Allele-aware chromosome-level genome assembly and efficient transgene-free genome editing for the autotetraploid cultivated alfalfa.

Abstract:

:Artificially improving traits of cultivated alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), one of the most important forage crops, is challenging due to the lack of a reference genome and an efficient genome editing protocol, which mainly result from its autotetraploidy and self-incompatibility. Here, we generate an allele-aware chromosome-level genome assembly for the cultivated alfalfa consisting of 32 allelic chromosomes by integrating high-fidelity single-molecule sequencing and Hi-C data. We further establish an efficient CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing protocol on the basis of this genome assembly and precisely introduce tetra-allelic mutations into null mutants that display obvious phenotype changes. The mutated alleles and phenotypes of null mutants can be stably inherited in generations in a transgene-free manner by cross pollination, which may help in bypassing the debate about transgenic plants. The presented genome and CRISPR/Cas9-based transgene-free genome editing protocol provide key foundations for accelerating research and molecular breeding of this important forage crop.

journal_name

Nat Commun

journal_title

Nature communications

authors

Chen H,Zeng Y,Yang Y,Huang L,Tang B,Zhang H,Hao F,Liu W,Li Y,Liu Y,Zhang X,Zhang R,Zhang Y,Li Y,Wang K,He H,Wang Z,Fan G,Yang H,Bao A,Shang Z,Chen J,Wang W,Qiu Q

doi

10.1038/s41467-020-16338-x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-05-19 00:00:00

pages

2494

issue

1

issn

2041-1723

pii

10.1038/s41467-020-16338-x

journal_volume

11

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