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Liao B, Xiang YH, Li Y, Yang KY, Shan JX, Ye WW, Dong NQ, Kan Y, Yang YB, Zhao HY, Yu HX, Lu ZQ, Zhao Y, Zhao Q, Guo D, Guo SQ, Lei JJ, Mu XR, Cao YJ, Han B, Lin HX. Dysfunction of duplicated pair rice histone acetyltransferases causes segregation distortion and an interspecific reproductive barrier. Nat Commun 2024; 15:996. [PMID: 38307858 PMCID: PMC10837208 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45377-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/21/2024] [Indexed: 02/04/2024] Open
Abstract
Postzygotic reproductive isolation, which results in the irreversible divergence of species, is commonly accompanied by hybrid sterility, necrosis/weakness, or lethality in the F1 or other offspring generations. Here we show that the loss of function of HWS1 and HWS2, a couple of duplicated paralogs, together confer complete interspecific incompatibility between Asian and African rice. Both of these non-Mendelian determinants encode the putative Esa1-associated factor 6 (EAF6) protein, which functions as a characteristic subunit of the histone H4 acetyltransferase complex regulating transcriptional activation via genome-wide histone modification. The proliferating tapetum and inappropriate polar nuclei arrangement cause defective pollen and seeds in F2 hybrid offspring due to the recombinant HWS1/2-mediated misregulation of vitamin (biotin and thiamine) metabolism and lipid synthesis. Evolutionary analysis of HWS1/2 suggests that this gene pair has undergone incomplete lineage sorting (ILS) and multiple gene duplication events during speciation. Our findings have not only uncovered a pair of speciation genes that control hybrid breakdown but also illustrate a passive mechanism that could be scaled up and used in the guidance and optimization of hybrid breeding applications for distant hybridization.
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- Ben Liao
- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Centre for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Centre for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- China National Center for Gene Research, National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center of Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200233, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Centre for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Centre for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Centre for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Centre for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Centre for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Centre for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Centre for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Centre for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Centre for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- China National Center for Gene Research, National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center of Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200233, China
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- China National Center for Gene Research, National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center of Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200233, China
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- China National Center for Gene Research, National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center of Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200233, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Centre for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Centre for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Centre for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Centre for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- China National Center for Gene Research, National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center of Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200233, China.
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Centre for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China.
- School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China.
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, China.
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Wang F, Li S, Kong F, Lin X, Lu S. Altered regulation of flowering expands growth ranges and maximizes yields in major crops. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1094411. [PMID: 36743503 PMCID: PMC9892950 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1094411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Flowering time influences reproductive success in plants and has a significant impact on yield in grain crops. Flowering time is regulated by a variety of environmental factors, with daylength often playing an important role. Crops can be categorized into different types according to their photoperiod requirements for flowering. For instance, long-day crops include wheat (Triticum aestivum), barley (Hordeum vulgare), and pea (Pisum sativum), while short-day crops include rice (Oryza sativa), soybean (Glycine max), and maize (Zea mays). Understanding the molecular regulation of flowering and genotypic variation therein is important for molecular breeding and crop improvement. This paper reviews the regulation of flowering in different crop species with a particular focus on how photoperiod-related genes facilitate adaptation to local environments.
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- *Correspondence: Xiaoya Lin, ; Sijia Lu,
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- *Correspondence: Xiaoya Lin, ; Sijia Lu,
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De Carvalho M, Jia GS, Nidamangala Srinivasa A, Billmyre RB, Xu YH, Lange JJ, Sabbarini IM, Du LL, Zanders SE. The wtf meiotic driver gene family has unexpectedly persisted for over 100 million years. eLife 2022; 11:e81149. [PMID: 36227631 PMCID: PMC9562144 DOI: 10.7554/elife.81149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Meiotic drivers are selfish elements that bias their own transmission into more than half of the viable progeny produced by a driver+/driver- heterozygote. Meiotic drivers are thought to exist for relatively short evolutionary timespans because a driver gene or gene family is often found in a single species or in a group of very closely related species. Additionally, drivers are generally considered doomed to extinction when they spread to fixation or when suppressors arise. In this study, we examine the evolutionary history of the wtf meiotic drivers first discovered in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. We identify homologous genes in three other fission yeast species, S. octosporus, S. osmophilus, and S. cryophilus, which are estimated to have diverged over 100 million years ago from the S. pombe lineage. Synteny evidence supports that wtf genes were present in the common ancestor of these four species. Moreover, the ancestral genes were likely drivers as wtf genes in S. octosporus cause meiotic drive. Our findings indicate that meiotic drive systems can be maintained for long evolutionary timespans.
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- Mickaël De Carvalho
- Stowers Institute for Medical ResearchKansas CityUnited States
- Open UniversityMilton KeynesUnited Kingdom
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- PTN Joint Graduate Program, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua UniversityBeijingChina
- National Institute of Biological Sciences, BeijingBeijingChina
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- Stowers Institute for Medical ResearchKansas CityUnited States
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical CenterKansas CityUnited States
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, BeijingBeijingChina
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- Stowers Institute for Medical ResearchKansas CityUnited States
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, BeijingBeijingChina
- Tsinghua Institute of Multidisciplinary Biomedical Research, Tsinghua UniversityBeijingChina
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- Stowers Institute for Medical ResearchKansas CityUnited States
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical CenterKansas CityUnited States
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Wambugu PW, Ndjiondjop MN, Henry R. Genetics and Genomics of African Rice (Oryza glaberrima Steud) Domestication. RICE (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2021; 14:6. [PMID: 33415579 PMCID: PMC7790969 DOI: 10.1186/s12284-020-00449-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 12/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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African rice (Oryza glaberrima Steud) is one of the two independently domesticated rice species, the other one being Asian rice (Oryza sativa L.). Despite major progress being made in understanding the evolutionary and domestication history of African rice, key outstanding issues remain controversial. There appears to be an underlying difficulty in identifying the domestication centre and number of times the crop has been domesticated. Advances in genomics have provided unprecedented opportunities for understanding the genetic architecture of domestication related traits. For most of the domestication traits, the underlying genes and mutations have been identified. Comparative analysis of domestication genes between Asian and African rice has revealed that the two species went through an independent but convergent evolution process. The genetic and developmental basis of some of the domestic traits are conserved not only between Asian and African rice but also with other domesticated crop species. Analysis of genome data and its interpretation is emerging as a major challenge facing studies of domestication in African rice as key studies continue giving contradictory findings and conclusions. Insights obtained on the domestication of this species are vital for guiding crop improvement efforts.
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- Peterson W. Wambugu
- Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, Genetic Resources Research Institute, P.O. Box 30148, Nairobi, 00100 Kenya
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- M’bé Research Station, Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), 01 B.P. 2551 Bouaké 01, Côte d’Ivoire
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072 Australia
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Triticum population sequencing provides insights into wheat adaptation. Nat Genet 2020; 52:1412-1422. [PMID: 33106631 DOI: 10.1038/s41588-020-00722-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Bread wheat expanded its habitat from a core area of the Fertile Crescent to global environments within ~10,000 years. The genetic mechanisms of this remarkable evolutionary success are not well understood. By whole-genome sequencing of populations from 25 subspecies within the genera Triticum and Aegilops, we identified composite introgression from wild populations contributing to a substantial portion (4-32%) of the bread wheat genome, which increased the genetic diversity of bread wheat and allowed its divergent adaptation. Meanwhile, convergent adaptation to human selection showed 2- to 16-fold enrichment relative to random expectation-a certain set of genes were repeatedly selected in Triticum species despite their drastic differences in ploidy levels and growing zones, indicating the important role of evolutionary constraints in shaping the adaptive landscape of bread wheat. These results showed the genetic necessities of wheat as a global crop and provided new perspectives on transferring adaptive success across species for crop improvement.
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Chen E, Huang X, Tian Z, Wing RA, Han B. The Genomics of Oryza Species Provides Insights into Rice Domestication and Heterosis. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 70:639-665. [PMID: 31035826 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-050718-100320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Here, we review recent progress in genetic and genomic studies of the diversity of Oryza species. In recent years, unlocking the genetic diversity of Oryza species has provided insights into the genomics of rice domestication, heterosis, and complex traits. Genome sequencing and analysis of numerous wild rice (Oryza rufipogon) and Asian cultivated rice (Oryza sativa) accessions have enabled the identification of genome-wide signatures of rice domestication and the unlocking of the origin of Asian cultivated rice. Moreover, similar studies on genome variations of African rice (Oryza glaberrima) cultivars and their closely related wild progenitor Oryza barthii accessions have provided strong evidence to support a theory of independent domestication in African rice. Integrated genomic approaches have efficiently investigated many heterotic loci in hybrid rice underlying yield heterosis advantages and revealed the genomic architecture of rice heterosis. We conclude that in-depth unlocking of genetic variations among Oryza species will further enhance rice breeding.
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- Erwang Chen
- National Center of Plant Gene Research; Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences; and CAS Center of Excellence for Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200233, China;
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China;
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Arizona Genomics Institute, School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA;
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- National Center of Plant Gene Research; Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences; and CAS Center of Excellence for Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200233, China;
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Cubry P, Tranchant-Dubreuil C, Thuillet AC, Monat C, Ndjiondjop MN, Labadie K, Cruaud C, Engelen S, Scarcelli N, Rhoné B, Burgarella C, Dupuy C, Larmande P, Wincker P, François O, Sabot F, Vigouroux Y. The Rise and Fall of African Rice Cultivation Revealed by Analysis of 246 New Genomes. Curr Biol 2018; 28:2274-2282.e6. [PMID: 29983312 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2018] [Revised: 04/10/2018] [Accepted: 05/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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African rice (Oryza glaberrima) was domesticated independently from Asian rice. The geographical origin of its domestication remains elusive. Using 246 new whole-genome sequences, we inferred the cradle of its domestication to be in the Inner Niger Delta. Domestication was preceded by a sharp decline of most wild populations that started more than 10,000 years ago. The wild population collapse occurred during the drying of the Sahara. This finding supports the hypothesis that depletion of wild resources in the Sahara triggered African rice domestication. African rice cultivation strongly expanded 2,000 years ago. During the last 5 centuries, a sharp decline of its cultivation coincided with the introduction of Asian rice in Africa. A gene, PROG1, associated with an erect plant architecture phenotype, showed convergent selection in two rice cultivated species, Oryza glaberrima from Africa and Oryza sativa from Asia. In contrast, a shattering gene, SH5, showed selection signature during African rice domestication, but not during Asian rice domestication. Overall, our genomic data revealed a complex history of African rice domestication influenced by important climatic changes in the Saharan area, by the expansion of African agricultural society, and by recent replacement by another domesticated species.
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- Philippe Cubry
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR DIADE, 911 Avenue Agropolis, 34394 Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR DIADE, 911 Avenue Agropolis, 34394 Montpellier, France; SouthGreen Development Platform, Agropolis Campus, Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR DIADE, 911 Avenue Agropolis, 34394 Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR DIADE, 911 Avenue Agropolis, 34394 Montpellier, France; SouthGreen Development Platform, Agropolis Campus, Montpellier, France
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- CEA, Institut de Biologie François Jacob, Genoscope, 2 Rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France; CNRS, UMR 8030, CP5706, Evry, France; Université d'Evry, UMR 8030, CP5706, Evry, France
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- CEA, Institut de Biologie François Jacob, Genoscope, 2 Rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France; CNRS, UMR 8030, CP5706, Evry, France; Université d'Evry, UMR 8030, CP5706, Evry, France
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- CEA, Institut de Biologie François Jacob, Genoscope, 2 Rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France; CNRS, UMR 8030, CP5706, Evry, France; Université d'Evry, UMR 8030, CP5706, Evry, France
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR DIADE, 911 Avenue Agropolis, 34394 Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR DIADE, 911 Avenue Agropolis, 34394 Montpellier, France; Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR 5558, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, Lyon, France
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR DIADE, 911 Avenue Agropolis, 34394 Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR DIADE, 911 Avenue Agropolis, 34394 Montpellier, France; SouthGreen Development Platform, Agropolis Campus, Montpellier, France; Institut de Biologie Computationnelle (IBC), Université Montpellier 2, 860 Rue St Priest, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- CEA, Institut de Biologie François Jacob, Genoscope, 2 Rue Gaston Crémieux, 91057 Evry, France; CNRS, UMR 8030, CP5706, Evry, France; Université d'Evry, UMR 8030, CP5706, Evry, France
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- Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS, UMR 5525 TIMC-IMAG, 38042 Grenoble, France
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR DIADE, 911 Avenue Agropolis, 34394 Montpellier, France; SouthGreen Development Platform, Agropolis Campus, Montpellier, France; Université de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34000 Montpellier, France.
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- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR DIADE, 911 Avenue Agropolis, 34394 Montpellier, France; Université de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34000 Montpellier, France.
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Hu M, Lv S, Wu W, Fu Y, Liu F, Wang B, Li W, Gu P, Cai H, Sun C, Zhu Z. The domestication of plant architecture in African rice. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2018; 94:661-669. [PMID: 29537667 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2017] [Revised: 02/14/2018] [Accepted: 02/15/2018] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Plant architecture is a key agronomical factor determining crop yield and has been a major target of cereal crop domestication. The transition of plant architecture from the prostrate tiller of typical African wild rice (Oryza barthii) to the erect tiller of African cultivated rice (Oryza glaberrima) was a key step during domestication of African rice. Here we show that PROG7 (PROSTRATE GROWTH 7), a zinc-finger transcription factor gene on chromosome 7, is required for the prostrate growth of African wild rice. Mutations in the promoter region of prog7 reduced the level of gene expression in the tiller base, leading to erect growth in African cultivated rice. Sequence comparison and haplotype analysis show that 90 varieties of cultivated rice from 11 countries carry the same mutations in the prog7 region. A strong signal in a 60-kb genomic region was detected around the prog7 gene, suggesting that the region was under strong positive selection during the domestication process. Identification of the PROG7 gene provides new insights into the molecular basis of plant architecture in crops and facilitates investigation of the history of domestication of African rice.
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- Min Hu
- MOE Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, National Center for Evaluation of Agricultural Wild Plants (Rice), Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, National Center for Evaluation of Agricultural Wild Plants (Rice), Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, National Center for Evaluation of Agricultural Wild Plants (Rice), Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, National Center for Evaluation of Agricultural Wild Plants (Rice), Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Huazhi Rice Bio-Tech Company, Changsha, 410125, Hunan Province, China
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- Huazhi Rice Bio-Tech Company, Changsha, 410125, Hunan Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, National Center for Evaluation of Agricultural Wild Plants (Rice), Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, National Center for Evaluation of Agricultural Wild Plants (Rice), Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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Johri P, Krenek S, Marinov GK, Doak TG, Berendonk TU, Lynch M. Population Genomics of Paramecium Species. Mol Biol Evol 2017; 34:1194-1216. [PMID: 28204679 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msx074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Population-genomic analyses are essential to understanding factors shaping genomic variation and lineage-specific sequence constraints. The dearth of such analyses for unicellular eukaryotes prompted us to assess genomic variation in Paramecium, one of the most well-studied ciliate genera. The Paramecium aurelia complex consists of ∼15 morphologically indistinguishable species that diverged subsequent to two rounds of whole-genome duplications (WGDs, as long as 320 MYA) and possess extremely streamlined genomes. We examine patterns of both nuclear and mitochondrial polymorphism, by sequencing whole genomes of 10-13 worldwide isolates of each of three species belonging to the P. aurelia complex: P. tetraurelia, P. biaurelia, P. sexaurelia, as well as two outgroup species that do not share the WGDs: P. caudatum and P. multimicronucleatum. An apparent absence of global geographic population structure suggests continuous or recent dispersal of Paramecium over long distances. Intergenic regions are highly constrained relative to coding sequences, especially in P. caudatum and P. multimicronucleatum that have shorter intergenic distances. Sequence diversity and divergence are reduced up to ∼100-150 bp both upstream and downstream of genes, suggesting strong constraints imposed by the presence of densely packed regulatory modules. In addition, comparison of sequence variation at non-synonymous and synonymous sites suggests similar recent selective pressures on paralogs within and orthologs across the deeply diverging species. This study presents the first genome-wide population-genomic analysis in ciliates and provides a valuable resource for future studies in evolutionary and functional genetics in Paramecium.
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- Parul Johri
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.,National Center for Genome Analysis Support, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
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- Yasunori Nakamura
- Akita Natural Science Laboratory; Tennoh, Katagami, Akita Japan
- Faculty of Bioresource Sciences; Akita Prefectural University; Shimoshinjo-Nakano, Akita Japan
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