scholarly journals The maternal environment interacts with genetic variation in regulating seed dormancy in Arabidopsis thaliana

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Envel Kerdaffrec ◽  
Magnus Nordborg
Keyword(s):  
Arabidopsis Thaliana ◽  
Association Study ◽  
Seed Dormancy ◽  
Genome Wide Association Study ◽  
Seed Maturation ◽  
Genome Wide Association ◽  
Maternal Environment ◽  
Genome Wide ◽  
A Genome ◽  
Wide Range

AbstractSeed dormancy is a complex adaptive trait that controls the timing of seed germination, one of the major fitness components in many plant species. Despite being highly heritable, seed dormancy is extremely plastic and influenced by a wide range of environmental cues. Here, using a set of 92 Arabidopsis thaliana lines from Sweden, we investigate the effect of seed maturation temperature on dormancy variation at the population level. The response to temperature differs dramatically between lines, demonstrating that genotype and the maternal environment interact in controlling the trait. By performing a genome-wide association study (GWAS), we identified several candidate genes that could account for this plasticity, two of which are involved in the photoinduction of germination. Altogether, our results provide insight into both the molecular mechanisms and the evolution of dormancy plasticity, and can serve to improve our understanding of environmentally dependent life-history transitions.HighlightThe effect of low seed-maturation temperatures on seed dormancy is highly variable in Arabidopsis thaliana accessions from Sweden, denoting strong genotype-environment interactions, and a genome-wide association study identified compelling candidates that could account for this plasticity.

scholarly journals Genome-wide Association Study of Anxiety and Stress-related Disorders in the iPSYCH Cohort

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra M. Meier ◽  
Kalevi Trontti ◽  
Thomas Damm Als ◽  
Mikaela Laine ◽  
Marianne Giørtz Pedersen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Association Study ◽  
Genome Wide Association Study ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Twin Studies ◽  
Genome Wide Association ◽  
Sensitivity Analyses ◽  
Association Analyses ◽  
Genome Wide ◽  
A Genome ◽  
Wide Range

AbstractAnxiety and stress-related disorders (ASRD) are among the most common mental disorders with the majority of patients suffering from additional disorders. Family and twin studies indicate that genetic and environmental factors are underlying their etiology. As ASRD are likely to configure various expressions of abnormalities in the basic stress-response system, we conducted a genome-wide association study including 12,655 cases with various anxiety and stress-related diagnoses and 19,225 controls. Standard association analyses were performed supplemented by a framework of sensitivity analyses. Variants in PDE4B showed consistent association with ASRD across a wide range of our analyses. In mice models, alternations in PDE4B expression were observed in those mice displaying anxious behavior after exposure to chronic stress. We also showed that 28% of the variance in ASRD was accounted for by common variants and that the genetic signature of ASRD overlapped with psychiatric traits, educational outcomes, obesity-related phenotypes, smoking, and reproductive success.

scholarly journals A Genome-Wide Association Study for Melatonin Secretion

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pi-Hua Liu ◽  
Gwo-Tsann Chuang ◽  
Chia-Ni Hsiung ◽  
Wei-Shun Yang ◽  
Hsiao-Chia Ku ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Association Study ◽  
Genome Wide Association Study ◽  
Genome Wide Association ◽  
P Value ◽  
Melatonin Level ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Melatonin Secretion ◽  
Genome Wide ◽  
A Genome ◽  
Wide Range

Abstract SummaryPurpose: Melatonin exerts a wide range of effects among various tissues and organs. However, there is currently no study to investigate the genetic determinants of melatonin secretion. Here, we conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for melatonin secretion using morning urine 6-hydroxymelatonin sulfate-to-creatinine ratio (UMCR). Methods: We initially enrolled 5,000 participants from Taiwan Biobank in this study. After excluding individuals that did not have their urine collected in the morning and those who failed to pass quality control, association of single nucleotide polymorphisms with log-transformed UMCR adjusted for age, sex and principal components of ancestry were analyzed. A second model additionally adjusted for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). Results: A total of 2,504 participants underwent the genome-wide analysis. Six candidate loci associated with log UMCR (P value ranging from 7.54 x 10-7 to 4.65 x 10-6) encompassing GALNT15, ZFHX3, NKAIN2, MME and NBPF22P were identified. Similar results were yielded with further adjustment for eGFR. Interestingly, the identified genes are associated with central nervous system function and clinical condition such as Alzheimer's disease or sleep disorders.Conclusions: We conducted the first GWAS for melatonin secretion and identified six candidate genetic loci associated with melatonin level. Replication and functional studies are needed in the future.

scholarly journals Temporal dynamics of QTL effects on vegetative growth in Arabidopsis thaliana

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhonda C. Meyer ◽  
Kathleen Weigelt-Fischer ◽  
Dominic Knoch ◽  
Marc Heuermann ◽  
Yusheng Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Arabidopsis Thaliana ◽  
Association Study ◽  
Vegetative Growth ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Genome Wide Association Study ◽  
Temporal Dynamics ◽  
Expression Patterns ◽  
Genome Wide Association ◽  
Genome Wide ◽  
A Genome

ABSTRACTWe assessed early vegetative growth in a population of 382 accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana using automated non-invasive high-throughput phenotyping. All accessions were imaged daily from seven to 18 days after sowing in three independent experiments and genotyped using the Affymetrix 250k SNP array. Projected leaf area (PLA) was derived from image analysis and used to calculate relative growth rates (RGR). In addition, initial seed size was determined. The generated data sets were used jointly for a genome-wide association study that identified 238 marker-trait associations (MTAs) individually explaining up to 8 % of the total phenotypic variation. Co-localisation of MTAs occurred at 33 genomic positions. At 21 of these positions, sequential co-localisation of MTAs for two to nine consecutive days was observed. The detected MTAs for PLA and RGR could be grouped according to their temporal expression patterns, emphasising that temporal variation of MTA action can be observed even during the vegetative growth phase, a period of continuous formation and enlargement of seemingly similar rosette leaves. This indicates that causal genes may be differentially expressed in successive periods. Analyses of the temporal dynamics of biological processes are needed to gain important insight into the molecular mechanisms of growth-controlling processes in plants.HighlightA genome-wide association study including the factor time highlighted that early plant growth in Arabidopsis is governed by several medium and many small effect loci, most of which act only during short phases of two to nine days.

scholarly journals Arabidopsis thaliana genes contributing to differences in the outcome of infection with generalist and specialist strains of Turnip mosaic virus identified by genome-wide association studies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anamarija Butković ◽  
Rubén González ◽  
Mark Paul Selda Rivarez ◽  
Santiago F. Elena
Keyword(s):  
Arabidopsis Thaliana ◽  
Association Study ◽  
Host Range ◽  
Host Species ◽  
Genome Wide Association Study ◽  
Genome Wide Association ◽  
Genome Wide Association Studies ◽  
Null Mutant ◽  
Genome Wide ◽  
A Genome

AbstractPathogens can be classified as generalists or specialists depending on their host breadth. While generalists are able to successfully infect a wide variety of host species, the host range of specialists is limited to a few related species. Even though generalists seem to gain an advantage due to their wide host range, they usually pay a cost in terms of fitness within each host species (i.e., the jack-of-all trades, master of none). On the contrary, specialists have high fitness within their own host. A highly relevant yet poorly explored question is whether generalist and specialist viruses differ in the way they interact with their host’s gene expression networks. To identify host genetic factors relevant for the infection of specialist or generalist viruses, we undertook a genome-wide association study (GWAS) approach. Four hundred fifty natural accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana were inoculated with turnip mosaic potyvirus strains that were either generalist (TuMV-G) or specialist (TuMV-S). Several disease-related traits have been associated with different sets of host genes for each TuMV strain. While most of the mapped loci were traitor strain-specific, one shared locus was mapped for both strains, a disease resistance TIR-NBS-LRR class protein. Likewise, only one locus was found involved in more than one of the disease-related traits evaluated, a putative cysteine-rich receptor-like protein kinase 20. To validate these results, the corresponding null mutant plants were inoculated with TuMV-G or -S and the outcome of infection was characterized.Author summaryGeneralist and specialist viruses are commonly found in nature, where they have potential for epidemics, and are classified depending on their host breath. In this study we used a genome-wide association study to characterize differences in the genetic basis of both infection strategies from a host perspective. Our experimental setup consisted of 450 accessions of A. thaliana and two strains of TuMV. We found differences in the number of associated genes and their functions in disease-related traits. Results were validated by characterization of viral infections in null mutant plants deficient for a set of the identified genes.

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