title: Adaptation of maize to temperate climates: mid-density genome-wide association genetics and diversity patterns reveal key genomic regions, with a major contribution of the Vgt2 (ZCN8) locus.
abstract: The migration of maize from tropical to temperate climates was accompanied by a dramatic evolution in flowering time. To gain insight into the genetic architecture of this adaptive trait, we conducted a 50K SNP-based genome-wide association and diversity investigation on a panel of tropical and temperate American and European representatives. Eighteen genomic regions were associated with flowering time. The number of early alleles cumulated along these regions was highly correlated with flowering time. Polymorphism in the vicinity of the ZCN8 gene, which is the closest maize homologue to Arabidopsis major flowering time (FT) gene, had the strongest effect. This polymorphism is in the vicinity of the causal factor of Vgt2 QTL. Diversity was lower, whereas differentiation and LD were higher for associated loci compared to the rest of the genome, which is consistent with selection acting on flowering time during maize migration. Selection tests also revealed supplementary loci that were highly differentiated among groups and not associated with flowering time in our panel, whereas they were in other linkage-based studies. This suggests that allele fixation led to a lack of statistical power when structure and relatedness were taken into account in a linear mixed model. Complementary designs and analysis methods are necessary to unravel the architecture of complex traits. Based on linkage disequilibrium (LD) estimates corrected for population structure, we concluded that the number of SNPs genotyped should be at least doubled to capture all QTLs contributing to the genetic architecture of polygenic traits in this panel. These results show that maize flowering time is controlled by numerous QTLs of small additive effect and that strong polygenic selection occurred under cool climatic conditions. They should contribute to more efficient genomic predictions of flowering time and facilitate the dissemination of diverse maize genetic resources under a wide range of environments.
authors.affiliation: UMR de Génétique Végétale, INRA - Université Paris-Sud - CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bouchet
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Servin
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bertin
authors.forename: Delphine
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Madur
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Combes
authors.forename: Fabrice
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dumas
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brunel
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Laborde
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Charcosset
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nicolas
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000235:genetics*; D032461:Chromosomes, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D002980:Climate; D017753:Ecosystem; D035264:Flowers / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D005787:Gene Frequency / Q000235:genetics; D056426:Genetic Loci / Q000235:genetics*; D005819:Genetic Markers; D014644:Genetic Variation; D018745:Genome, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D055106:Genome-Wide Association Study; D060005:Genotyping Techniques; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium / Q000235:genetics; D010641:Phenotype; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D003313:Zea mays / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers
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