Identification of Functional Genetic Variations Underlying Drought Tolerance in Maize Using SNP Markers  

作　　者：Zhuanfang Hao Xinhai Li Chuanxiao Xie Jianfeng Weng Mingshun Li Degui Zhang Xiaoling Liang Lingling Liu Sisi Liu Shihuang Zhang 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, National Key Facilities for Crop Genetic Resources and Improvement, Beijing 100081, China [2]Institute of Food Crops Science, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Urumqi 830000, China

出　　处：《Journal of Integrative Plant Biology》2011年第8期641-652,共12页植物学报（英文版）

基　　金：supported by a grant fromthe International Cooperation;the National Natural Science Foundation of China(30721140554)

摘　　要：Single nucleotide polymorphism （SNP） is a common form of genetic variation and popularly exists in maize genome. An Illumina GoldenGate assay with 1 536 SNP markers was used to genotype maize inbred lines and identified the functional genetic variations underlying drought tolerance by association analysis. Across 80 lines, 1 006 polymorphic SNPs （65.5% of the total） in the assay with good call quality were used to estimate the pattern of genetic diversity, population structure, and familial relatedness. The analysis showed the best number of fixed subgroups was six, which was consistent with their original sources and results using only simple sequence repeat markers. Pairwise linkage disequilibrium （LD） and association mapping with phenotypic traits investigated under water-stressed and well-watered regimes showed rapid LD decline within 100–500 kb along the physical distance of each chromosome, and that 29 SNPs were associated with at least two phenotypic traits in one or more environments, which were related to drought-tolerant or drought-responsive genes. These drought-tolerant SNPs could be converted into functional markers and then used for maize improvement by marker-assisted selection.Single nucleotide polymorphism （SNP） is a common form of genetic variation and popularly exists in maize genome. An Illumina GoldenGate assay with 1 536 SNP markers was used to genotype maize inbred lines and identified the functional genetic variations underlying drought tolerance by association analysis. Across 80 lines, 1 006 polymorphic SNPs （65.5% of the total） in the assay with good call quality were used to estimate the pattern of genetic diversity, population structure, and familial relatedness. The analysis showed the best number of fixed subgroups was six, which was consistent with their original sources and results using only simple sequence repeat markers. Pairwise linkage disequilibrium （LD） and association mapping with phenotypic traits investigated under water-stressed and well-watered regimes showed rapid LD decline within 100–500 kb along the physical distance of each chromosome, and that 29 SNPs were associated with at least two phenotypic traits in one or more environments, which were related to drought-tolerant or drought-responsive genes. These drought-tolerant SNPs could be converted into functional markers and then used for maize improvement by marker-assisted selection.

关 键 词：association analysis drought tolerance functional variation maize （Zea mays L.） single nucleotide polymorphism. 

分 类 号：S513[农业科学—作物学] S11