Nature Communications (Feb 2022)
Genomic variants affecting homoeologous gene expression dosage contribute to agronomic trait variation in allopolyploid wheat
- Fei He,
- Wei Wang,
- William B. Rutter,
- Katherine W. Jordan,
- Jie Ren,
- Ellie Taagen,
- Noah DeWitt,
- Deepmala Sehgal,
- Sivakumar Sukumaran,
- Susanne Dreisigacker,
- Matthew Reynolds,
- Jyotirmoy Halder,
- Sunish Kumar Sehgal,
- Shuyu Liu,
- Jianli Chen,
- Allan Fritz,
- Jason Cook,
- Gina Brown-Guedira,
- Mike Pumphrey,
- Arron Carter,
- Mark Sorrells,
- Jorge Dubcovsky,
- Matthew J. Hayden,
- Alina Akhunova,
- Peter L. Morrell,
- Les Szabo,
- Matthew Rouse,
- Eduard Akhunov
Affiliations
- Fei He
- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University
- Wei Wang
- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University
- William B. Rutter
- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University
- Katherine W. Jordan
- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University
- Jie Ren
- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University
- Ellie Taagen
- School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University
- Noah DeWitt
- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, North Carolina State University
- Deepmala Sehgal
- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
- Sivakumar Sukumaran
- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
- Susanne Dreisigacker
- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
- Matthew Reynolds
- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
- Jyotirmoy Halder
- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science, South Dakota State University
- Sunish Kumar Sehgal
- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science, South Dakota State University
- Shuyu Liu
- Texas A&M AgriLife Research
- Jianli Chen
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Idaho
- Allan Fritz
- Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University
- Jason Cook
- Department of Plant Sciences & Plant Pathology, Montana State University
- Gina Brown-Guedira
- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, North Carolina State University
- Mike Pumphrey
- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University
- Arron Carter
- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University
- Mark Sorrells
- School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University
- Jorge Dubcovsky
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California
- Matthew J. Hayden
- School of Applied Systems Biology, La Trobe University
- Alina Akhunova
- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University
- Peter L. Morrell
- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota
- Les Szabo
- USDA-ARS Cereal Disease Lab
- Matthew Rouse
- USDA-ARS Cereal Disease Lab
- Eduard Akhunov
- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28453-y
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 15
Abstract
The connection between expression variation and phenotypic diversity in the populations of polyploid crops remains elusive. Here, the authors reveal the impact of genetic variants leading to biased expression of homoeologous genes in hexaploid wheat on agronomic traits.
