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Son I, Kasazumi N, Okada M, Takumi S, Yoshida K. Discrepancy of flowering time between genetically close sublineages of Aegilops umbellulata Zhuk. Sci Rep 2024; 14:7437. [PMID: 38548857 PMCID: PMC10978908 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-57935-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/01/2024] Open
Abstract
Aegilops umbellulata Zhuk., a wild diploid wheat-related species, has been used as a genetic resource for several important agronomic traits. However, its genetic variations have not been comprehensively studied. We sequenced RNA from 114 accessions of Ae. umbellulata to evaluate DNA polymorphisms and phenotypic variations. Bayesian clustering and phylogenetic analysis based on SNPs detected by RNA sequencing revealed two divergent lineages, UmbL1 and UmbL2. The main differences between them were in the sizes of spikes and spikelets, and culm diameter. UmbL1 is divided into two sublineages, UmbL1e and UmbL1w. These genetic differences corresponded to geographic distributions. UmbL1e, UmbL1w, and UmbL2 are found in Turkey, Iran/Iraq, and Greece, respectively. Although UmbL1e and UmbL1w were genetically similar, flowering time and other morphological traits were more distinct between these sublineages than those between the lineages. This discrepancy can be explained by the latitudinal and longitudinal differences in habitats. Specifically, latitudinal clines of flowering time were clearly observed in Ae. umbellulata, strongly correlated with solar radiation in the winter season. This observation implies that latitudinal differences are a factor in differences in the flowering times of Ae. umbellulata. Differences in flowering time could influence other morphological differences and promote genetic divergence between sublineages.
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- In Son
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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Adhikari L, Raupp J, Wu S, Koo DH, Friebe B, Poland J. Genomic characterization and gene bank curation of Aegilops: the wild relatives of wheat. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1268370. [PMID: 37915516 PMCID: PMC10616851 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1268370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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Genetic diversity found in crop wild relatives is critical to preserve and utilize for crop improvement to achieve sustainable food production amid climate change and increased demand. We genetically characterized a large collection of 1,041 Aegilops accessions distributed among 23 different species using more than 45K single nucleotide polymorphisms identified by genotyping-by-sequencing. The Wheat Genetics Resource Center (WGRC) Aegilops germplasm collection was curated through the identification of misclassified and redundant accessions. There were 49 misclassified and 28 sets of redundant accessions within the four diploid species. The curated germplasm sets now have improved utility for genetic studies and wheat improvement. We constructed a phylogenetic tree and principal component analysis cluster for all Aegilops species together, giving one of the most comprehensive views of Aegilops. The Sitopsis section and the U genome Aegilops clade were further scrutinized with in-depth population analysis. The genetic relatedness among the pair of Aegilops species provided strong evidence for the species evolution, speciation, and diversification. We inferred genome symbols for two species Ae. neglecta and Ae. columnaris based on the sequence read mapping and the presence of segregating loci on the pertinent genomes as well as genetic clustering. The high genetic diversity observed among Aegilops species indicated that the genus could play an even greater role in providing the critical need for untapped genetic diversity for future wheat breeding and improvement. To fully characterize these Aegilops species, there is an urgent need to generate reference assemblies for these wild wheats, especially for the polyploid Aegilops.
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- Laxman Adhikari
- Plant Breeding and Genetics Lab, Center for Desert Agriculture, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Plant Breeding and Genetics Lab, Center for Desert Agriculture, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
- Plant Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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Shi P, Sun H, Liu G, Zhang X, Zhou J, Song R, Xiao J, Yuan C, Sun L, Wang Z, Lou Q, Jiang J, Wang X, Wang H. Chromosome painting reveals inter-chromosomal rearrangements and evolution of subgenome D of wheat. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 112:55-67. [PMID: 35998122 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Aegilops species represent the most important gene pool for breeding bread wheat (Triticum aestivum). Thus, understanding the genome evolution, including chromosomal structural rearrangements and syntenic relationships among Aegilops species or between Aegilops and wheat, is important for both basic genome research and practical breeding applications. In the present study, we attempted to develop subgenome D-specific fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) probes by selecting D-specific oligonucleotides based on the reference genome of Chinese Spring. The oligo-based chromosome painting probes consisted of approximately 26 000 oligos per chromosome and their specificity was confirmed in both diploid and polyploid species containing the D subgenome. Two previously reported translocations involving two D chromosomes have been confirmed in wheat varieties and their derived lines. We demonstrate that the oligo painting probes can be used not only to identify the translocations involving D subgenome chromosomes, but also to determine the precise positions of chromosomal breakpoints. Chromosome painting of 56 accessions of Ae. tauschii from different origins led us to identify two novel translocations: a reciprocal 3D-7D translocation in two accessions and a complex 4D-5D-7D translocation in one accession. Painting probes were also used to analyze chromosomes from more diverse Aegilops species. These probes produced FISH signals in four different genomes. Chromosome rearrangements were identified in Aegilops umbellulata, Aegilops markgrafii, and Aegilops uniaristata, thus providing syntenic information that will be valuable for the application of these wild species in wheat breeding.
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- Peiyao Shi
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding, Co-Innovation Centre for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Biology, Department of Horticulture, MSU AgBioResearch, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China
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RNA-Seq-based DNA marker analysis of the genetics and molecular evolution of Triticeae species. Funct Integr Genomics 2021; 21:535-542. [PMID: 34405283 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-021-00799-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2020] [Revised: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The release of high-quality chromosome-level genome sequences of members of the Triticeae tribe has greatly facilitated genetic and genomic analyses of important crops such as wheat (Triticum aestivum) and barley (Hordeum vulgare). Due to the large diploid genome size of Triticeae plants (ca. 5 Gbp), transcript analysis is an important method for identifying genetic and genomic differences among Triticeae species. In this review, we summarize our results of RNA-Seq analyses of diploid wheat accessions belonging to the genera Aegilops and Triticum. We also describe studies of the molecular relationships among these accessions and provide insight into the evolution of common hexaploid wheat. DNA markers based on polymorphisms within species can be used to map loci of interest. Even though the genome sequence of diploid Aegilops tauschii, the D-genome donor of common wheat, has been released, the diploid barley genome continues to provide key information about the physical structures of diploid wheat genomes. We describe how a series of RNA-Seq analyses of wheat relatives has helped uncover the structural and evolutionary features of genomic and genetic systems in wild and cultivated Triticeae species.
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Said M, Holušová K, Farkas A, Ivanizs L, Gaál E, Cápal P, Abrouk M, Martis-Thiele MM, Kalapos B, Bartoš J, Friebe B, Doležel J, Molnár I. Development of DNA Markers From Physically Mapped Loci in Aegilops comosa and Aegilops umbellulata Using Single-Gene FISH and Chromosome Sequences. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:689031. [PMID: 34211490 PMCID: PMC8240756 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.689031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Breeding of agricultural crops adapted to climate change and resistant to diseases and pests is hindered by a limited gene pool because of domestication and thousands of years of human selection. One way to increase genetic variation is chromosome-mediated gene transfer from wild relatives by cross hybridization. In the case of wheat (Triticum aestivum), the species of genus Aegilops are a particularly attractive source of new genes and alleles. However, during the evolution of the Aegilops and Triticum genera, diversification of the D-genome lineage resulted in the formation of diploid C, M, and U genomes of Aegilops. The extent of structural genome alterations, which accompanied their evolution and speciation, and the shortage of molecular tools to detect Aegilops chromatin hamper gene transfer into wheat. To investigate the chromosome structure and help develop molecular markers with a known physical position that could improve the efficiency of the selection of desired introgressions, we developed single-gene fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) maps for M- and U-genome progenitors, Aegilops comosa and Aegilops umbellulata, respectively. Forty-three ortholog genes were located on 47 loci in Ae. comosa and on 52 loci in Ae. umbellulata using wheat cDNA probes. The results obtained showed that M-genome chromosomes preserved collinearity with those of wheat, excluding 2 and 6M containing an intrachromosomal rearrangement and paracentric inversion of 6ML, respectively. While Ae. umbellulata chromosomes 1, 3, and 5U maintained collinearity with wheat, structural reorganizations in 2, 4, 6, and 7U suggested a similarity with the C genome of Aegilops markgrafii. To develop molecular markers with exact physical positions on chromosomes of Aegilops, the single-gene FISH data were validated in silico using DNA sequence assemblies from flow-sorted M- and U-genome chromosomes. The sequence similarity search of cDNA sequences confirmed 44 out of the 47 single-gene loci in Ae. comosa and 40 of the 52 map positions in Ae. umbellulata. Polymorphic regions, thus, identified enabled the development of molecular markers, which were PCR validated using wheat-Aegilops disomic chromosome addition lines. The single-gene FISH-based approach allowed the development of PCR markers specific for cytogenetically mapped positions on Aegilops chromosomes, substituting as yet unavailable segregating map. The new knowledge and resources will support the efforts for the introgression of Aegilops genes into wheat and their cloning.
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- Mahmoud Said
- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Center of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czechia
- Agricultural Research Centre, Field Crops Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Center of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czechia
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- ELKH Centre for Agricultural Research, Agricultural Institute, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- ELKH Centre for Agricultural Research, Agricultural Institute, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- ELKH Centre for Agricultural Research, Agricultural Institute, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Center of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czechia
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- Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- NBIS (National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden, Science for Life Laboratory), Division of Cell Biology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- ELKH Centre for Agricultural Research, Agricultural Institute, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Center of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czechia
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- Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Center of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czechia
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Center of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czechia
- ELKH Centre for Agricultural Research, Agricultural Institute, Martonvásár, Hungary
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