Parental pericentromeric methylation status drives methylome remodelling and heterosis in epigenetic hybrids
Kakoulidou, I.; Piecyk, R. S.; Meyer, R. C.; Kuhlmann, M.; Altmann, T.; Gutjahr, C.; Johannes, F.
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Heterosis is the superior phenotypic performance of F1 hybrids relative to their parents. Although this phenomenon is extensively exploited commercially, its molecular causes remain elusive. A central challenge is to understand how specific features of parental (epi)genomes contribute to the widespread functional remodelling that occurs in hybrids. Using Arabidopsis, we show that differentially methylated regions (DMRs) in parental pericentromeres act as major re-organizers of hybrid methylomes and transcriptomes, even in the absence of genetic variation. We demonstrate that these parental DMRs facilitate methylation changes in the hybrids not only in cis, but also in trans at thousands of target regions throughout the genome. Many of these trans-induced changes facilitate the expression of nearby genes, and are significantly associated with phenotypic heterosis. Our study establishes the epigenetic status of parental pericentromeres as an important predictor of heterosis and elucidates its pleiotropic potential in the functional remodelling of hybrid genomes.
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