Genomic analysis of hybrid rice varieties reveals numerous superior alleles that contribute to heterosis

Xuehui Huang, Shihua Yang, Junyi Gong, Yan Zhao, Qi Feng, Hao Gong, Wenjun Li, Qilin Zhan, Benyi Cheng, Junhui Xia, Neng Chen, Zhongna Hao, Kunyan Liu, Chuanrang Zhu, Tao Huang, Qiang Zhao, Lei Zhang, Danlin Fan, Congcong Zhou, Yiqi Lu, Qijun Weng, Zi-Xuan Wang, Jiayang Li, Bin Han

doi:10.1038/ncomms7258

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Exploitation of heterosis is one of the most important applications of genetics in agriculture. However, the genetic mechanisms of heterosis are only partly understood, and a global view of heterosis from a representative number of hybrid combinations is lacking. Here we develop an integrated genomic approach to construct a genome map for 1,495 elite hybrid rice varieties and their inbred parental lines. We investigate 38 agronomic traits and identify 130 associated loci. In-depth analyses of the effects of heterozygous genotypes reveal that there are only a few loci with strong overdominance effects in hybrids, but a strong correlation is observed between the yield and the number of superior alleles. While most parental inbred lines have only a small number of superior alleles, high-yielding hybrid varieties have several. We conclude that the accumulation of numerous rare superior alleles with positive dominance is an important contributor to the heterotic phenomena.</jats:p>

Genomic analysis of hybrid rice varieties reveals numerous superior alleles that contribute to heterosis

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