Title |
Identification and Fine-Mapping of a Major Maize Leaf Width QTL in a Re-sequenced Large Recombinant Inbred Lines Population
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Published in |
Frontiers in Plant Science, February 2018
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DOI | 10.3389/fpls.2018.00101 |
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Authors |
Baobao Wang, Yanbin Zhu, Jinjie Zhu, Zhipeng Liu, Han Liu, Xiaomei Dong, Jinjie Guo, Wei Li, Jing Chen, Chi Gao, Xinmei Zheng, Lizhu E, Jinsheng Lai, Haiming Zhao, Weibin Song |
Abstract |
Leaf width (LW) influences canopy architecture of population-cultured maize and can thus contribute to density breeding. In previous studies, almost all maize LW-related mutants have extreme effect on leaf development or accompanied unfavorable phenotypes. In addition, the identification of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) has been resolution-limited, with cloning and fine-mapping rarely performed. Here, we constructed a bin map for 670 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) using ∼1.2 billion 100-bp re-sequencing reads. QTL analysis of the LW trait directly narrowed the major effect QTL,qLW4, to a ∼270-kb interval. A fine-mapping population and near-isogenic lines (NILs) were quickly constructed using a key RIL harboring heterozygous genotypes across theqLW4region. A recombinant-derived progeny testing strategy was subsequently used to further fine-mapqLW4to a 55-kb interval. Examination of NILs revealed thatqLW4has a completely dominant effect on LW, with no additional effect on leaf length. Candidate gene analysis suggested that this locus may be a novel LW controlling allele in maize. Our findings demonstrate the advantage of large-population high-density bin mapping, and suggest a strategy for efficiently fine-mapping or even cloning of QTLs. These results should also be helpful for further dissection of the genetic mechanism of LW variation, and benefit maize density breeding. |
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