An Improved Chromosome-scale Genome Assembly and Population Genetics resource for Populus tremula. Robinson, K. M., Schiffthaler, B., Liu, H., Rydman, S. M., Rendón-Anaya, M., Kalman, T. A., Kumar, V., Canovi, C., Bernhardsson, C., Delhomme, N., Jenkins, J., Wang, J., Mähler, N., Richau, K. H., Stokes, V., A'Hara, S., Cottrell, J., Coeck, K., Diels, T., Vandepoele, K., Mannapperuma, C., Park, E., Plaisance, S., Jansson, S., Ingvarsson, P. K., & Street, N. R. Physiologia Plantarum, 176(5):e14511, 2024. _eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ppl.14511
An Improved Chromosome-scale Genome Assembly and Population Genetics resource for Populus tremula. [link]Paper  doi  abstract   bibtex   
Aspen (Populus tremula L.) is a keystone species and a model system for forest tree genomics. We present an updated resource comprising a chromosome-scale assembly, population genetics and genomics data. Using the resource, we explore the genetic basis of natural variation in leaf size and shape, traits with complex genetic architecture. We generated the genome assembly using long-read sequencing, optical and high-density genetic maps. We conducted whole-genome resequencing of the Umeå Aspen (UmAsp) collection. Using the assembly and re-sequencing data from the UmAsp, Swedish Aspen (SwAsp) and Scottish Aspen (ScotAsp) collections we performed genome-wide association analyses (GWAS) using Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) for 26 leaf physiognomy phenotypes. We conducted Assay of Transposase Accessible Chromatin sequencing (ATAC-Seq), identified genomic regions of accessible chromatin, and subset SNPs to these regions, improving the GWAS detection rate. We identified candidate long non-coding RNAs in leaf samples, quantified their expression in an updated co-expression network, and used this to explore the functions of candidate genes identified from the GWAS. A GWAS found SNP associations for seven traits. The associated SNPs were in or near genes annotated with developmental functions, which represent candidates for further study. Of particular interest was a 177-kbp region harbouring associations with several leaf phenotypes in ScotAsp. We have incorporated the assembly, population genetics, genomics, and GWAS data into the PlantGenIE.org web resource, including updating existing genomics data to the new genome version, to enable easy exploration and visualisation. We provide all raw and processed data to facilitate reuse in future studies.
@article{robinson_improved_2024,
	title = {An {Improved} {Chromosome}-scale {Genome} {Assembly} and {Population} {Genetics} resource for {Populus} tremula.},
	volume = {176},
	copyright = {© 2024 The Author(s). Physiologia Plantarum published by John Wiley \& Sons Ltd on behalf of Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society.},
	issn = {1399-3054},
	url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ppl.14511},
	doi = {10.1111/ppl.14511},
	abstract = {Aspen (Populus tremula L.) is a keystone species and a model system for forest tree genomics. We present an updated resource comprising a chromosome-scale assembly, population genetics and genomics data. Using the resource, we explore the genetic basis of natural variation in leaf size and shape, traits with complex genetic architecture. We generated the genome assembly using long-read sequencing, optical and high-density genetic maps. We conducted whole-genome resequencing of the Umeå Aspen (UmAsp) collection. Using the assembly and re-sequencing data from the UmAsp, Swedish Aspen (SwAsp) and Scottish Aspen (ScotAsp) collections we performed genome-wide association analyses (GWAS) using Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) for 26 leaf physiognomy phenotypes. We conducted Assay of Transposase Accessible Chromatin sequencing (ATAC-Seq), identified genomic regions of accessible chromatin, and subset SNPs to these regions, improving the GWAS detection rate. We identified candidate long non-coding RNAs in leaf samples, quantified their expression in an updated co-expression network, and used this to explore the functions of candidate genes identified from the GWAS. A GWAS found SNP associations for seven traits. The associated SNPs were in or near genes annotated with developmental functions, which represent candidates for further study. Of particular interest was a 177-kbp region harbouring associations with several leaf phenotypes in ScotAsp. We have incorporated the assembly, population genetics, genomics, and GWAS data into the PlantGenIE.org web resource, including updating existing genomics data to the new genome version, to enable easy exploration and visualisation. We provide all raw and processed data to facilitate reuse in future studies.},
	language = {en},
	number = {5},
	urldate = {2024-09-19},
	journal = {Physiologia Plantarum},
	author = {Robinson, Kathryn M. and Schiffthaler, Bastian and Liu, Hui and Rydman, Sara M. and Rendón-Anaya, Martha and Kalman, Teitur Ahlgren and Kumar, Vikash and Canovi, Camilla and Bernhardsson, Carolina and Delhomme, Nicolas and Jenkins, Jerry and Wang, Jing and Mähler, Niklas and Richau, Kerstin H. and Stokes, Victoria and A'Hara, Stuart and Cottrell, Joan and Coeck, Kizi and Diels, Tim and Vandepoele, Klaas and Mannapperuma, Chanaka and Park, Eung-Jun and Plaisance, Stephane and Jansson, Stefan and Ingvarsson, Pär K. and Street, Nathaniel R.},
	year = {2024},
	note = {\_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ppl.14511},
	keywords = {ATAC-Seq, GWAS, Populus, aspen, co-expression, genetic architecture, genome assembly, leaf physiognomy, leaf shape, leaf size, lncRNA, natural selection, population genetics},
	pages = {e14511},
}

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