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TWAS facilitates gene-scale trait genetic dissection through gene expression, structural variations, and alternative splicing in soybean

A genome-wide association study (GWAS) identifies trait-associated loci, but identifying the causal genes can be a bottleneck, due in part to slow decay of linkage disequilibrium (LD). A transcriptome-wide association study (TWAS) addresses this issue by identifying gene expression–phenotype associa...

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Main Authors: Li, Delin, Wang, Qi, Tian, Yu, Lyv, Xiangguang, Zhang, Hao, Hong, Huilong, Gao, Huawei, Li, Yan-Fei, Zhao, Chaosen, Wang, Jiajun, Wang, Ruizhen, Yang, Jinliang, Liu, Bin, Schnable, Patrick S., Schnable, James C., Li, Ying-Hui, Qiu, Li-Juan
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description A genome-wide association study (GWAS) identifies trait-associated loci, but identifying the causal genes can be a bottleneck, due in part to slow decay of linkage disequilibrium (LD). A transcriptome-wide association study (TWAS) addresses this issue by identifying gene expression–phenotype associations or integrating gene expression quantitative trait loci with GWAS results. Here, we used self-pollinated soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) as a model to evaluate the application of TWAS to the genetic dissection of traits in plant species with slow LD decay. We generated RNA sequencing data for a soybean diversity panel and identified the genetic expression regulation of 29 286 soybean genes. Different TWAS solutions were less affected by LD and were robust to the source of expression, identifing known genes related to traits from different tissues and developmental stages. The novel pod-color gene L2 was identified via TWAS and functionally validated by genome editing. By introducing a new exon proportion feature, we significantly improved the detection of expression variations that resulted from structural variations and alternative splicing. As a result, the genes identified through our TWAS approach exhibited a diverse range of causal variations, including SNPs, insertions or deletions, gene fusion, copy number variations, and alternative splicing. Using this approach, we identified genes associated with flowering time, including both previously known genes and novel genes that had not previously been linked to this trait, providing insights complementary to those from GWAS. In summary, this study supports the application of TWAS for candidate gene identification in species with low rates of LD decay. TWAS is a gene-scale genetic dissection method. This study presents the generation of an expression dataset for TWAS and the performance of TWAS approaches integrating eQTLs with independent GWAS results in soybean. It also reports an enhanced TWAS approach that incorporates gene expression, structural variations, and alternative splicing, enabling the identification of both known and novel genes associated with qualitative and quantitative traits.
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eQTLs
Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
Genes, Plant
Genome-Wide Association Study
Glycine max - genetics
Linkage Disequilibrium
Phenotype
Quantitative Trait Loci - genetics
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structural variation
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title TWAS facilitates gene-scale trait genetic dissection through gene expression, structural variations, and alternative splicing in soybean
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