Genome-wide association studies of grain quality traits in maize
Abstract High quality is the main goal of today’s maize breeding and the investigation of grain quality traits would help to breed high-quality varieties in maize. In this study, genome-wide association studies in a set of 248 diverse inbred lines were performed with 83,057 single nucleotide polymor...
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| author | Yunxiao Zheng Fan Yuan Yaqun Huang Yongfeng Zhao Xiaoyan Jia Liying Zhu Jinjie Guo |
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| description | Abstract High quality is the main goal of today’s maize breeding and the investigation of grain quality traits would help to breed high-quality varieties in maize. In this study, genome-wide association studies in a set of 248 diverse inbred lines were performed with 83,057 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), and five grain quality traits were investigated in diverse environments for two years. The results showed that maize inbred lines showed substantial natural variations of grain quality and these traits showed high broad-sense heritability. A total of 49 SNPs were found to be significantly associated with grain quality traits. Among these SNPs, four co-localized sites were commonly detected by multiple traits. The candidate genes which were searched for can be classified into 11 biological processes, 13 cellular components, and 6 molecular functions. Finally, we found 29 grain quality-related genes. These genes and the SNPs identified in the study would offer essential information for high-quality varieties breeding programs in maize. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1f887a50c2404c1f9e55287555f7b8992022-12-21T22:55:22ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222021-05-0111111210.1038/s41598-021-89276-3Genome-wide association studies of grain quality traits in maizeYunxiao Zheng0Fan Yuan1Yaqun Huang2Yongfeng Zhao3Xiaoyan Jia4Liying Zhu5Jinjie Guo6College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural UniversityCollege of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural UniversityCollege of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural UniversityCollege of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural UniversityCollege of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural UniversityCollege of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural UniversityCollege of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural UniversityAbstract High quality is the main goal of today’s maize breeding and the investigation of grain quality traits would help to breed high-quality varieties in maize. In this study, genome-wide association studies in a set of 248 diverse inbred lines were performed with 83,057 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), and five grain quality traits were investigated in diverse environments for two years. The results showed that maize inbred lines showed substantial natural variations of grain quality and these traits showed high broad-sense heritability. A total of 49 SNPs were found to be significantly associated with grain quality traits. Among these SNPs, four co-localized sites were commonly detected by multiple traits. The candidate genes which were searched for can be classified into 11 biological processes, 13 cellular components, and 6 molecular functions. Finally, we found 29 grain quality-related genes. These genes and the SNPs identified in the study would offer essential information for high-quality varieties breeding programs in maize.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89276-3 |
| spellingShingle | Yunxiao Zheng Fan Yuan Yaqun Huang Yongfeng Zhao Xiaoyan Jia Liying Zhu Jinjie Guo Genome-wide association studies of grain quality traits in maize Scientific Reports |
| title | Genome-wide association studies of grain quality traits in maize |
| title_full | Genome-wide association studies of grain quality traits in maize |
| title_fullStr | Genome-wide association studies of grain quality traits in maize |
| title_full_unstemmed | Genome-wide association studies of grain quality traits in maize |
| title_short | Genome-wide association studies of grain quality traits in maize |
| title_sort | genome wide association studies of grain quality traits in maize |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89276-3 |
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