Soyk, S., Lemmon, Z. H., Sedlazeck, F. J., Jimenez-Gomez, J. M., Alonge, M., Hutton, S. F., Van Eck, J., Schatz, M. C., Lippman, Z. B. (May 2019) Duplication of a domestication locus neutralized a cryptic variant that caused a breeding barrier in tomato. Nat Plants, 5 (5). pp. 471-497. ISSN 2055-0278
Abstract
Genome editing technologies are being widely adopted in plant breeding(1). However, a looming challenge of engineering desirable genetic variation in diverse genotypes is poor predictability of phenotypic outcomes due to unforeseen interactions with pre-existing cryptic mutations(2-4). In tomato, breeding with a classical MADS-box gene mutation that improves harvesting by eliminating fruit stem abscission frequently results in excessive inflorescence branching, flowering and reduced fertility due to interaction with a cryptic variant that causes partial mis-splicing in a homologous gene(5-8). Here, we show that a recently evolved tandem duplication carrying the second-site variant achieves a threshold of functional transcripts to suppress branching, enabling breeders to neutralize negative epistasis on yield. By dissecting the dosage mechanisms by which this structural variant restored normal flowering and fertility, we devised strategies that use CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing to predictably improve harvesting. Our findings highlight the under-appreciated impact of epistasis in targeted trait breeding and underscore the need for a deeper characterization of cryptic variation to enable the full potential of genome editing in agriculture.
| Item Type: | Paper |
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| Subjects: | bioinformatics Investigative techniques and equipment > CRISPR bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics Investigative techniques and equipment bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > chromosomal duplications Investigative techniques and equipment > CRISPR-Cas9 organism description > plant > tomato |
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| Communities: | CSHL labs > Lippman lab |
| Depositing User: | Matthew Dunn |
| Date: | 6 May 2019 |
| Date Deposited: | 29 May 2019 18:22 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Feb 2024 20:57 |
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| URI: | https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/37823 |
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