Changes in 24-nt siRNA levels in Arabidopsis hybrids suggest an epigenetic contribution to hybrid vigor.
Intraspecific hybrids between the Arabidopsis thaliana accessions C24 and Landsberg erecta have strong heterosis. The reciprocal hybrids show a decreased level of 24-nt small RNA (sRNA) relative to the parents with the decrease greatest for those loci where the parents had markedly different 24-nt sRNA levels. The genomic regions with reduced 24-nt sRNA levels were largely associated with genes and their flanking regions indicating a potential effect on gene expression. We identified several examples of genes with altered 24-nt sRNA levels that showed correlated changes in DNA methylation and expression levels. We suggest that such epigenetically generated differences in gene activity may contribute to hybrid vigor and that the epigenetic diversity between ecotypes provides increased allelic (epi-allelic) variability that could contribute to heterosis.
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Plant Industry, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia.
Michael
M
Groszmann
Ian K
IK
Greaves
Zayed I
ZI
Albertyn
Graham N
GN
Scofield
William J
WJ
Peacock
Elizabeth S
ES
Dennis
D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002678:Chimera / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019175:DNA Methylation / Q000502:physiology; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic / Q000502:physiology*; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / Q000502:physiology*; D056426:Genetic Loci / Q000502:physiology; D018749:RNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
D018749:RNA, Plant; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering
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