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Three types of genes underlying the Gametophyte factor1 locus cause unilateral cross incompatibility in maize

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  • Yuebin Wang

    (Huazhong Agricultural University)

  • Wenqiang Li

    (Huazhong Agricultural University)

  • Luxi Wang

    (Huazhong Agricultural University)

  • Jiali Yan

    (Huazhong Agricultural University)

  • Gang Lu

    (Huazhong Agricultural University)

  • Ning Yang

    (Huazhong Agricultural University
    Hubei Hongshan Laboratory)

  • Jieting Xu

    (Huazhong Agricultural University)

  • Yuqing Wang

    (Huazhong Agricultural University)

  • Songtao Gui

    (Huazhong Agricultural University)

  • Gengshen Chen

    (Huazhong Agricultural University)

  • Shuyan Li

    (Huazhong Agricultural University)

  • Chengxiu Wu

    (Huazhong Agricultural University)

  • Tingting Guo

    (Huazhong Agricultural University
    Hubei Hongshan Laboratory)

  • Yingjie Xiao

    (Huazhong Agricultural University
    Hubei Hongshan Laboratory)

  • Marilyn L. Warburton

    (USDA ARS Corn Host Plant Resistance Research Unit)

  • Alisdair R. Fernie

    (Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology)

  • Thomas Dresselhaus

    (University of Regensburg)

  • Jianbing Yan

    (Huazhong Agricultural University
    Hubei Hongshan Laboratory)

Abstract

Unilateral cross incompatibility (UCI) occurs between popcorn and dent corn, and represents a critical step towards speciation. It has been reported that ZmGa1P, encoding a pectin methylesterase (PME), is a male determinant of the Ga1 locus. However, the female determinant and the genetic relationship between male and female determinants at this locus are unclear. Here, we report three different types, a total of seven linked genes underlying the Ga1 locus, which control UCI phenotype by independently affecting pollen tube growth in both antagonistic and synergistic manners. These include five pollen-expressed PME genes (ZmGa1Ps-m), a silk-expressed PME gene (ZmPME3), and another silk-expressed gene (ZmPRP3), encoding a pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins. ZmGa1Ps-m confer pollen compatibility. Presence of ZmPME3 causes silk to reject incompatible pollen. ZmPRP3 promotes incompatibility pollen tube growth and thereby breaks the blocking effect of ZmPME3. In addition, evolutionary genomics analyses suggest that the divergence of the Ga1 locus existed before maize domestication and continued during breeding improvement. The knowledge gained here deepen our understanding of the complex regulation of cross incompatibility.

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  • Yuebin Wang & Wenqiang Li & Luxi Wang & Jiali Yan & Gang Lu & Ning Yang & Jieting Xu & Yuqing Wang & Songtao Gui & Gengshen Chen & Shuyan Li & Chengxiu Wu & Tingting Guo & Yingjie Xiao & Marilyn L. Wa, 2022. "Three types of genes underlying the Gametophyte factor1 locus cause unilateral cross incompatibility in maize," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-12, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-32180-9
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32180-9
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