Inter-and intra-specific variations in phenotype are common and can be associated with genomic mutations as well as epigenomic variation.Profiling both genomic and epigenomic variants is at the core of dissecting phen...Inter-and intra-specific variations in phenotype are common and can be associated with genomic mutations as well as epigenomic variation.Profiling both genomic and epigenomic variants is at the core of dissecting phenotypic variation.However,an efficient targeted genotyping and epigenotyping system is lacking.We describe a new multiplex targeted genotyping and epigenotyping system called improved bulked-PCR sequencing(iBP-seq).We employed iBP-seq for the detection of genotypes and methylation levels of dozens of target regions in mixed DNA samples.iBP-seq can be adapted for the construction of linkage maps,fine mapping of quantitative-trait loci,and detection of genome editing mutations at a cost as low as$0.016 per site per sample.We developed an automated bioinformatics pipeline,including primer design,a series of bioinformatic analyses for genotyping and epigenotyping,and visualization of results.iBP-seq and its bioinformatics pipeline,available at http://zeasystemsbio.hzau.edu.cn/tools/ibp/,can be adapted to a wide variety of species.展开更多
基金the funding supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32272158)the Major Program of Hubei Hongshan Laboratory(2021hszd008)+1 种基金Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Lab(B21HJ8102)Huazhong Agricultural University Scientific&Technological Self-innovation Foundation(2021ZKPY001)。
文摘Inter-and intra-specific variations in phenotype are common and can be associated with genomic mutations as well as epigenomic variation.Profiling both genomic and epigenomic variants is at the core of dissecting phenotypic variation.However,an efficient targeted genotyping and epigenotyping system is lacking.We describe a new multiplex targeted genotyping and epigenotyping system called improved bulked-PCR sequencing(iBP-seq).We employed iBP-seq for the detection of genotypes and methylation levels of dozens of target regions in mixed DNA samples.iBP-seq can be adapted for the construction of linkage maps,fine mapping of quantitative-trait loci,and detection of genome editing mutations at a cost as low as$0.016 per site per sample.We developed an automated bioinformatics pipeline,including primer design,a series of bioinformatic analyses for genotyping and epigenotyping,and visualization of results.iBP-seq and its bioinformatics pipeline,available at http://zeasystemsbio.hzau.edu.cn/tools/ibp/,can be adapted to a wide variety of species.
