Evidence of the Role of QTL Epistatic Interactions in the Increase of Melon Fruit Flesh Content during Domestication

Cultivated melon was domesticated from wild melons, which produce small fruits with non-edible fruit flesh. The increase in fruit flesh is one of the major domestication achievements in this species. In previous work, a quantitative trait locus (QTL) on chromosome 6 (paqt6.1) linked to fruit fles...

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Autores principales: Riahi, Chaymaa, Reig-Valiente, Juan L., Picó, Belén, Díaz, Aurora, Gonzalo, María J., Monforte, Antonio J.
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/6651
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/10/8/1064
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author Riahi, Chaymaa
Reig-Valiente, Juan L.
Picó, Belén
Díaz, Aurora
Gonzalo, María J.
Monforte, Antonio J.
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Gonzalo, María J.
Monforte, Antonio J.
Picó, Belén
Reig-Valiente, Juan L.
Riahi, Chaymaa
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Reig-Valiente, Juan L.
Picó, Belén
Díaz, Aurora
Gonzalo, María J.
Monforte, Antonio J.
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description Cultivated melon was domesticated from wild melons, which produce small fruits with non-edible fruit flesh. The increase in fruit flesh is one of the major domestication achievements in this species. In previous work, a quantitative trait locus (QTL) on chromosome 6 (paqt6.1) linked to fruit flesh content was detected in a cross between cultivated (“Piel de Sapo”, PS) and wild (Ames 24294, TRI) accessions. The QTL was introgressed into the PS background, generating the TRI_6-3 introgression line (IL) that confirmed the e ects of paqt6.1. The primary objective of this work was to fine-map paqt6.1 as the first step for the map-based cloning. Two di erent approaches were carried out; however, the results were not consistent, precluding the fine mapping of paqt6.1. TRI_6-3 and other related ILs were genotyped by genotyping-by-sequencing, finding additional introgressions in other chromosomes. In an F2 population from TRI_6-3-x-PS, we found an epistatic interaction between paqt6.1 and another locus on chromosome 11. The interaction was verified in advanced populations, suggesting that the e ects of paqt6.1 are conditioned by the allelic composition at another locus in chromosome 11. Both loci should have TRI alleles to reduce the flesh content in the PS background. The implications on the history of melon domestication are discussed.
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spelling ReDivia66512025-04-25T14:47:32Z Evidence of the Role of QTL Epistatic Interactions in the Increase of Melon Fruit Flesh Content during Domestication Riahi, Chaymaa Reig-Valiente, Juan L. Picó, Belén Díaz, Aurora Gonzalo, María J. Monforte, Antonio J. QTL cloning Fine mapping F30 Plant genetics and breeding Cucumis melo Epistasis Pericarp Cultivated melon was domesticated from wild melons, which produce small fruits with non-edible fruit flesh. The increase in fruit flesh is one of the major domestication achievements in this species. In previous work, a quantitative trait locus (QTL) on chromosome 6 (paqt6.1) linked to fruit flesh content was detected in a cross between cultivated (“Piel de Sapo”, PS) and wild (Ames 24294, TRI) accessions. The QTL was introgressed into the PS background, generating the TRI_6-3 introgression line (IL) that confirmed the e ects of paqt6.1. The primary objective of this work was to fine-map paqt6.1 as the first step for the map-based cloning. Two di erent approaches were carried out; however, the results were not consistent, precluding the fine mapping of paqt6.1. TRI_6-3 and other related ILs were genotyped by genotyping-by-sequencing, finding additional introgressions in other chromosomes. In an F2 population from TRI_6-3-x-PS, we found an epistatic interaction between paqt6.1 and another locus on chromosome 11. The interaction was verified in advanced populations, suggesting that the e ects of paqt6.1 are conditioned by the allelic composition at another locus in chromosome 11. Both loci should have TRI alleles to reduce the flesh content in the PS background. The implications on the history of melon domestication are discussed. 2020-10-14T08:55:32Z 2020-10-14T08:55:32Z 2020 article publishedVersion Riahi, C., Reig-Valiente, J. L., Picó, B., Díaz, A., Gonzalo, M. J., & Monforte, A. J. (2020). Evidence of the Role of QTL Epistatic Interactions in the Increase of Melon Fruit Flesh Content during Domestication. Agronomy, 10(8), 1064. 2073-4395 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/6651 10.3390/agronomy10081064 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/10/8/1064 en Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ openAccess MDPI electronico
spellingShingle QTL cloning
Fine mapping
F30 Plant genetics and breeding
Cucumis melo
Epistasis
Pericarp
Riahi, Chaymaa
Reig-Valiente, Juan L.
Picó, Belén
Díaz, Aurora
Gonzalo, María J.
Monforte, Antonio J.
Evidence of the Role of QTL Epistatic Interactions in the Increase of Melon Fruit Flesh Content during Domestication
title Evidence of the Role of QTL Epistatic Interactions in the Increase of Melon Fruit Flesh Content during Domestication
title_full Evidence of the Role of QTL Epistatic Interactions in the Increase of Melon Fruit Flesh Content during Domestication
title_fullStr Evidence of the Role of QTL Epistatic Interactions in the Increase of Melon Fruit Flesh Content during Domestication
title_full_unstemmed Evidence of the Role of QTL Epistatic Interactions in the Increase of Melon Fruit Flesh Content during Domestication
title_short Evidence of the Role of QTL Epistatic Interactions in the Increase of Melon Fruit Flesh Content during Domestication
title_sort evidence of the role of qtl epistatic interactions in the increase of melon fruit flesh content during domestication
topic QTL cloning
Fine mapping
F30 Plant genetics and breeding
Cucumis melo
Epistasis
Pericarp
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/6651
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/10/8/1064
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