Genetic Variants in Root Architecture-Related Genes in A
Prince et al. BMC Genomics (2015) 16:132 DOI 10.1186/s12864-015-1334-6 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Genetic variants in root architecture-related genes in a Glycine soja accession, a potential resource to improve cultivated soybean Silvas J Prince1†, Li Song1†, Dan Qiu1, Joao V Maldonado dos Santos1,2, Chenglin Chai1, Trupti Joshi2,3, Gunvant Patil1, Babu Valliyodan1, Tri D Vuong1, Mackensie Murphy1, Konstantinos Krampis4, Dominic M Tucker4, Ruslan Biyashev4, Anne E Dorrance5, MA Saghai Maroof4, Dong Xu2,3, J Grover Shannon1 and Henry T Nguyen1,2* Abstract Background: Root system architecture is important for water acquisition and nutrient acquisition for all crops. In soybean breeding programs, wild soybean alleles have been used successfully to enhance yield and seed composition traits, but have never been investigated to improve root system architecture. Therefore, in this study, high-density single-feature polymorphic markers and simple sequence repeats were used to map quantitative trait loci (QTLs) governing root system architecture in an inter-specific soybean mapping population developed from a cross between Glycine max and Glycine soja. Results: Wild and cultivated soybean both contributed alleles towards significant additive large effect QTLs on chromosome 6 and 7 for a longer total root length and root distribution, respectively. Epistatic effect QTLs were also identified for taproot length, average diameter, and root distribution. These root traits will influence the water and nutrient uptake in soybean. Two cell division-related genes (Dtypecyclinand auxin efflux carrier protein) with insertion/ deletion variations might contribute to the shorter root phenotypes observed in G. soja compared with cultivated soybean.
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