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ArticleCell genomics2025

Saturating the eQTL map in Drosophila: Genome-wide patterns of cis and trans regulation of transcriptional variation in outbred populations.

Luisa F Pallares, Diogo Melo, Scott Wolf, Evan M Cofer, Varada Abhyankar, Julie Peng, Julien F Ayroles

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Luisa F PallaresFriedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society, Tübingen 72076, Germany. Electronic address: luisa.pallares@tuebingen.mpg.de.
Diogo MeloDepartamento de Genética e Biologia Evolutiva, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Scott WolfLewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
Evan M CoferLewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
Varada AbhyankarDepartment of Computational Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Julie PengDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Julien F AyrolesDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. Electronic address: ayroles@berkeley.edu.

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Abstract

Most genetic polymorphisms associated with complex traits are found in non-coding regions of the genome. Characterizing their effect presents a formidable challenge, and expression quantitative trait locus (eQTLs) mapping has been a key approach to do so. As comprehensive eQTL maps are available only for a few species, here we developed the Drosophila outbred synthetic population (Dros-OSP) and used it to characterize the landscape of transcriptional regulation in Drosophila melanogaster. We collected head and body transcriptomes and genomes from 1,286 outbred flies and mapped local and distant eQTLs for 98% of the genes. We characterized the network organization of the transcriptome across tissues and described the properties of local and distal eQTLs in terms of genetic diversity, heritability, connectivity, and pleiotropy. These results provide new insights into the genetic basis of transcriptional regulation in the fruit fly and offer a new mapping resource that will expand the possibilities currently available for the Drosophila community.

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Drosophila melanogasterQuantitative Trait LociAnimalsChromosome MappingGene Expression RegulationGenetic VariationGenome, InsectMaleTranscription, GeneticTranscriptomecis trans regulationDrosophila melanogastereQTLexpression quantitative trait locigene regulationlocal distal eQTLmachine learning regulatory predictionpleiotropytranscriptiontranscriptional network

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