Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE20005: Parent-of-origin effects in seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana: Affymetrix GSE20006: Parent-of-origin effects in seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana: Agilent Refer to individual Series
Project description:Arabidopsis thaliana seeds that maternally inherit a medea (mea) mutant allele abort before completing embryogenesis. However, mea seeds can be rescued by pollen from several natural ecotypes of A. thaliana, including the Cape Verdian accession Cvi-0. We developed a method for the mapping of parent-of-origin effects using whole-genome sequencing of segregant bulks. The strategy is to create an F2 population that contains one set of chromosomes from the maternal parent (mea, in a Ler background) but inherits two segregating sets (Ler and Cvi-0) from the other parent. The two paternally segregating sets have opposite effects in mea penetrance: Ler fathers allow full mea seed abortion, while Cvi fathers rescue 90% of medea seeds. Therefore, the two segregating paternal sets are not equally transmitted to the next generation. DNA extracted from pools of viable F2 seedlings was sequenced on an Illumina HiSeq 2000 platform, mapped to the reference TAIR10 A. thaliana genome and the ratio between Ler and Cvi-0 SNPs used to identify chromosomal regions enriched in Cvi-0 sequences. As a control, DNA pools extracted from crosses between a wild-type Ler mother and a hybrid Cvi-0:Ler father were also sequenced. Three biological replicates were made for each pool. Ler-1 x Ler-1:Cvi-0 hybrid viable seedlings pools (each is a biological replicate): WT_pool_1, WT_pool_2, WT_pool_3 mea-1/mea-1; MEA-GR x Ler-1:Cvi-0 hybrid viable seedlings pool (each is a biological replicate): mea_pool_1, mea_pool_2, mea_pool_3
Project description:We report the identification of parent-of-origin specific gene expression in Arabidopsis seeds. F1 hybrid seeds were generated by reciprocally crossing Arabidopsis accessions Col-0 and Bur-0. Seeds were harvested at 4 DAP and total RNA was isolated and analyzed by deep sequencing.
Project description:Crossing plants of the same species but different ploidies can have dramatic effects on seed growth, but little is known about the alterations to transcriptional programmes responsible for this. Parental genomic imbalance particularly affects proliferation of the endosperm, with an increased ratio of paternally to maternally contributed genomes (‘paternal excess’) associated with overproliferation, while maternal excess inhibits endosperm growth. One interpretation is that interploidy crosses disrupt the balance in the seed of active copies of parentally imprinted genes. This is supported by the observation that mutations in imprinted FIS-class genes of Arabidopsis thaliana share many features of the paternal excess phenotype. Here we investigated gene expression underlying parent-of-origin effects in Arabidopsis through transcriptional profiling of siliques generated by interploidy crosses and FIS-class mutants.
Project description:Crossing plants of the same species but different ploidies can have dramatic effects on seed growth, but little is known about the alterations to transcriptional programmes responsible for this. Parental genomic imbalance particularly affects proliferation of the endosperm, with an increased ratio of paternally to maternally contributed genomes (‘paternal excess’) associated with overproliferation, while maternal excess inhibits endosperm growth. One interpretation is that interploidy crosses disrupt the balance in the seed of active copies of parentally imprinted genes. This is supported by the observation that mutations in imprinted FIS-class genes of Arabidopsis thaliana share many features of the paternal excess phenotype. Here we investigated gene expression underlying parent-of-origin effects in Arabidopsis through transcriptional profiling of siliques generated by interploidy crosses and FIS-class mutants.
Project description:We report the identification of parent-of-origin specific gene expression in Arabidopsis seeds. F1 hybrid seeds were generated by reciprocally crossing Arabidopsis accessions Col-0 and Bur-0. Seeds were harvested at 4 DAP and total RNA was isolated and analyzed by deep sequencing. Overall identification of parent-of-origin-allelic expression by analysis of SNP distribution