The complex genetic architecture of shoot growth natural variation in Arabidopsis thaliana

Hanemian Mathieu, Marchadier Elodie, Tisne Sébastien, Bach Liên, Bazakos Christos, Gilbault Elodie, Haddadi Parham, Virlouvet Laetitia, Loudet Olivier. 2019. The complex genetic architecture of shoot growth natural variation in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS Genetics, 15 (4):e1007954, 17 p.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007954

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Quartile : Q1, Sujet : GENETICS & HEREDITY

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Résumé : One of the main outcomes of quantitative genetics approaches to natural variation is to reveal the genetic architecture underlying the phenotypic space. Complex genetic architectures are described as including numerous loci (or alleles) with small-effect and/or low-frequency in the populations, interactions with the genetic background, environment or age. Linkage or association mapping strategies will be more or less sensitive to this complexity, so that we still have an unclear picture of its extent. By combining high-throughput phenotyping under two environmental conditions with classical QTL mapping approaches in multiple Arabidopsis thaliana segregating populations as well as advanced near isogenic lines construction and survey, we have attempted to improve our understanding of quantitative phenotypic variation. Integrative traits such as those related to vegetative growth used in this work (highlighting either cumulative growth, growth rate or morphology) all showed complex and dynamic genetic architecture with respect to the segregating population and condition. The more resolutive our mapping approach, the more complexity we uncover, with several instances of QTLs visible in near isogenic lines but not detected with the initial QTL mapping, indicating that our phenotyping accuracy was less limiting than the mapping resolution with respect to the underlying genetic architecture. In an ultimate approach to resolve this complexity, we intensified our phenotyping effort to target specifically a 3Mb-region known to segregate for a major quantitative trait gene, using a series of selected lines recombined every 100kb. We discovered that at least 3 other independent QTLs had remained hidden in this region, some with trait- or condition-specific effects, or opposite allelic effects. If we were to extrapolate the figures obtained on this specific region in this particular cross to the genome- and species-scale, we would predict hundreds of causative loci of detectable phenotypic effect controlling these growth-related phenotypes.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : carte génétique, phénotype, Arabidopsis thaliana, génétique des populations, locus des caractères quantitatifs, variation génétique, variation phénotypique, génotype, locus, ségrégation, Arabidopsis, phytogénétique