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QTL mapping of seed size traits based on a high-density genetic map in castor

YANG Jun-Fang1,2(), WANG Zhou1(), QIAO Lin-Yi2, WANG Ya1, ZHAO Yi-Ting1, ZHANG Hong-Bin1, SHEN DengGao1, WANG HongWei3,*(), CAO Yue1,*()   

  1. 1Institute of Industrial Crops, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taiyuan 030031, Shanxi, China
    2College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taiyuan 030031, Shanxi, China
    3Social Service Department of Shanxi Agricultural University, Taiyuan 030031, Shanxi, China
  • Received:2021-10-21 Accepted:2022-06-07 Online:2023-03-12 Published:2022-07-08
  • Contact: WANG HongWei,CAO Yue E-mail:sx1987yjf@126.com;419309976@qq.com;jzswhw@163.com;caoyue1001@163.com
  • About author:First author contact:**Contributed equally to this work
  • Supported by:
    Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences for Cultivating the National Natural Science Foundation(YGJPY1904);Youth Scientific Research Project of Science and Technology Department of Shanxi Province(20210302124364);Biological Breeding Engineering of Shanxi Agricultural University(YZGC050)

Abstract:

The seed size of castor (Ricinus communis L.) directly affects the yield, and there is a great difference in seed size among different castor varieties. It is of great significance to further study the genetic mechanism of castor seed size traits for the development of castor seed industry. In this study, we used monoecious inbred lines SL1 as male parent, pistillate line HCH1 as female parent 1 (Combination 1), and pistillate line HCH3 as female parent 2 (Combination 2) to construct F2 and BC1 populations, respectively. Firstly, the correlations between seed size traits were analyzed by phenotypic statistics of the two genetic populations. Secondly, based on the phenotypic data of 150 individual plants in F2 population from Combination 1, a high-density genetic map was constructed using genotyping by whole genome sequencing technology (WGS), and QTL analysis was performed for the seed size traits. Finally, the KEGG pathway enrichment and BLAST comparison were performed to determine the candidate genes in the definite QTL region. The results showed that the correlation between seed traits was different among different combinations and populations, and the correlation between seed length and width was the most significant by the phenotypic analysis. And a total of 18 QTLs were detected for four traits including 2 QTLs for seed length, 5 QTLs for seed width, 4 QTLs for seed thickness, and 7 QTLs for hundred-grain weight, which were distributed on linkage groups 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, and 10, respectively. The LOD values ranged from 3.77 to 7.40, and the contribution of variation rate ranged from 0.71% to 86.20%. Based on these results, six candidate genes (28470.m000435, 29908.m006143, 29848.m004589, 27752.m000045, 29683.m000480, and 29848.m004611) for regulating seed size were screened. This study lays a theoretical foundation for further research on fine mapping and gene cloning, molecular marker-assisted breeding and gene function analysis of castor seed size traits.

Key words: castor, high-density genetic map, seed size, QTL mapping, KEGG, candidate gene

Table 1

Phenotypic statistical analysis of seed size traits in the two groups of parents and offspring"

群体
Population
性状
Trait
统计量
Number
极小值
Min.
极大值
Max.
均值
Mean
标准差
SD
双侧
Sig.
峰度
Kurtosis
偏度
Skewness
SL1, HCH1 种子长Seed length 2 13.00 16.04 14.52 2.15 0.07 — —
种子宽Seed width 2 9.04 9.52 9.28 0.34 0.02 — —
种子厚Seed thickness 2 6.40 6.62 6.51 0.16 0.01 — —
百粒重100-grain weight 2 29.62 47.20 38.41 12.43 0.14 — —
B 种子长Seed length 217 13.09 17.22 15.13 0.82 0.00 -0.18 -0.01
种子宽Seed width 217 8.30 10.04 9.16 0.36 0.00 -0.26 -0.24
种子厚Seed thickness 217 5.40 7.31 6.39 0.30 0.00 0.28 0.21
百粒重100-grain weight 217 15.77 52.64 40.13 5.89 0.00 1.42 -0.78
D 种子长Seed length 66 12.73 16.42 14.39 0.69 0.00 0.87 -0.05
种子宽Seed width 66 8.02 9.84 9.03 0.35 0.00 0.54 -0.57
种子厚Seed thickness 66 5.70 6.71 6.35 0.21 0.00 0.04 -0.43
百粒重100-grain weight 66 24.98 43.92 37.09 4.30 0.00 0.42 -0.76
SL1, HCH3 种子长Seed length 2 13.10 16.04 14.57 2.08 0.06 — —
种子宽Seed width 2 8.80 9.52 9.16 0.51 0.02 — —
群体
Population
性状
Trait
统计量
Number
极小值
Min.
极大值
Max.
均值
Mean
标准差
SD
双侧
Sig.
峰度
Kurtosis
偏度
Skewness
种子厚Seed thickness 2 6.40 6.62 6.51 0.16 0.01 — —
百粒重100-grain weight 2 35.02 47.20 41.11 8.61 0.09 — —
A 种子长Seed length 52 13.16 16.48 14.75 0.63 0.00 0.35 0.03
种子宽Seed width 52 8.62 10.10 9.31 0.31 0.00 -0.34 -0.15
种子厚Seed thickness 52 6.00 7.04 6.37 0.24 0.00 -0.06 0.66
百粒重100-grain weight 52 34.20 48.12 41.16 3.07 0.00 -0.45 -0.10
C 种子长Seed length 41 13.28 15.54 14.41 0.55 0.00 -0.18 -0.14
种子宽Seed width 41 8.60 9.80 9.15 0.29 0.00 -0.28 0.07
种子厚Seed thickness 41 5.02 6.60 6.27 0.27 0.00 11.96 2.81
百粒重100-grain weight 41 30.90 45.64 38.88 3.16 0.00 -0.33 -0.09

Fig. 1

Sequenced parents and some seeds of F2 population a: the parents of combination 1; SL1: the male parent; HCH1: the female parent. b: some seeds of F2 population of combination 1; the letter B stands for the F2 seeds which followed by the material number."

Fig. 2

Distribution of seed size traits for sequenced F2 population"

Table 2

Correlation analysis of seed size traits in two groups of BC1 and F2 populations"

性状
Trait
种子长
Seed length
种子宽
Seed width
种子厚
Seed thickness
百粒重
100-grain weight
种子长Seed length 0.621** B 0.610** B 0.583** B
0.650** D 0.521** D 0.297* D
种子宽Seed width 0.386* C 0.505** B 0.558** B
0.551** A 0.381** D 0.323** D
种子厚Seed thickness 0.127 C -0.028 C 0.445** B
0.359** A 0.465** A 0.117 D
百粒重100-grain weight 0.560** C 0.453** C 0.411* C
0.086 A 0.108 A 0.006 A

Table 3

Statistics of genetic linkage group information"

连锁群
Linkage
标记数目
Marker number
遗传距离
Length (cM)
平均距离
Average length (cM)
最大间隙
Maximum gap
LG1 1949 1171.78 0.60 61.01
LG2 970 458.32 0.47 9.05
LG3 659 397.43 0.60 20.54
LG4 626 349.77 0.56 9.40
LG5 497 281.76 0.57 6.46
LG6 246 134.67 0.55 23.25
LG7 243 196.25 0.81 24.37
LG8 182 120.87 0.66 25.15
LG9 242 170.22 0.70 12.33
LG10 99 73.96 0.75 4.53
平均Average 571 335.50 0.59 —
总计Total 5713 3355.03 — —

Fig. 3

QTL mapping results a: map of seed length; b: map of seed width; c: map of seed thickness; d: map of 100-grain weight. SL: seed length; SW: seed width; ST: seed thickness; HGW: 100-grain weight."

Table 4

QTL analysis results"

性状
Trait
染色体
Chr.
QTL 位置
Position (cM)
LOD值
LOD value
加性效应Additive effect 显性效应Dominant effect 贡献率
R2 (%)
99%置信区间
99% confidence interval
SL 1 qSL1 11.21 4.06 0.06 0.00 3.67 7.8-12.9
SL 7 qSL7 97.81 7.40 -0.02 0.00 22.16 91.2-98.9
SW 4 qSW4 169.31 3.87 0.10 -0.03 77.60 163.2-170.1
SW 7 qSW7-1 10.91 4.82 -0.05 -0.02 8.74 3.6-13.9
SW 7 qSW7-2 115.51 3.77 -0.04 0.01 11.59 107.0-119.6
SW 8 qSW8-1 96.01 4.60 -0.13 0.04 80.40 92.2-96.7
SW 8 qSW8-2 107.01 3.90 0.13 0.04 70.21 106.1-107.7
ST 4 qST4 85.51 3.87 -0.04 -0.01 23.75 83.9-88.3
ST 8 qST8-1 93.21 4.67 -0.05 0.01 86.20 90.9-96.0
ST 8 qST8-2 107.51 3.94 0.09 0.01 80.55 106.7-108.7
ST 10 qST10 71.11 5.26 -0.01 -0.01 0.71 67.5-73.0
HGW 1 qHGW1-1 3.31 4.11 -1.57 0.20 75.55 3.0-5.2
HGW 1 qHGW1-2 223.21 5.34 -1.70 0.08 30.79 223.1-236.5
HGW 1 qHGW1-3 397.91 4.30 -1.88 0.15 75.55 396.9-398.7
HGW 7 qHGW7-1 29.41 4.21 -0.27 -0.04 9.44 26.7-36.0
HGW 7 qHGW7-2 84.51 4.35 -0.26 0.13 16.60 84.1-86.2
HGW 7 qHGW7-3 97.81 4.88 -0.27 0.16 19.68 92.1-98.9
HGW 9 qHGW9 149.41 4.76 -0.23 0.26 20.05 138.2-157.3

Fig. 4

KEGG pathway of QTLs for seed width"

Table 5

Candidate genes for seed size traits"

性状位点
Trait locus
染色体
位置Scaffords
物理位置
Physical position (bp)
所在基因ID
Gene ID
拟南芥基因
Arabidopsis gene
描述
Description
qSL7, qHGW7-3,
qHGW7-2
29,848 962,738, 961,557,
961,387
29848.t000167: 29848.m004611 AT4G32190.1 参与淀粉起始的蛋白质
Protein involved in starch initiation
qST4 29,908 169,970 29908.t000194: 29908.m006143 AT1G01720.1 具有NAC结构域的转录激活家族
Belongs to a large family of putative transcriptional activators with NAC domain.
qST8-1 29,683 197,190 29683.t000018: 29683.m000480 AT2G17030.1 编码SKP1/ASK互作蛋白
Encodes a SKP1/ASK-interacting protein
qHGW1-2 27,752 2,960 27752.t000001:
27752.m000045
AT3G07870.1 F-BOX 92蛋白
F-BOX protein 92
qHGW7-3, qSL7 29,848 849,320 29848.t000145:
29848.m004589
AT1G80490.2 与在胚胎发生过程中介导生长素依赖的转录抑制密切相关
It is closely related to Topless (TPL), which mediates auxin-dependent transcriptional repression during embryogenesis
qHGW9 28,470 118,469 28470.t000014:
28470.m000435
AT5G04010 F-box家族蛋白
F-box family protein
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