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Drought represses soybean seed germination, reducing biomass accumulation and even inhibiting yield.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In order to dissect the genetic components underlying soybean drought tolerance during different development stage, a natural population containing 140 accessions was employed to evaluate seven drought tolerance-related traits under water-welled and drought stress conditions. Subsequently, genome-wide association study (GWAS) was conducted based on 150K single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers of \u201cZhongdouxin-1\u201d. And the drought tolerance coefficient of seven different traits were analyzed with seven GWAS models.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 1807 significant SNPs were detected across 20 chromosome, including 569 SNPs for germination stage, and 1242 SNPs for seedling stage. Of 569 SNPs identified in germination stage, 354 SNPs on chromosomes 2, 7, 13, 14, and 17 accounting for 62.21%. Among 1242 SNPs found in seedling stage, 869 SNPs on chromosomes 11, 14, 15, 17 and 18 accounting for 69.97%. Moreover, among 1807 significant SNPs, 163 SNPs exhibited pleiotropic effects, of which 23 were located in exon, 21 in intron, 12 in 5\u2019UTR or 3\u2019UTR and 11 in upstream or downstream. Furthermore, 249 stable SNPs were detected by more than four GWAS models. According to these stable SNPs, RNA expression levels and gene annotations, four causal genes (\n                      <jats:italic>Glyma.02G080200<\/jats:italic>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic>Glyma.11G056200<\/jats:italic>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic>Glyma.12G188900<\/jats:italic>\n                      , and\n                      <jats:italic>Glyma.18G110200<\/jats:italic>\n                      ) conferring soybean drought tolerance were detected, which participated in ethylene stimulus response, water deprivation response, and proteolysis.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Collectively, 249 stable SNPs, 163 pleiotropic SNPs and four candidate genes identified in present study provided promising molecular resources and reliable foundation for drought resistance improvement 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