 180 recombinant inbred lines (RILs). A RIL population was cultivated in two cotton-growing regions in China for 2 years. The purpose of the present research was to detect quantitative trait loci (QTL) for fiber quality and provide information applicable to cotton breeding. A genetic map was constructed mainly using SSR markers. QTL controlling fiber quality traits were determined at the single-locus and two-locus levels, and genotype-by-environment interactions were analyzed. Among the main-effect QTL, a fiber length QTL qFL-D2-1 and a reflectance QTL qFR-D2-1 were simultaneously detected at two growing regions in 2 years, which suggested a high degree of stability in different environments, and might be of particular value for a marker-assisted selection (MAS) program. The results suggested that epistatic effects, as well as additive effects, of QTL play important roles in fiber quality in these RILs. In our research, the phenomenon of QTL clusters was detected in the cotton genome.     

棉花纤维次生壁加厚期基因的表达谱分析

本研究以高纤维强度材料0-153和转基因抗虫棉sGK9708为亲本构建的高代重组自交系群体(F608)中纤维强度具有显著差异的两个系(高强材料69307和低强材料69362)作为材料,利用cDNA芯片技术,对纤维次生壁加厚阶段(15 DPA和20 DPA)的基因表达谱进行研究.共检测到差异表达基因3 383个,占cDN...     

Quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping of silique length and petal colour in Brassica rapa

Recombinant inbred lines (RILs) derived from a cross between Brassica rapa L. cv. ‘Sampad’, and an inbred line 3‐0026.027 was used to map the loci controlling silique length and petal colour. The RILs were evaluated under four environments. Variation for silique length in the RILs ranged from normal, such as ‘Sampad’, to short silique, such as 3‐0026.027. Three QTL, SLA3, SLA5 and SLA7, were detected on the linkage groups A3, A5 and A7, respectively. These QTL explained 36.0 to 42.3% total phenotypic variance in the individual environments and collectively 32.5% phenotypic variance. No additive × additive epistatic interaction was detected between the three QTL. Moreover, no QTL × environment interaction was detected in any of the four environments. The number of loci for silique length detected based on QTL mapping agrees well with the results from segregation analysis of the RILs. In case of petal colour, a single locus governing this trait was detected on the linkage group A2.     

Analysis of natural allelic variation in in vitro organogenesis of Arabidopsis thaliana

We have evaluated the regeneration ability of leaf and root explants in 26 natural populations with the aim of analyzing the naturally occurring variation of Arabidopsis in vitro shoot and root organogenesis. All the accessions have been used as parental lines of available or under construction recombinant inbred lines (RILs) under construction. Phenotypic differences found between Ler and Cvi ecotypes were mapped in a population of 162 RILs. Several involved quantitative trait loci (QTL) have been identified. The analysis of near isogenic lines (NILs) would allow us to assign the effect of the QTLs identified and also possible candidate genes will be tested among those already described in the literature mapping into those regions. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Identification of QTLs Related to Verticillium Wilt Resistance Based on RIL Population

[Objective] The objective of this study was to identify the stable quantitative trait loci (QTLs) related to Verticillium wilt resistance in cotton. [Method] In this study, a population of 111 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) strains was developed by crossing a highly resistant parental line "Changkangmian" to Verticillium wilt and the susceptible parent TM-1. The complete composite interval mapping method was adopted to detect QTLs by Verticillium wilt disease index in multiple environmental conditions and periods in Anyang and Verticillium wilt affected areas of Xinjiang. Simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers of polymorphism were screened for genetic mapping. [Result] The genetic map was constructed by 40 simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers, consisted of 12 linkage groups with total length of 212.5 centimorgan (cM). A total of six QTLs related to the resistance to Verticillium wilt were obtained. The likelihood of odd (LOD) values ranged from 2.51 to 5.55. The maximum phenotypic variation explained (PVE) 20.34%, and the minimum PVE 6.93% were recorded. Among detected QTLs, qVR-D05-1 was detected in both Verticillium wilt affected fields in Anyang and Xinjiang in July 2015 and July 2016 with PVE of 12.96% and 20.34%, respectively. [Conclusion] This study can provide a potential reference for mapping stable QTLs related to resistance to Verticillium wilt.     

QTL mapping of the domestication traits pre-harvest sprouting and dormancy in wheat (<Emphasis Type="BoldItalic">Triticum aestivum L.</Emphasis>)

A set of 75 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) of the ITMI mapping population was grown under field conditions in Gatersleben. The lines were evaluated for the domestication traits pre-harvest sprouting and dormancy (germinability). Main QTLs could be localized for pre-harvest sprouting on chromosome 4AL and dormancy on chromosome 3AL. In addition, 85 Triticum aestivum cv. “Chinese Spring”-Aegilops tauschii introgression lines grown under greenhouse conditions were researched. No QTL could be found for pre-harvest sprouting but a major QTL could be detected for dormancy on chromosome 6DL.     

Comparison of QTLs mapped in RILs and their test-cross progenies of tropical maize for insect resistance and agronomic traits

Quantitative trait loci (QTL) affecting resistance to south-western corn borer Diatraea grandiosella (SWCB) and sugarcane borer Diatraea saccharalis (SCB) have been identified previously in F_2:3 lines and recombinant inbred lines (RILs) of tropical maize using restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analyses. Our objective was to determine whether QTLs identified in these generations are also expressed in test crosses (TC) of RILs. A population of 166 TC progenies was developed by crossing RILs from the cross CML131 (susceptible) × CML67 (resistant) with the unrelated, susceptible tester line CML216. Resistance to first-generation SWCB, measured as leaf-feeding damage (LFD) under artificial infestation, and other agronomic traits were evaluated in two environments for the TC progenies and three environments for 183 RILs. The correlation between line per se and TC performance was low for LFD and intermediate for most agronomic traits. Estimates of the genotypic variance and heritabilities were smaller in the TC progenies than in the RILs for all traits. Quantitative trait loci were identified using an RFLP linkage map with 136 loci. For LFD, four QTLs were detected in the TC progenies, of which two were in common with nine QTLs previously mapped in the RILs. Few QTLs for agronomic traits were common to the two types of progeny, because of the low consistency of QTL positions for all traits in RIL and TC progenies, the use of TC progenies should be considered in QTL mapping studies as the first step for marker-assisted selection in hybrid breeding.     

玉米幼胚愈伤组织的诱导和植株再生的QTL分析

以黄早四和Mo17为亲本组配的239个RIL群体，构建了101个SSR标记的遗传图谱，覆盖玉米基因组1 422.7 cM，标记间的平均距离为15.6 cM。以玉米幼胚为外植体、改良N6为基本培养基，对亲本及RIL群体的组培性状进行了评价。采用复合区间作图法在第2、3、5、6、8和9染色体上定位了控制出愈率、Ⅱ型愈伤组织诱导率、绿点及绿苗分化率的8个QTL，并对其遗传效应进行了分析，其基因加性效应能解释相应性状表型方差的4.78%~14.02%。     

稻米直链淀粉含量基因座位的分子标记定位

以直链淀粉含量(AC)中等的CT9993和泰国优质的香软米KDML105杂交产生的152个重组近交系 (RIL)为材料, 构建了含83个RFLP、 69个AFLP和15个微卫星(SSLP)标记的分子标记连锁图 , 标记间平均距离为12.98 cM。 应用该连锁图对控制稻米AC的基因座位(QTL)进行了分析 。 结果表明： 稻米AC主要受两个主效QTL和5个微效QTL的共同控制     

Microsatellite markers associated with lint percentage trait in cotton, Gossypium hirsutum

Molecular markers associated with fiber development traits have the potential to play a key role in understanding of cotton fiber development. Seventeen SSRs out of 304 markers tested from MGHES (EST-SSR), JESPR (genomic SSR), and TMB (BAC-derived SSR) collections showed significant linkage associations (using a Kurskal-Wallis non-parametric test) with lint percentage QTL in a set of recombinant inbred cotton lines (RILs) segregating for lint percentage. The permutation test of these potential markers associated with lint percentage QTL(s) determined that 12 SSR markers have stable estimates, exceeding empirically chosen threshold significance values at or above α = 0.01. Interval mapping demonstrated that 9 SSRs with stable critical LOD threshold values at α = 0.01 have significant QTL effect. Multiple QTL-mapping (MQM) revealed that at least, two highly significant fiber development QTLs exist around regions TMB0471 and MGHES–31 (explained about 23–59% of the phenotypic variation of lint percentage) and around markers MGHES–31 and TMB0366 (accounted for 5.4–12.5% phenotypic variation of lint percentage). These markers, in particular fiber-specific EST-SSRs, might be the possible ‘candidate’ loci contributing for fiber development in cotton. BAC-derived SSRs associated with fiber trait are the possible markers that are useful for the identification of physical genomic contigs that contain fiber development genes. Several lint percentage trait associated SSR markers have been located to chromosomes 12, 18, 23, and 26 using deletion analysis in aneuploid chromosome substitution lines. Outcomes of the work may prove useful in understanding and revealing the molecular basis of the fiber development, and the utilization of these markers for development of superior cotton cultivars through marker-assisted selection (MAS) programs. I. Y. Abdurakhmonov and S. Saha contributed equally to the work     

水稻抗稻曲病数量性状座位及效应分析

利用157个家系组成的大关稻(japonica)/IR28 (indica)重组自交系(recombinant inbred lines, RIL)群体,采用高效引发稻曲病人工接种方法,以病情指数作为稻曲病的表型值。2007和2009年,鉴定亲本及RILs对水稻稻曲病的抗性。利用QTL Cartographer 软件,对水稻稻曲病抗性基因进行检测分析。两年共检测到qFsr1、qFsr2、qFsr4、qFsr8、qFsr10、qFsr11、qFsr12等7个QTL,分别位于第1、第2、第4、第8、第10、第11和第12染色体上,贡献率在9.8%~22.5%之间。其中,2007年检测到qFsr1、qFsr4、qFsr10、qFsr11、qFsr12等5个位点;2009年检测到qFsr2、qFsr8、qFsr10、qFsr11等4个位点,qFsr11、qFsr12在两年中均被检测到,对性状的解释率在18.0%~19.3%之间,使病情指数下降8.0%~16.3%,提高了抗病性。根据抗性位点加性效应方向,在qFsr1、qFsr2、qFsr8、qFsr10、qFsr11和qFsr12位点上,亲本IR28存在抗稻曲病的增效等位基因,大关稻具有减效等位基因,而位点qFsr4的抗性效应来源正好相反。qFsr11、qFsr12及其附近的标记可望在稻曲病抗性分子标记辅助选择育种中加以应用。     

Genetic analysis for the leaf pubescence density and water status traits in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]

Leaf pubescence density (PD) is an important component for the adaptation of soybean [ Glycine max (L.) Merr.] to drought-prone environment. Quantitative trait loci (QTL) controlling PD on the upper surface of leaf blade (PDU), PD on the lower surface of leaf blade (PDL), leaf wilting coefficient (WC) and rate of excised leaf drying (ELD) were identified using recombinant inbred lines (RILs) population from the cross between soybean cultivars 'kefeng1' and 'nannong1138-2' at the field soil drought stress stage from the mid-end of stem elongation to onset of flowering. A total of 20 QTLs were detected on molecular linkage groups (MLGs) A2, D1b, E, H, G and I with individual QTL explained 4.49–23.56% of phenotypic variation by composite interval mapping. The QTLs for PD on MLG H were mapped to near Ps locus while the QTLs on MLG D1b were located near Rsc-7 . Three genome regions for PD and water status traits on MLGs A2, D1b and H were associated. This study revealed that leaf surface PD may play an important role in the soybean drought tolerance.     

利用重组自交群体检测水稻抗亚铁毒胁迫的QTLs

潜育性水稻田广泛分布于中国、斯里兰卡、印度、印度尼西亚、塞拉里昂、利比亚、尼日利亚、哥伦比亚和菲律宾等国，其中我国南方稻区就有670万公顷低产潜育性水稻田。该类水稻田还原性强，矿质营养失调，尤以Fe2+ 过量积累，对水稻生长发育产生不良的逆境胁迫作用。培育抗亚铁毒的水稻品种是简便、经济有效地提高稻谷产量的重