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CROP JOURNAL
Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages 47-55Publisher
KEAI PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cj.2021.08.002
Keywords
Maize; Embryonic callus; A188; Genome assembly; Single-molecule sequencing
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31871637, 32072073, 32001500]
- Project of Transgenic New Variety Cultivation [2016ZX08003003]
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In this study, the genome sequence and annotation of the maize inbred line A188 were obtained using single-molecule sequencing and optical genome mapping. A188 exhibited high phenotypic variation compared to other inbred lines. Comparative analysis revealed large structural divergence in the A188 genome compared to the B73, Mo17, and W22 genomes, which might contribute to protein and phenotypic variation. Additionally, A188 was found to have a high capacity for inducing embryonic callus formation, making it a valuable tool for studying the molecular mechanism underlying callus formation in maize.
The current assembled maize genomes cannot represent the broad genetic diversity of maize germplasms. Acquiring more genome sequences is critical for constructing a pan-genome and elucidating the linkage between genotype and phenotype in maize. Here we describe the genome sequence and annotation of A188, a maize inbred line with high phenotypic variation relative to other lines, acquired by single-molecule sequencing and optical genome mapping. We assembled a 2210-Mb genome with a scaffold N50 size of 11.61 million bases (Mb), compared to 9.73 Mb for B73 and 10.2 Mb for Mo17. Based on the B73_RefGen_V4 genome, 295 scaffolds (2084.35 Mb, 94.30% of the final genome assembly) were anchored and oriented on ten chromosomes. Comparative analysis revealed that similar to 30% of the predicted A188 genes showed large structural divergence from B73, Mo17, and W22 genomes, which causes high protein divergence and may lead to phenotypic variation among the four inbred lines. As a line with high embryonic callus (EC) induction capacity, A188 provides a convenient tool for elucidating the molecular mechanism underlying the formation of EC in maize. Combining our new A188 genome with previously reported QTL and RNA sequencing data revealed eight genes with large structural variation and two differentially expressed genes playing potential roles in maize EC induction. (C) 2021 Crop Science Society of China and Institute of Crop Science, CAAS. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
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