TY  - JOUR
A1  - Andorf, Sandra
A1  - Meyer, Rhonda C.
A1  - Selbig, Joachim
A1  - Altmann, Thomas
A1  - Repsilber, Dirk
T1  - Integration of a systems biological network analysis and QTL results for biomass heterosis in arabidopsis thaliana
JF  - PLoS one
N2  - To contribute to a further insight into heterosis we applied an integrative analysis to a systems biological network approach and a quantitative genetics analysis towards biomass heterosis in early Arabidopsis thaliana development. The study was performed on the parental accessions C24 and Col-0 and the reciprocal crosses. In an over-representation analysis it was tested if the overlap between the resulting gene lists of the two approaches is significantly larger than expected by chance. Top ranked genes in the results list of the systems biological analysis were significantly over-represented in the heterotic QTL candidate regions for either hybrid as well as regarding mid-parent and best-parent heterosis. This suggests that not only a few but rather several genes that influence biomass heterosis are located within each heterotic QTL region. Furthermore, the overlapping resulting genes of the two integrated approaches were particularly enriched in biomass related pathways. A chromosome-wise over-representation analysis gave rise to the hypothesis that chromosomes number 2 and 4 probably carry a majority of the genes involved in biomass heterosis in the early development of Arabidopsis thaliana.
Y1  - 2012
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049951
SN  - 1932-6203
VL  - 7
IS  - 11
PB  - PLoS
CY  - San Fransisco
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Meyer, Rhonda C.
A1  - Witucka-Wall, Hanna
A1  - Becher, Martina
A1  - Blacha, Anna Maria
A1  - Boudichevskaia, Anastassia
A1  - Dörmann, Peter
A1  - Fiehn, Oliver
A1  - Friedel, Svetlana
A1  - von Korff, Maria
A1  - Lisec, Jan
A1  - Melzer, Michael
A1  - Repsilber, Dirk
A1  - Schmidt, Renate
A1  - Scholz, Matthias
A1  - Selbig, Joachim
A1  - Willmitzer, Lothar
A1  - Altmann, Thomas
T1  - Heterosis manifestation during early Arabidopsis seedling development is characterized by intermediate gene expression and enhanced metabolic activity in the hybrids
JF  - The plant journal
N2  - Heterosis-associated cellular and molecular processes were analyzed in seeds and seedlings of Arabidopsis thaliana accessions Col-0 and C24 and their heterotic hybrids. Microscopic examination revealed no advantages in terms of hybrid mature embryo organ sizes or cell numbers. Increased cotyledon sizes were detectable 4 days after sowing. Growth heterosis results from elevated cell sizes and numbers, and is well established at 10 days after sowing. The relative growth rates of hybrid seedlings were most enhanced between 3 and 4 days after sowing. Global metabolite profiling and targeted fatty acid analysis revealed maternal inheritance patterns for a large proportion of metabolites in the very early stages. During developmental progression, the distribution shifts to dominant, intermediate and heterotic patterns, with most changes occurring between 4 and 6 days after sowing. The highest incidence of heterotic patterns coincides with establishment of size differences at 4 days after sowing. In contrast, overall transcript patterns at 4, 6 and 10 days after sowing are characterized by intermediate to dominant patterns, with parental transcript levels showing the largest differences. Overall, the results suggest that, during early developmental stages, intermediate gene expression and higher metabolic activity in the hybrids compared to the parents lead to better resource efficiency, and therefore enhanced performance in the hybrids.
KW  - heterosis
KW  - seedlings
KW  - metabolite profiling
KW  - transcript profiling
KW  - morphological analysis
KW  - Arabidopsis thaliana
KW  - biomass
Y1  - 2012
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-313X.2012.05021.x
SN  - 0960-7412
VL  - 71
IS  - 4
SP  - 669
EP  - 683
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Hoboken
ER  -