Polyploidization as the consequence of 2n gamete formation is a prominent mechanism in plant evolution. Studying its effects on the genome, and on genome expression, has both basic and applied interest. We crossed two diploid (2n = 2x = 16) Medicago sativa plants, a subsp. falcata seed parent, and a coerulea · falcata pollen parent that form a mixture of n and 2n eggs and pollen, respectively. Such a cross produced full-sib diploid and tetraploid (2n = 4x = 32) hybrids, the latter being the result of bilateral sexual polyploidization (BSP). These unique materials allowed us to investigate the effects of BSP, and to separate the effect of intraspecific hybridization from those of polyploidization by comparing 2x with 4x full sib progeny plants. Simple sequence repeat marker segregation demonstrated tetrasomic inheritance for all chromosomes but one, demonstrating that these neotetraploids are true autotetraploids. BSP brought about increased biomass, earlier flowering, higher seed set and weight, and larger leaves with larger cells. Microarray analyses with M. truncatula gene chips showed that several hundred genes, related to diverse metabolic func- tions, changed their expression level as a consequence of polyploidization. In addition, cytosine methylation increased in 2x, but not in 4x, hybrids. Our results indicate that sexual polyploidization induces significant transcriptional novelty, possibly mediated in part by DNA methylation, and phenotypic novelty that could un- derpin improved adaptation and reproductive success of tetraploid M. sativa with respect to its diploid pro- genitor. These polyploidy-induced changes may have promoted the adoption of tetraploid alfalfa in agriculture.
Sexual polyploidization in Medicago sativa L.: Impact on the phenotype, gene transcription, and genome methylation / Daniele Rosellini, *; Nicoletta Ferradini, 1; Stefano Allegrucci, *; Stefano Capomaccio, *; Elisa Debora Zago, 2; Paola Leonetti, †; Bachir Balech, ‡; Aversano, Riccardo; Carputo, Domenico; Lara Reale, **; Fabio, Veronesi. - In: G3. - ISSN 2160-1836. - 6:(2016), pp. 925-938. [10.1534/g3.115.026021]
Sexual polyploidization in Medicago sativa L.: Impact on the phenotype, gene transcription, and genome methylation
AVERSANO, RICCARDO;CARPUTO, DOMENICO;
2016
Abstract
Polyploidization as the consequence of 2n gamete formation is a prominent mechanism in plant evolution. Studying its effects on the genome, and on genome expression, has both basic and applied interest. We crossed two diploid (2n = 2x = 16) Medicago sativa plants, a subsp. falcata seed parent, and a coerulea · falcata pollen parent that form a mixture of n and 2n eggs and pollen, respectively. Such a cross produced full-sib diploid and tetraploid (2n = 4x = 32) hybrids, the latter being the result of bilateral sexual polyploidization (BSP). These unique materials allowed us to investigate the effects of BSP, and to separate the effect of intraspecific hybridization from those of polyploidization by comparing 2x with 4x full sib progeny plants. Simple sequence repeat marker segregation demonstrated tetrasomic inheritance for all chromosomes but one, demonstrating that these neotetraploids are true autotetraploids. BSP brought about increased biomass, earlier flowering, higher seed set and weight, and larger leaves with larger cells. Microarray analyses with M. truncatula gene chips showed that several hundred genes, related to diverse metabolic func- tions, changed their expression level as a consequence of polyploidization. In addition, cytosine methylation increased in 2x, but not in 4x, hybrids. Our results indicate that sexual polyploidization induces significant transcriptional novelty, possibly mediated in part by DNA methylation, and phenotypic novelty that could un- derpin improved adaptation and reproductive success of tetraploid M. sativa with respect to its diploid pro- genitor. These polyploidy-induced changes may have promoted the adoption of tetraploid alfalfa in agriculture.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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