Intra-subgenome regulation induces unbalanced expression and function among bread wheat homoeologs
Wang, X.; Liu, Y.; Zhao, P.; Hou, W.; Cheng, M.; Shi, X.; Simmonds, J.; Borrill, P.; Ji, W.; Xu, S.
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The differential expression of homoeologous genes confers expression plasticity and facilitates the adaptation and domestication of major polyploid crops. However, how this homoeolog expression bias (HEB) is regulated remains elusive. Here, transcriptome analysis of 406 wheat (Triticum aestivum; AABBDD) accessions revealed great variation in HEB among accessions. We identified 14,727 QTLs regulating HEB (hebQTLs), indicating that HEB is genetically regulated and can be predicted using genotyping data. The hebQTLs only regulate the expression of homoeologs in the same subgenome and downregulate their expression to result in HEB, suggesting that intra-subgenomic rather than inter-subgenomic interactions induce HEB. Furthermore, non-hebQTL-regulated homoeologs have stronger biological functions, are under higher selection pressure and exhibit lower genetic diversity than hebQTL-regulated homoeologs and compensate for the downregulated expressions of hebQTL-regulated homoeologs. Our findings reveal how homoeolog expression is coordinated at the genetic level and provide an avenue for leveraging HEB to improve polyploid crops.
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