The role of cis regulatory evolution in maize domestication.
The role of cis regulatory evolution in maize domestication.
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DOI:
10.1371/journal.pgen.1004745
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发表时间:
2014-11
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影响因子:
4.5
通讯作者:
Doebley JF
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作者:
Lemmon ZH;Bukowski R;Sun Q;Doebley JF
Gene expression differences between divergent lineages caused by modification of cis regulatory elements are thought to be important in evolution. We assayed genome-wide cis and trans regulatory differences between maize and its wild progenitor, teosinte, using deep RNA sequencing in F1 hybrid and parent inbred lines for three tissue types (ear, leaf and stem). Pervasive regulatory variation was observed with approximately 70% of ∼17,000 genes showing evidence of regulatory divergence between maize and teosinte. However, many fewer genes (1,079 genes) show consistent cis differences with all sampled maize and teosinte lines. For ∼70% of these 1,079 genes, the cis differences are specific to a single tissue. The number of genes with cis regulatory differences is greatest for ear tissue, which underwent a drastic transformation in form during domestication. As expected from the domestication bottleneck, maize possesses less cis regulatory variation than teosinte with this deficit greatest for genes showing maize-teosinte cis regulatory divergence, suggesting selection on cis regulatory differences during domestication. Consistent with selection on cis regulatory elements, genes with cis effects correlated strongly with genes under positive selection during maize domestication and improvement, while genes with trans regulatory effects did not. We observed a directional bias such that genes with cis differences showed higher expression of the maize allele more often than the teosinte allele, suggesting domestication favored up-regulation of gene expression. Finally, this work documents the cis and trans regulatory changes between maize and teosinte in over 17,000 genes for three tissues. Modification of cis regulatory elements to produce differences in gene expression level, localization, and timing is an important mechanism by which organisms evolve divergent adaptations. To examine gene regulatory change during the domestication of maize from its wild progenitor, teosinte, we assessed allele-specific expression in a collection of maize and teosinte inbreds and their F1 hybrids using three tissues from different developmental stages. Our use of F1 hybrids represents the first study in a domesticated crop and wild progenitor that dissects cis and trans regulatory effects to examine characteristics of genes under various cis and trans regulatory regimes. We find evidence for consistent cis regulatory divergence that differentiates maize from teosinte in approximately 4% of genes. These genes are significantly correlated with genes under selection during domestication and crop improvement, suggesting an important role for cis regulatory elements in maize evolution. This work provides valuable insight into the evolution of gene regulatory elements during the domestication of an important crop plant.
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影响因子:
7
作者:
Emerson, J. J.;Hsieh, Li-Ching;Li, Wen-Hsiung
通讯作者:
Li, Wen-Hsiung
影响因子:
9.8
作者:
Carroll, SB
通讯作者:
Carroll, SB
影响因子:
30.8
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DOI:
10.1111/j.2517-6161.1995.tb02031.x
发表时间:
1995-01-01
影响因子:
5.8
作者:
BENJAMINI, Y;HOCHBERG, Y
通讯作者:
HOCHBERG, Y
影响因子:
10.7
作者:
Eyre-Walker, Adam;Keightley, Peter D.
通讯作者:
Keightley, Peter D.