文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Zhao, Ting ¹ ; Guan, Xueying ¹ ; Hu, Yan ¹ ; Zhang, Ziqian ¹ ; Yang, Han ² ; Shi, Xiaowen ¹ ; Han, Jin ¹ ; Mei, Huan ¹ ; Wang, Luyao ³ ; Shao, Lei ¹ ; Wu, Hongyu ¹ ; Chen, Qianqian ¹ ; Zhao, Yongyan ¹ ; Pan, Jiaying ¹ ; Hao, Yupeng ¹ ; Dong, Zeyu ¹ ; Long, Xuan ¹ ; Deng, Qian ¹ ; Zhao, Shengjun ¹ ; Zhang, Mengke ¹ ; Zhu, Yumeng ¹ ; Ma, Xiaowei ¹ ; Chen, Zequan ¹ ; Deng, Yayuan ¹ ; Si, Zhanfeng ¹ ; Li, Xin ² ; Zhang, Tianzhen ¹ ; Gu, Fei ² ; Gu, Xiaofeng ⁵ ; Fang, Lei ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.Zhejiang Univ, Adv Seed Inst, Coll Agr & Biotechnol,Minist Agr & Rural Affairs, Zhejiang Prov Key Lab Crop Genet Resources,Key Lab, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Peoples R China

2.Damo Acad, Alibaba Grp, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Peoples R China

3.Zhejiang Univ, Hainan Inst, Yazhou Bay Sci & Technol City, Sanya, Hainan, Peoples R China

4.Hupan Lab, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Peoples R China

5.Chinese Acad Agr Sci, Biotechnol Res Inst, Beijing, Peoples R China

期刊名称：CELL RESEARCH （ 影响因子：25.9； 五年影响因子：36.6 ）

ISSN： 1001-0602

年卷期： 2024 年 34 卷 12 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： DNA methylation plays multiple regulatory roles in crop development. However, the relationships of methylation polymorphisms with genetic polymorphisms, gene expression, and phenotypic variation in natural crop populations remain largely unknown. Here, we surveyed high-quality methylomes, transcriptomes, and genomes obtained from the 20-days-post-anthesis (DPA) cotton fibers of 207 accessions and extended the classical framework of population genetics to epigenetics. Over 287 million single methylation polymorphisms (SMPs) were identified, 100 times more than the number of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). These SMPs were significantly enriched in intragenic regions while depleted in transposable elements. Association analysis further identified a total of 5,426,782 cis-methylation quantitative trait loci (cis-meQTLs), 5078 cis-expression quantitative trait methylation (cis-eQTMs), and 9157 expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs). Notably, 36.39% of cis-eQTM genes were not associated with genetic variation, indicating that a large number of SMPs associated with gene expression variation are independent of SNPs. In addition, out of the 1715 epigenetic loci associated with yield and fiber quality traits, only 36 (2.10%) were shared with genome-wide association study (GWAS) loci. The construction of multi-omics regulatory networks revealed 43 cis-eQTM genes potentially involved in fiber development, which cannot be identified by GWAS alone. Among these genes, the role of one encoding CBL-interacting protein kinase 10 in fiber length regulation was successfully validated through gene editing. Taken together, our findings prove that DNA methylation data can serve as an additional resource for breeding purposes and can offer opportunities to enhance and expedite the crop improvement process.