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Comprehensive analysis of 1,771 transcriptomes from 7 tissues enhance genetic and biological interpretations of maize complex traits.

Mengyu Lei, Huan Si, Mingjia Zhu, Yu Han, Wei Liu, Yifei Dai, Yan Ji, Zhengwen Liu, Fan Hao, Ran Hao and 3 more

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Mengyu LeiTobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, CN 266000, China.ORCID 0009-0004-8530-7550
Huan SiTobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, CN 266000, China.
Mingjia ZhuCollege of Ecology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China.
Yu HanKey Laboratory for Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education and Sichuan Zoige Alpine Wetland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, College of Life Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu, CN 610065, China.ORCID 0009-0005-5713-2906
Wei LiuKey Laboratory for Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education and Sichuan Zoige Alpine Wetland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, College of Life Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu, CN 610065, China.
Yifei DaiBiostatistics Department, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA.
Yan JiTobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, CN 266000, China.
Zhengwen LiuTobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, CN 266000, China.
Fan HaoCollege of Forestry, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, CN 712100, China.ORCID 0009-0007-2086-3347
Ran HaoCollege of Information Engineering, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, CN 712100, China.
Jiarui ZhaoTobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, CN 266000, China.
Guoyou YeCAAS-IRRI Joint Laboratory for Genomics-Assisted Germplasm Enhancement, Agricultural Genomics Institute in Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China.
Yanjun ZanTobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, CN 266000, China.

Funding

Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program ASTIP-TRIC01Chinese Academy Agriculture SciencesDistinguished Overseas Young Talents Program from Shandong Province 2024HWYQNational Science Foundation of China 32200503Taishan Young Scholar Program
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Abstract

By reanalyzing 1,771 RNA-seq datasets from 7 tissues in a maize diversity panel, we explored the landscape of multi-tissue transcriptome variation, evolution patterns of tissue-specific genes, and built a comprehensive multi-tissue gene regulation atlas to understand the genetic regulation of maize complex traits. Through an integrative analysis of tissue-specific gene regulatory variation with genome-wide association studies, we detected relevant tissue types and several candidate genes for a number of agronomic traits, including leaf during the day for the anthesis-silking interval, leaf during the day for kernel Zeinoxanthin level, and root for ear height, highlighting the potential contribution of tissue-specific gene expression to variation in agronomic traits. Using transcriptome-wide association and colocalization analysis, we associated tissue-specific expression variation of 74 genes to agronomic traits variation. Our findings provide novel insights into the genetic and biological mechanisms underlying maize complex traits, and the multi-tissue regulatory atlas serves as a primary source for biological interpretation, functional validation, and genomic improvement of maize.

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Quantitative Trait, HeritableTranscriptomeZea maysGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, PlantGenome-Wide Association StudyOrgan SpecificityPhenotypeQuantitative Trait Locicomplex traitGWASintegrative genomicsregulatory variants

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