Genome-wide expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) analysis in maize

ABSTRACT: Background: Expression QTL analyses have shed light on transcriptional regulation in numerous species of plants, animals, and yeasts. These microarray-based analyses identify regulators of gene expression as either cis-acting factors that regulate proximal genes, or trans-acting factors that function through a variety of mechanisms to affect transcript abundance of unlinked genes. Results: A hydroponics-based genetical genomics study in roots of a Zea mays IBM2 Syn10 double haploid population identified tens of thousands of cis-acting and trans-acting eQTL. Cases of false-positive eQTL, which results from the lack of complete genomic sequences from both parental genomes, were described. A candidate gene for a trans-acting regulatory factor was identified through positional cloning. Th

ORGANISM(S): Zea mays

SUBMITTER: Kevin Hayes 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-29964 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress