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Tricon D, Faivre d'Arcier J, Eyquard JP, Liu S, Decroocq S, Chague A, Liu W, Balakishiyeva G, Mammadov A, Turdiev T, Kostritsyna T, Asma BM, Akparov Z, Decroocq V. Allele mining of eukaryotic translation initiation factor genes in Prunus for the identification of new sources of resistance to sharka. Sci Rep 2023; 13:15247. [PMID: 37709842 PMCID: PMC10502034 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-42215-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2023] [Accepted: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023] Open
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Members of the eukaryotic translation initiation complex are co-opted in viral infection, leading to susceptibility in many crop species, including stone fruit trees (Prunus spp.). Therefore, modification of one of those eukaryotic translation initiation factors or changes in their gene expression may result in resistance. We searched the crop and wild Prunus germplasm from the Armeniaca and Amygdalus taxonomic sections for allelic variants in the eIF4E and eIFiso4E genes, to identify alleles potentially linked to resistance to Plum pox virus (PPV). Over one thousand stone fruit accessions (1397) were screened for variation in eIF4E and eIFiso4E transcript sequences which are in single copy within the diploid Prunus genome. We identified new alleles for both genes differing from haplotypes associated with PPV susceptible accessions. Overall, analyses showed that eIFiso4E is genetically more constrained since it displayed less polymorphism than eIF4E. We also demonstrated more variations at both loci in the related wild species than in crop species. As the eIFiso4E translation initiation factor was identified as indispensable for PPV infection, a selection of ten different eIFiso4E haplotypes along 13 accessions were tested by infection with PPV and eight of them displayed a range of reduced susceptibility to resistance, indicating new potential sources of resistance to sharka.
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- David Tricon
- INRAE, UMR 1332 BFP, Virologie, 71 Avenue Edouard Bourlaux, 33882, Villenave d'Ornon, France
- UMR 1332 BFP, CS20032, Université de Bordeaux, 33882, Villenave d'Ornon, France
- INRAE Unité de Recherches 1052 GAFL, 67 allee des Chênes, 84143, Montfavet, France
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- INRAE, UMR 1332 BFP, Virologie, 71 Avenue Edouard Bourlaux, 33882, Villenave d'Ornon, France
- UMR 1332 BFP, CS20032, Université de Bordeaux, 33882, Villenave d'Ornon, France
- INRAE Unité Expérimentale Domaine des Jarres, 33210, Toulenne, France
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- INRAE, UMR 1332 BFP, Virologie, 71 Avenue Edouard Bourlaux, 33882, Villenave d'Ornon, France
- UMR 1332 BFP, CS20032, Université de Bordeaux, 33882, Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- INRAE, UMR 1332 BFP, Virologie, 71 Avenue Edouard Bourlaux, 33882, Villenave d'Ornon, France
- UMR 1332 BFP, CS20032, Université de Bordeaux, 33882, Villenave d'Ornon, France
- Liaoning Institute of Pomology, Tiedong Street, Xiongyue Town, Bayuquan District, Yingkou, 115009, Liaoning, China
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- INRAE, UMR 1332 BFP, Virologie, 71 Avenue Edouard Bourlaux, 33882, Villenave d'Ornon, France
- UMR 1332 BFP, CS20032, Université de Bordeaux, 33882, Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- INRAE, UMR 1332 BFP, Virologie, 71 Avenue Edouard Bourlaux, 33882, Villenave d'Ornon, France
- UMR 1332 BFP, CS20032, Université de Bordeaux, 33882, Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- Liaoning Institute of Pomology, Tiedong Street, Xiongyue Town, Bayuquan District, Yingkou, 115009, Liaoning, China
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnologies, Ministry of Science and Education, 11 Izzat Nabiev Str., 1073, Baku, Azerbaijan
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnologies, Ministry of Science and Education, 11 Izzat Nabiev Str., 1073, Baku, Azerbaijan
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- Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Timiryazev Str. 45, 050040, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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- International Higher School of Medicine, 1F Intergelpo Street, 720054, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
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- Department of Horticulture, Malatya Turgut Ozal University, Malatya, 44210, Turkey
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- Genetic Resources Institute of ANAS, Azadlig Ave. 155, 1106, Baku, Azerbaijan
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- INRAE, UMR 1332 BFP, Virologie, 71 Avenue Edouard Bourlaux, 33882, Villenave d'Ornon, France.
- UMR 1332 BFP, CS20032, Université de Bordeaux, 33882, Villenave d'Ornon, France.
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Fernandes de Oliveira A, Mameli MG, De Pau L, Satta D. Almond Tree Adaptation to Water Stress: Differences in Physiological Performance and Yield Responses among Four Cultivar Grown in Mediterranean Environment. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:1131. [PMID: 36903994 PMCID: PMC10004802 DOI: 10.3390/plants12051131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2023] [Revised: 02/18/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Maximizing water use efficiency, yield, and plant survival under drought is a relevant research issue for almond-tree-growing areas worldwide. The intraspecific diversity of this species may constitute a valuable resource to address the resilience and productivity challenges that climate change poses to crop sustainability. A comparative evaluation of physiological and productive performance of four almond varieties: 'Arrubia', 'Cossu', 'Texas', and 'Tuono', field-grown in Sardinia, Italy, was performed. A great variability in the plasticity to cope with soil water scarcity and a diverse capacity to adapt to drought and heat stresses during fruit development were highlighted. The two Sardinian varieties, Arrubia and Cossu, showed differences in water stress tolerance, photosynthetic and photochemical activity, and crop yield. 'Arrubia' and 'Texas' showed greater physiological acclimation to water stress while maintaining higher yields, as compared to the self-fertile 'Tuono'. The important role of crop load and specific anatomical traits affecting leaf hydraulic conductance and leaf gas exchanges efficiency (i.e., dominant shoot type, leaf size and roughness) was evidenced. The study highlights the importance of characterizing the relationships among almond cultivar traits that affect plant performance under drought in order to better assist planting choices and orchard irrigation management for given environmental contexts.
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Li J, Liu H, Mazhar MS, Quddus S, Agar OT, Suleria HAR. Australian Native Plum: A Review of the Phytochemical and Health Effects. FOOD REVIEWS INTERNATIONAL 2023. [DOI: 10.1080/87559129.2023.2172428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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- Jiaxun Li
- School of Agriculture and Food, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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- School of Agriculture and Food, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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- Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade of the Northern Territory Government, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade of the Northern Territory Government, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- School of Agriculture and Food, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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- School of Agriculture and Food, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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Duval H, Coindre E, Ramos-Onsins SE, Alexiou KG, Rubio-Cabetas MJ, Martínez-García PJ, Wirthensohn M, Dhingra A, Samarina A, Arús P. Development and Evaluation of an Axiom TM 60K SNP Array for Almond ( Prunus dulcis). PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:242. [PMID: 36678957 PMCID: PMC9866729 DOI: 10.3390/plants12020242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 12/24/2022] [Accepted: 12/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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A high-density single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array is essential to enable faster progress in plant breeding for new cultivar development. In this regard, we have developed an Axiom 60K almond SNP array by resequencing 81 almond accessions. For the validation of the array, a set of 210 accessions were genotyped and 82.8% of the SNPs were classified in the best recommended SNPs. The rate of missing data was between 0.4% and 2.7% for the almond accessions and less than 15.5% for the few peach and wild accessions, suggesting that this array can be used for peach and interspecific peach × almond genetic studies. The values of the two SNPs linked to the RMja (nematode resistance) and SK (bitterness) genes were consistent. We also genotyped 49 hybrids from an almond F2 progeny and could build a genetic map with a set of 1159 SNPs. Error rates, less than 1%, were evaluated by comparing replicates and by detection of departures from Mendelian inheritance in the F2 progeny. This almond array is commercially available and should be a cost-effective genotyping tool useful in the search for new genes and quantitative traits loci (QTL) involved in the control of agronomic traits.
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- Henri Duval
- Unité de Génétique et Amélioration des Fruits et Légumes (GAFL), INRAE (French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment), 84143 Montfavet, France
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- Unité de Génétique et Amélioration des Fruits et Légumes (GAFL), INRAE (French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment), 84143 Montfavet, France
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Carrer de la Vall Moronta, Edifici CRAG, Campus UAB, Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Carrer de la Vall Moronta, Edifici CRAG, Campus UAB, Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
- IRTA (Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology), Campus UAB, Edifici CRAG, Cerdanyola del Valles (Bellaterra), 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- CITA (Agrifood Research and Technology Centre of Aragon), Department of Plant Science, Avda. Montañana 930, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain
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- CEBAS (Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura), CSIC, Department of Plant Breeding, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, 30100 Espinardo, Spain
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- Waite Research Institute, University of Adelaide, PMB 1 Glen, Osmond, SA 5064, Australia
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- Department of Horticulture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6414, USA
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- Thermo Fisher Scientific, Frankfurter Str. 129B, 64293 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Carrer de la Vall Moronta, Edifici CRAG, Campus UAB, Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
- IRTA (Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology), Campus UAB, Edifici CRAG, Cerdanyola del Valles (Bellaterra), 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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Spengler RN, Kienast F, Roberts P, Boivin N, Begun DR, Ashastina K, Petraglia M. Bearing Fruit: Miocene Apes and Rosaceous Fruit Evolution. BIOLOGICAL THEORY 2023; 18:134-151. [PMID: 37214192 PMCID: PMC10191964 DOI: 10.1007/s13752-022-00413-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Extinct megafaunal mammals in the Americas are often linked to seed-dispersal mutualisms with large-fruiting tree species, but large-fruiting species in Europe and Asia have received far less attention. Several species of arboreal Maloideae (apples and pears) and Prunoideae (plums and peaches) evolved large fruits starting around nine million years ago, primarily in Eurasia. As evolutionary adaptations for seed dispersal by animals, the size, high sugar content, and bright colorful visual displays of ripeness suggest that mutualism with megafaunal mammals facilitated the evolutionary change. There has been little discussion as to which animals were likely candidate(s) on the late Miocene landscape of Eurasia. We argue that several possible dispersers could have consumed the large fruits, with endozoochoric dispersal usually relying on guilds of species. During the Pleistocene and Holocene, the dispersal guild likely included ursids, equids, and elephantids. During the late Miocene, large primates were likely also among the members of this guild, and the potential of a long-held mutualism between the ape and apple clades merits further discussion. If primates were a driving factor in the evolution of this large-fruit seed-dispersal system, it would represent an example of seed-dispersal-based mutualism with hominids millions of years prior to crop domestication or the development of cultural practices, such as farming.
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- Robert N. Spengler
- Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology, Jena, Germany
- Domestication and Anthropogenic Evolution Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology, Jena, Germany
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- Senckenberg Research Station of Quaternary, Palaeontology, Weimar, Germany
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- Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology, Jena, Germany
- isoTROPIC Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology, Jena, Germany
- Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC USA
- School of Social Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology, Jena, Germany
- Domestication and Anthropogenic Evolution Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC USA
- Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland Australia
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Ding YM, Cao Y, Zhang WP, Chen J, Liu J, Li P, Renner SS, Zhang DY, Bai WN. Population-genomic analyses reveal bottlenecks and asymmetric introgression from Persian into iron walnut during domestication. Genome Biol 2022; 23:145. [PMID: 35787713 PMCID: PMC9254524 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-022-02720-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Accepted: 06/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Background Persian walnut, Juglans regia, occurs naturally from Greece to western China, while its closest relative, the iron walnut, Juglans sigillata, is endemic in southwest China; both species are cultivated for their nuts and wood. Here, we infer their demographic histories and the time and direction of possible hybridization and introgression between them. Results We use whole-genome resequencing data, different population-genetic approaches (PSMC and GONE), and isolation-with-migration models (IMa3) on individuals from Europe, Iran, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, and China. IMa3 analyses indicate that the two species diverged from each other by 0.85 million years ago, with unidirectional gene flow from eastern J. regia and its ancestor into J. sigillata, including the shell-thickness gene. Within J. regia, a western group, located from Europe to Iran, and an eastern group with individuals from northern China, experienced dramatically declining population sizes about 80 generations ago (roughly 2400 to 4000 years), followed by an expansion at about 40 generations, while J. sigillata had a constant population size from about 100 to 20 generations ago, followed by a rapid decline. Conclusions Both J. regia and J. sigillata appear to have suffered sudden population declines during their domestication, suggesting that the bottleneck scenario of plant domestication may well apply in at least some perennial crop species. Introgression from introduced J. regia appears to have played a role in the domestication of J. sigillata. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13059-022-02720-z.
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- Ya-Mei Ding
- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.,China National Botanical Garden, Beijing, 100093, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology for Endangered Wildlife of the Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Biology, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, 63130, USA.
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- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
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de Tomás C, Bardil A, Castanera R, Casacuberta JM, Vicient CM. Absence of major epigenetic and transcriptomic changes accompanying an interspecific cross between peach and almond. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2022; 9:uhac127. [PMID: 35928404 PMCID: PMC9343919 DOI: 10.1093/hr/uhac127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Hybridization has been widely used in breeding of cultivated species showing low genetic variability, such as peach (Prunus persica). The merging of two different genomes in a hybrid often triggers a so-called "genomic shock" with changes in DNA methylation and in the induction of transposable element expression and mobilization. Here, we analysed the DNA methylation and transcription levels of transposable elements and genes in leaves of Prunus persica and Prunus dulcis and in an F1 hybrid using high-throughput sequencing technologies. Contrary to the "genomic shock" expectations, we found that the overall levels of DNA methylation in the transposable elements in the hybrid are not significantly altered compared with those of the parental genomes. We also observed that the levels of transcription of the transposable elements in the hybrid are in most cases intermediate as compared with that of the parental species and we have not detected cases of higher transcription in the hybrid. We also found that the proportion of genes whose expression is altered in the hybrid compared with the parental species is low. The expression of genes potentially involved in the regulation of the activity of the transposable elements is not altered. We can conclude that the merging of the two parental genomes in this Prunus persica x Prunus dulcis hybrid does not result in a "genomic shock" with significant changes in the DNA methylation or in the transcription. The absence of major changes may facilitate using interspecific peach x almond crosses for peach improvement.
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- Carlos de Tomás
- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, Edifici CRAG, Bellaterra, Barcelona 08193, Spain
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- Institut écologie et environnement (INEE), CNRS, Montpelier, France
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, Edifici CRAG, Bellaterra, Barcelona 08193, Spain
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Kalluri N, Serra O, Donoso JM, Picañol R, Howad W, Eduardo I, Arús P. Construction of a collection of introgression lines of "Texas" almond DNA fragments in the "Earlygold" peach genetic background. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2022; 9:uhac070. [PMID: 35669708 PMCID: PMC9157678 DOI: 10.1093/hr/uhac070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Peach [Prunus persica L. Batsch] is one of the major temperate fruit tree species, the commercial materials of which have a low level of genetic variability. Almond [P. dulcis (Mill) DA Webb], a close relative of peach cultivated for its kernels, has a much higher level of diversity. The species are inter-compatible and often produce fertile hybrids, almond being a possible source of new genes for peach that could provide biotic and abiotic stress tolerance traits. In this paper we describe the development of a collection of peach-almond introgression lines (ILs) having a single fragment of almond (cv. Texas) in the peach background (cv. Earlygold). Lines with few introgressions were selected with markers from successive generations from a "Texas" × "Earlygold" F1 hybrid, initially using a set of SSRs and later with the 18 k peach SNP chip, allowing for the final extraction of 67 lines, 39 with almond heterozygous introgressions covering 99% of the genome, and 28 with homozygous introgressions covering 83% of the genome. As a proof of concept, four major genes and four quantitative characters were examined in the selected ILs giving results generally consistent with previous information on the genetics of these characters. This collection is the first of its kind produced in a woody perennial species and promises to be a valuable tool for genetic analyses, including dissection of quantitative traits, positional cloning, epistasis and as prebreeding material to introgress almond genes of interest into the peach commercial gene pool.
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- Naveen Kalluri
- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, Edifici CRAG, Cerdanyola del Vallès (Bellaterra), 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P., Banco Português de Germoplasma Vegetal (BPGV), Braga, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA), Centro Regional de Investigación Rayentué, Av. Salamanca s/n Sector Los Choapinos, Rengo 2940000, Chile
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- Rijk Zwaan Ibérica S.A. Finca La Marina-PJ Lo Contreras 30395, La Puebla|Cartagena (Murcia), Spain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, Edifici CRAG, Cerdanyola del Vallès (Bellaterra), 08193 Barcelona, Spain
- IRTA, Campus UAB, Edifici CRAG, Cerdanyola del Vallès (Bellaterra), 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, Edifici CRAG, Cerdanyola del Vallès (Bellaterra), 08193 Barcelona, Spain
- IRTA, Campus UAB, Edifici CRAG, Cerdanyola del Vallès (Bellaterra), 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, Edifici CRAG, Cerdanyola del Vallès (Bellaterra), 08193 Barcelona, Spain
- IRTA, Campus UAB, Edifici CRAG, Cerdanyola del Vallès (Bellaterra), 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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Population-scale peach genome analyses unravel selection patterns and biochemical basis underlying fruit flavor. Nat Commun 2021; 12:3604. [PMID: 34127667 PMCID: PMC8203738 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23879-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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A narrow genetic basis in modern cultivars and strong linkage disequilibrium in peach (Prunus persica) has restricted resolution power for association studies in this model fruit species, thereby limiting our understanding of economically important quality traits including fruit flavor. Here, we present a high-quality genome assembly for a Chinese landrace, Longhua Shui Mi (LHSM), a representative of the Chinese Cling peaches that have been central in global peach genetic improvement. We also map the resequencing data for 564 peach accessions to this LHSM assembly at an average depth of 26.34× per accession. Population genomic analyses reveal a fascinating history of convergent selection for sweetness yet divergent selection for acidity in eastern vs. western modern cultivars. Molecular-genetics and biochemical analyses establish that PpALMT1 (aluminum-activated malate transporter 1) contributes to their difference of malate content and that increases fructose content accounts for the increased sweetness of modern peach fruits, as regulated by PpERDL16 (early response to dehydration 6-like 16). Our study illustrates the strong utility of the genomics resources for both basic and applied efforts to understand and exploit the genetic basis of fruit quality in peach.
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Developmental transcriptome profiling uncovered carbon signaling genes associated with almond fruit drop. Sci Rep 2021; 11:3401. [PMID: 33564060 PMCID: PMC7873282 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-69395-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Almond is one of the most featured nut crops owing to its high nutritional value. However, due to three different waves of flower and fruitlet drop, fruit drop is a major concern for growers. In this study, we carried out a time-course transcriptome analysis to investigate gene expression differences between normal and abnormal fruitlet development. By de novo assembly analysis, we identified 33,577 unigenes and provided their functional annotations. In total, we identified 7,469 differentially expressed genes and observed the most apparent difference between normal and abnormal fruits at 12 and 17 days after flowering. Their biological functions were enriched in carbon metabolism, carbon fixation in photosynthetic organisms and plant hormone signal transduction. RT-qPCR validated the expression pattern of 14 representative genes, including glycosyltransferase like family 2, MYB39, IAA13, gibberellin-regulated protein 11-like and POD44, which confirmed the reliability of our transcriptome data. This study provides an insight into the association between abnormal fruit development and carbohydrate signaling from the early developmental stages and could be served as useful information for understanding the regulatory mechanisms related to almond fruit drop.
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Nilo-Poyanco R, Moraga C, Benedetto G, Orellana A, Almeida AM. Shotgun proteomics of peach fruit reveals major metabolic pathways associated to ripening. BMC Genomics 2021; 22:17. [PMID: 33413072 PMCID: PMC7788829 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-07299-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Fruit ripening in Prunus persica melting varieties involves several physiological changes that have a direct impact on the fruit organoleptic quality and storage potential. By studying the proteomic differences between the mesocarp of mature and ripe fruit, it would be possible to highlight critical molecular processes involved in the fruit ripening. RESULTS To accomplish this goal, the proteome from mature and ripe fruit was assessed from the variety O'Henry through shotgun proteomics using 1D-gel (PAGE-SDS) as fractionation method followed by LC/MS-MS analysis. Data from the 131,435 spectra could be matched to 2740 proteins, using the peach genome reference v1. After data pre-treatment, 1663 proteins could be used for comparison with datasets assessed using transcriptomic approaches and for quantitative protein accumulation analysis. Close to 26% of the genes that code for the proteins assessed displayed higher expression at ripe fruit compared to other fruit developmental stages, based on published transcriptomic data. Differential accumulation analysis between mature and ripe fruit revealed that 15% of the proteins identified were modulated by the ripening process, with glycogen and isocitrate metabolism, and protein localization overrepresented in mature fruit, as well as cell wall modification in ripe fruit. Potential biomarkers for the ripening process, due to their differential accumulation and gene expression pattern, included a pectin methylesterase inhibitor, a gibbellerin 2-beta-dioxygenase, an omega-6 fatty acid desaturase, a homeobox-leucine zipper protein and an ACC oxidase. Transcription factors enriched in NAC and Myb protein domains would target preferentially the genes encoding proteins more abundant in mature and ripe fruit, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Shotgun proteomics is an unbiased approach to get deeper into the proteome allowing to detect differences in protein abundance between samples. This technique provided a resolution so that individual gene products could be identified. Many proteins likely involved in cell wall and sugar metabolism, aroma and color, change their abundance during the transition from mature to ripe fruit.
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- Ricardo Nilo-Poyanco
- Escuela de Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Mayor, Camino La Pirámide, 5750, Huechuraba, Chile
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- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69622, Villeurbanne, France
- Inria Grenoble Rhône-Alpes, 38334, Montbonnot, France
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- Centro de Biotecnología Vegetal, Facultad Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Andrés Bello, República 330, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Biotecnología Vegetal, Facultad Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Andrés Bello, República 330, Santiago, Chile
- Center for Genome Regulation, Blanco Encalada, 2085, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Genómica y Bioinformática, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Mayor, Camino La Pirámide, 5750, Huechuraba, Chile.
- Escuela de Agronomía, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Mayor, Camino La Pirámide, 5750, Huechuraba, Chile.
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Pérez de Los Cobos F, Martínez-García PJ, Romero A, Miarnau X, Eduardo I, Howad W, Mnejja M, Dicenta F, Socias I Company R, Rubio-Cabetas MJ, Gradziel TM, Wirthensohn M, Duval H, Holland D, Arús P, Vargas FJ, Batlle I. Pedigree analysis of 220 almond genotypes reveals two world mainstream breeding lines based on only three different cultivars. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2021; 8:11. [PMID: 33384415 PMCID: PMC7775440 DOI: 10.1038/s41438-020-00444-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2020] [Revised: 11/04/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Loss of genetic variability is an increasing challenge in tree breeding programs due to the repeated use of a reduced number of founder genotypes. However, in almond, little is known about the genetic variability in current breeding stocks, although several cases of inbreeding depression have been reported. To gain insights into the genetic structure in modern breeding programs worldwide, marker-verified pedigree data of 220 almond cultivars and breeding selections were analyzed. Inbreeding coefficients, pairwise relatedness, and genetic contribution were calculated for these genotypes. The results reveal two mainstream breeding lines based on three cultivars: "Tuono", "Cristomorto", and "Nonpareil". Descendants from "Tuono" or "Cristomorto" number 76 (sharing 34 descendants), while "Nonpareil" has 71 descendants. The mean inbreeding coefficient of the analyzed genotypes was 0.041, with 14 genotypes presenting a high inbreeding coefficient, over 0.250. Breeding programs from France, the USA, and Spain showed inbreeding coefficients of 0.075, 0.070, and 0.037, respectively. According to their genetic contribution, modern cultivars from Israel, France, the USA, Spain, and Australia trace back to a maximum of six main founding genotypes. Among the group of 65 genotypes carrying the Sf allele for self-compatibility, the mean relatedness coefficient was 0.125, with "Tuono" as the main founding genotype (24.7% of total genetic contribution). The results broaden our understanding about the tendencies followed in almond breeding over the last 50 years and will have a large impact into breeding decision-making process worldwide. Increasing current genetic variability is required in almond breeding programs to assure genetic gain and continuing breeding progress.
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- Felipe Pérez de Los Cobos
- Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), Mas Bové, Ctra. Reus-El Morell Km 3,8, 43120, Constantí, Tarragona, Spain
- Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB. Cerdanyola del Vallès (Bellaterra), 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CEBAS-CSIC), P.O. Box 164, 30100, Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
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- Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), Mas Bové, Ctra. Reus-El Morell Km 3,8, 43120, Constantí, Tarragona, Spain
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- Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), Fruitcentre, PCiTAL, Gardeny Park, Fruitcentre Building, 25003, Lleida, Spain
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- Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB. Cerdanyola del Vallès (Bellaterra), 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB. Cerdanyola del Vallès (Bellaterra), 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB. Cerdanyola del Vallès (Bellaterra), 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CEBAS-CSIC), P.O. Box 164, 30100, Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA), Avda. Montañana 930, 50059, Zaragoza, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2 (CITA-Universidad de Zaragoza), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA), Avda. Montañana 930, 50059, Zaragoza, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2 (CITA-Universidad de Zaragoza), Zaragoza, Spain
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- University of Adelaide, Waite Research, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, PMB 1, Glen Osmond, Adelaide, SA, 5064, Australia
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Domain St. Maurice CS 60094, 84143, Montfavet Cedex, France
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- Agricultural Research Organization, Newe-Ya'ar Research Center, P.O. Box 1021, Ramat Yishad, 30095, Israel
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- Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB. Cerdanyola del Vallès (Bellaterra), 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), Mas Bové, Ctra. Reus-El Morell Km 3,8, 43120, Constantí, Tarragona, Spain
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- Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), Mas Bové, Ctra. Reus-El Morell Km 3,8, 43120, Constantí, Tarragona, Spain.
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Linking diverse salinity responses of 14 almond rootstocks with physiological, biochemical, and genetic determinants. Sci Rep 2020; 10:21087. [PMID: 33273661 PMCID: PMC7712888 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-78036-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Fourteen commercial almond rootstocks were tested under five types of irrigation waters to understand the genetic, physiological, and biochemical bases of salt-tolerance mechanisms. Treatments included control (T1) and four saline water treatments dominant in sodium-sulfate (T2), sodium-chloride (T3), sodium-chloride/sulfate (T4), and calcium/magnesium-chloride/sulfate (T5). T3 caused the highest reduction in survival rate and trunk diameter, followed by T4 and T2, indicating that Na and, to a lesser extent, Cl were the most toxic ions to almond rootstocks. Peach hybrid (Empyrean 1) and peach-almond hybrids (Cornerstone, Bright’s Hybrid 5, and BB 106) were the most tolerant to salinity. Rootstock’s performance under salinity correlated highly with its leaf Na and Cl concentrations, indicating that Na+ and Cl- exclusion is crucial for salinity tolerance in Prunus. Photosynthetic rate correlated with trunk diameter and proline leaf ratio (T3/T1) significantly correlated with the exclusion of Na+ and Cl-, which directly affected the survival rate. Expression analyses of 23 genes involved in salinity stress revealed that the expression differences among genotypes were closely associated with their performance under salinity. Our genetic, molecular, and biochemical analyses allowed us to characterize rootstocks based on component traits of the salt-tolerance mechanisms, which may facilitate the development of highly salt-tolerant rootstocks.
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Physical and biochemical properties of 10 wild almond (Amygdalus scoparia) accessions naturally grown in Iran. FOOD BIOSCI 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fbio.2020.100721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Yi XG, Yu XQ, Chen J, Zhang M, Liu SW, Zhu H, Li M, Duan YF, Chen L, Wu L, Zhu S, Sun ZS, Liu XH, Wang XR. The genome of Chinese flowering cherry ( Cerasus serrulata) provides new insights into Cerasus species. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2020; 7:165. [PMID: 33082971 PMCID: PMC7527954 DOI: 10.1038/s41438-020-00382-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2020] [Revised: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 07/03/2020] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Cerasus serrulata is a flowering cherry germplasm resource for ornamental purposes. In this work, we present a de novo chromosome-scale genome assembly of C. serrulata by the use of Nanopore and Hi-C sequencing technologies. The assembled C. serrulata genome is 265.40 Mb across 304 contigs and 67 scaffolds, with a contig N50 of 1.56 Mb and a scaffold N50 of 31.12 Mb. It contains 29,094 coding genes, 27,611 (94.90%) of which are annotated in at least one functional database. Synteny analysis indicated that C. serrulata and C. avium have 333 syntenic blocks composed of 14,072 genes. Blocks on chromosome 01 of C. serrulata are distributed on all chromosomes of C. avium, implying that chromosome 01 is the most ancient or active of the chromosomes. The comparative genomic analysis confirmed that C. serrulata has 740 expanded gene families, 1031 contracted gene families, and 228 rapidly evolving gene families. By the use of 656 single-copy orthologs, a phylogenetic tree composed of 10 species was constructed. The present C. serrulata species diverged from Prunus yedoensis ~17.34 million years ago (Mya), while the divergence of C. serrulata and C. avium was estimated to have occurred ∼21.44 Mya. In addition, a total of 148 MADS-box family gene members were identified in C. serrulata, accompanying the loss of the AGL32 subfamily and the expansion of the SVP subfamily. The MYB and WRKY gene families comprising 372 and 66 genes could be divided into seven and eight subfamilies in C. serrulata, respectively, based on clustering analysis. Nine hundred forty-one plant disease-resistance genes (R-genes) were detected by searching C. serrulata within the PRGdb. This research provides high-quality genomic information about C. serrulata as well as insights into the evolutionary history of Cerasus species.
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- Xian-Gui Yi
- Co-Innovation Center for the Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment; Cerasus Research Center, Nanjing Forestry University, 210037 Nanjing, Jiangsu China
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- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, Jiangsu China
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- Co-Innovation Center for the Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment; Cerasus Research Center, Nanjing Forestry University, 210037 Nanjing, Jiangsu China
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- Co-Innovation Center for the Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment; Cerasus Research Center, Nanjing Forestry University, 210037 Nanjing, Jiangsu China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, Jiangsu China
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- Co-Innovation Center for the Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment; Cerasus Research Center, Nanjing Forestry University, 210037 Nanjing, Jiangsu China
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- Co-Innovation Center for the Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment; Cerasus Research Center, Nanjing Forestry University, 210037 Nanjing, Jiangsu China
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- Co-Innovation Center for the Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment; Cerasus Research Center, Nanjing Forestry University, 210037 Nanjing, Jiangsu China
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- Co-Innovation Center for the Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment; Cerasus Research Center, Nanjing Forestry University, 210037 Nanjing, Jiangsu China
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- Biomarker Technologies Corporation, 101300 Beijing, China
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- Biomarker Technologies Corporation, 101300 Beijing, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation, Taizhou University, 318000 Taizhou, Zhejiang China
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- Zhejiang Academy of Forestry, 310023 Hangzhou, Zhejiang China
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- Co-Innovation Center for the Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment; Cerasus Research Center, Nanjing Forestry University, 210037 Nanjing, Jiangsu China
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Barrera-Redondo J, Piñero D, Eguiarte LE. Genomic, Transcriptomic and Epigenomic Tools to Study the Domestication of Plants and Animals: A Field Guide for Beginners. Front Genet 2020; 11:742. [PMID: 32760427 PMCID: PMC7373799 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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In the last decade, genomics and the related fields of transcriptomics and epigenomics have revolutionized the study of the domestication process in plants and animals, leading to new discoveries and new unresolved questions. Given that some domesticated taxa have been more studied than others, the extent of genomic data can range from vast to nonexistent, depending on the domesticated taxon of interest. This review is meant as a rough guide for students and academics that want to start a domestication research project using modern genomic tools, as well as for researchers already conducting domestication studies that are interested in following a genomic approach and looking for alternate strategies (cheaper or more efficient) and future directions. We summarize the theoretical and technical background needed to carry out domestication genomics, starting from the acquisition of a reference genome and genome assembly, to the sampling design for population genomics, paleogenomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics and experimental validation of domestication-related genes. We also describe some examples of the aforementioned approaches and the relevant discoveries they made to understand the domestication of the studied taxa.
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- Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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Gradziel TM. Redomesticating Almond to Meet Emerging Food Safety Needs. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:778. [PMID: 32595672 PMCID: PMC7304334 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Accepted: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Almond is a desirable and high-quality food source where the presence of nut allergens and a vulnerability to aflatoxin and Salmonella contamination represent threats to consumer safety. In 2019, over 1 billion kg. of almonds, representing over 80% of the world total, were produced in California from a relatively few varieties with a very narrow genetic base. To address emerging needs mandated by cultural and climate changes, new germplasm has been introduced combining peach as well as wild peach and wild almond species. Advanced breeding selections incorporating exotic germplasm into a genetic background compatible with commercial production in California have demonstrated sizable reductions in level of kernel immunoreactivity as well as opportunities for improved control of aflatoxin and Salmonella. Breeding strategies employed include direct selection for reduced kernel immunoreactivity from an introgression enriched germplasm, the integration and pyramiding of resistance to multiple components of the aflatoxin disease-insect complex, and introduction of novel nut and tree traits to facilitate mechanized catch-frame field harvesting to avoid contamination with soil-borne pathogens such as Salmonella and Escherichia coli, as well as agrochemical residues.
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Sánchez-Pérez R, Pavan S, Mazzeo R, Moldovan C, Aiese Cigliano R, Del Cueto J, Ricciardi F, Lotti C, Ricciardi L, Dicenta F, López-Marqués RL, Møller BL. Mutation of a bHLH transcription factor allowed almond domestication. Science 2020; 364:1095-1098. [PMID: 31197015 DOI: 10.1126/science.aav8197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 05/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Wild almond species accumulate the bitter and toxic cyanogenic diglucoside amygdalin. Almond domestication was enabled by the selection of genotypes harboring sweet kernels. We report the completion of the almond reference genome. Map-based cloning using an F1 population segregating for kernel taste led to the identification of a 46-kilobase gene cluster encoding five basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors, bHLH1 to bHLH5. Functional characterization demonstrated that bHLH2 controls transcription of the P450 monooxygenase-encoding genes PdCYP79D16 and PdCYP71AN24, which are involved in the amygdalin biosynthetic pathway. A nonsynonymous point mutation (Leu to Phe) in the dimerization domain of bHLH2 prevents transcription of the two cytochrome P450 genes, resulting in the sweet kernel trait.
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- R Sánchez-Pérez
- Department of Plant Breeding, CEBAS-CSIC, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, 30100 Espinardo, Spain. .,Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.,VILLUM Research Center for Plant Plasticity, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Science, University of Bari "Aldo Moro," 70126 Bari, Italy. .,Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council (CNR), 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.,VILLUM Research Center for Plant Plasticity, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.,Department of Soil, Plant and Food Science, University of Bari "Aldo Moro," 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.,VILLUM Research Center for Plant Plasticity, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Sequentia Biotech SL, Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Plant Breeding, CEBAS-CSIC, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, 30100 Espinardo, Spain.,Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.,VILLUM Research Center for Plant Plasticity, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.,Arboriculture Research Group, Agroscope, Conthey, Switzerland
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- Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.,VILLUM Research Center for Plant Plasticity, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.,Department of the Sciences of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Foggia, 71100 Foggia, Italy
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- Department of the Sciences of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Foggia, 71100 Foggia, Italy
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- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Science, University of Bari "Aldo Moro," 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Plant Breeding, CEBAS-CSIC, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, 30100 Espinardo, Spain
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- Transport Biology Section, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.,VILLUM Research Center for Plant Plasticity, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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Shi T, Luo W, Li H, Huang X, Ni Z, Gao H, Iqbal S, Gao Z. Association between blooming time and climatic adaptation in Prunus mume. Ecol Evol 2020; 10:292-306. [PMID: 31988729 PMCID: PMC6972806 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2019] [Revised: 11/13/2019] [Accepted: 11/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc. is an important fruit crop of the subtropical region, originating in China. It blooms earlier than other deciduous fruit trees, but different regions have different blooming periods. The time of anthesis is related to the dormancy period, and a certain amount of chilling promotes bud break and blooming. To identify the relationship between blooming time and the climatic adaptation of P. mume cultivars in China, the nuclear and chloroplast genomes of 19 cultivars from the main cultivation areas of P. mume in China were resequenced. The average depth of coverage was 34X-76X, and a total of 388,134 single nucleotide polymorphisms were located within the coding regions of the gene (CDs). Additionally, the 19 cultivar accessions were divided into three groups based on their blooming time: early, mid, and late. Associated with the blooming time groups, 21 selective sweep regions were identified, which could provide evidence supporting the possible model of P. mume domestication originating due to natural selection. Furthermore, we identified a flowering gene, FRIGIDA-LIKE 3 (FRL3), seems to affect the blooming time and the climatic adaptation of P. mume cultivars. This study is a major step toward understanding the climatic adaptation of P. mume cultivars in China.
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- Ting Shi
- Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingChina
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant EpigeneticsCollege of Life Sciences and OceanographyShenzhen UniversityShenzhenChina
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- Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingChina
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- Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingChina
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- Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingChina
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- Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingChina
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- Genepioneer Biotechnologies Co. LtdNanjingChina
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Alioto T, Alexiou KG, Bardil A, Barteri F, Castanera R, Cruz F, Dhingra A, Duval H, Fernández i Martí Á, Frias L, Galán B, García JL, Howad W, Gómez‐Garrido J, Gut M, Julca I, Morata J, Puigdomènech P, Ribeca P, Rubio Cabetas MJ, Vlasova A, Wirthensohn M, Garcia‐Mas J, Gabaldón T, Casacuberta JM, Arús P. Transposons played a major role in the diversification between the closely related almond and peach genomes: results from the almond genome sequence. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 101:455-472. [PMID: 31529539 PMCID: PMC7004133 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2019] [Revised: 08/29/2019] [Accepted: 09/02/2019] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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We sequenced the genome of the highly heterozygous almond Prunus dulcis cv. Texas combining short- and long-read sequencing. We obtained a genome assembly totaling 227.6 Mb of the estimated almond genome size of 238 Mb, of which 91% is anchored to eight pseudomolecules corresponding to its haploid chromosome complement, and annotated 27 969 protein-coding genes and 6747 non-coding transcripts. By phylogenomic comparison with the genomes of 16 additional close and distant species we estimated that almond and peach (Prunus persica) diverged around 5.88 million years ago. These two genomes are highly syntenic and show a high degree of sequence conservation (20 nucleotide substitutions per kb). However, they also exhibit a high number of presence/absence variants, many attributable to the movement of transposable elements (TEs). Transposable elements have generated an important number of presence/absence variants between almond and peach, and we show that the recent history of TE movement seems markedly different between them. Transposable elements may also be at the origin of important phenotypic differences between both species, and in particular for the sweet kernel phenotype, a key agronomic and domestication character for almond. Here we show that in sweet almond cultivars, highly methylated TE insertions surround a gene involved in the biosynthesis of amygdalin, whose reduced expression has been correlated with the sweet almond phenotype. Altogether, our results suggest a key role of TEs in the recent history and diversification of almond and its close relative peach.
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- Tyler Alioto
- CNAG‐CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)Baldiri i Reixac 408028BarcelonaSpain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)08005BarcelonaSpain
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- IRTA, Campus UABEdifici CRAGCerdanyola del Vallès (Bellaterra)08193BarcelonaSpain
- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG)CSIC‐IRTA‐UAB‐UB, Campus UABEdifici CRAGCerdanyola del Vallès (Bellaterra)08193BarcelonaSpain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG)CSIC‐IRTA‐UAB‐UB, Campus UABEdifici CRAGCerdanyola del Vallès (Bellaterra)08193BarcelonaSpain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG)CSIC‐IRTA‐UAB‐UB, Campus UABEdifici CRAGCerdanyola del Vallès (Bellaterra)08193BarcelonaSpain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG)CSIC‐IRTA‐UAB‐UB, Campus UABEdifici CRAGCerdanyola del Vallès (Bellaterra)08193BarcelonaSpain
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- CNAG‐CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)Baldiri i Reixac 408028BarcelonaSpain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)08005BarcelonaSpain
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- Department of HorticultureWashington State University99164-6414PullmanWAUSA
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- INRA, UR1052Unité de Génétique et Amélioration des Fruits et Légumes (GAFL)Domaine St. Maurice CS 6009484143Montfavet CedexFrance
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- Department of Environmental Science Policy and ManagementUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeley94720CAUSA
- Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI)94720BerkeleyCAUSA
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- CNAG‐CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)Baldiri i Reixac 408028BarcelonaSpain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)08005BarcelonaSpain
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- Department of Environmental BiologyCenter for Biological Research (CIB‐CSIC)Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)Ramiro de Maeztu 928040MadridSpain
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- Department of Environmental BiologyCenter for Biological Research (CIB‐CSIC)Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)Ramiro de Maeztu 928040MadridSpain
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- IRTA, Campus UABEdifici CRAGCerdanyola del Vallès (Bellaterra)08193BarcelonaSpain
- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG)CSIC‐IRTA‐UAB‐UB, Campus UABEdifici CRAGCerdanyola del Vallès (Bellaterra)08193BarcelonaSpain
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- CNAG‐CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)Baldiri i Reixac 408028BarcelonaSpain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)08005BarcelonaSpain
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- CNAG‐CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)Baldiri i Reixac 408028BarcelonaSpain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)08005BarcelonaSpain
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- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)08005BarcelonaSpain
- Bioinformatics and Genomics ProgrammeCentre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)Dr Aiguader, 8808003BarcelonaSpain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG)CSIC‐IRTA‐UAB‐UB, Campus UABEdifici CRAGCerdanyola del Vallès (Bellaterra)08193BarcelonaSpain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG)CSIC‐IRTA‐UAB‐UB, Campus UABEdifici CRAGCerdanyola del Vallès (Bellaterra)08193BarcelonaSpain
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- CNAG‐CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)Baldiri i Reixac 408028BarcelonaSpain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)08005BarcelonaSpain
- The Pirbright InstituteWokingSurreyGU24 0NFUK
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- Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA)Unidad de HortofruticulturaGobierno de Aragón, Avda. Montañana 93050059ZaragozaSpain
- Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón – IA2 (CITA‐Universidad de Zaragoza)Calle Miguel Servet 17750013ZaragozaSpain
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- Bioinformatics and Genomics ProgrammeCentre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)Dr Aiguader, 8808003BarcelonaSpain
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- University of AdelaideWaite Research InstituteSchool of Agriculture, Food and WinePMB 1Glen OsmondSA5064Australia
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- IRTA, Campus UABEdifici CRAGCerdanyola del Vallès (Bellaterra)08193BarcelonaSpain
- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG)CSIC‐IRTA‐UAB‐UB, Campus UABEdifici CRAGCerdanyola del Vallès (Bellaterra)08193BarcelonaSpain
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- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)08005BarcelonaSpain
- Bioinformatics and Genomics ProgrammeCentre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)Dr Aiguader, 8808003BarcelonaSpain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA)Pg Lluís Companys 2308010BarcelonaSpain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG)CSIC‐IRTA‐UAB‐UB, Campus UABEdifici CRAGCerdanyola del Vallès (Bellaterra)08193BarcelonaSpain
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- IRTA, Campus UABEdifici CRAGCerdanyola del Vallès (Bellaterra)08193BarcelonaSpain
- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG)CSIC‐IRTA‐UAB‐UB, Campus UABEdifici CRAGCerdanyola del Vallès (Bellaterra)08193BarcelonaSpain
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Liu S, Cornille A, Decroocq S, Tricon D, Chague A, Eyquard JP, Liu WS, Giraud T, Decroocq V. The complex evolutionary history of apricots: Species divergence, gene flow and multiple domestication events. Mol Ecol 2019; 28:5299-5314. [PMID: 31677192 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2019] [Revised: 10/28/2019] [Accepted: 10/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Domestication is an excellent model to study diversification and this evolutionary process can be different in perennial plants, such as fruit trees, compared to annual crops. Here, we inferred the history of wild apricot species divergence and of apricot domestication history across Eurasia, with a special focus on Central and Eastern Asia, based on microsatellite markers and approximate Bayesian computation. We significantly extended our previous sampling of apricots in Europe and Central Asia towards Eastern Asia, resulting in a total sample of 271 cultivated samples and 306 wild apricots across Eurasia, mainly Prunus armeniaca and Prunus sibirica, with some Prunus mume and Prunus mandshurica. We recovered wild Chinese species as genetically differentiated clusters, with P. sibirica being divided into two clusters, one possibly resulting from hybridization with P. armeniaca. Central Asia also appeared as a diversification centre of wild apricots. We further revealed at least three domestication events, without bottlenecks, that gave rise to European, Southern Central Asian and Chinese cultivated apricots, with ancient gene flow among them. The domestication event in China possibly resulted from ancient hybridization between wild populations from Central and Eastern Asia. We also detected extensive footprints of recent admixture in all groups of cultivated apricots. Our results thus show that apricot is an excellent model for studying speciation and domestication in long-lived perennial fruit trees.
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- Shuo Liu
- UMR BFP, INRA-Université de Bordeaux, Villenave d'Ornon, France.,Liaoning Institute of Pomology, Yingkou City, China
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- GQE-Le Moulon, INRA, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- UMR BFP, INRA-Université de Bordeaux, Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- UMR BFP, INRA-Université de Bordeaux, Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- Ecologie Systematique Evolution, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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Cao K, Li Y, Deng CH, Gardiner SE, Zhu G, Fang W, Chen C, Wang X, Wang L. Comparative population genomics identified genomic regions and candidate genes associated with fruit domestication traits in peach. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2019; 17:1954-1970. [PMID: 30950186 PMCID: PMC6737019 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2018] [Revised: 03/08/2019] [Accepted: 03/24/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Crop evolution is a long-term process involving selection by natural evolutionary forces and anthropogenic influences; however, the genetic mechanisms underlying the domestication and improvement of fruit crops have not been well studied to date. Here, we performed a population structure analysis in peach (Prunus persica) based on the genome-wide resequencing of 418 accessions and confirmed the presence of an obvious domestication event during evolution. We identified 132 and 106 selective sweeps associated with domestication and improvement, respectively. Analysis of their tissue-specific expression patterns indicated that the up-regulation of selection genes during domestication occurred mostly in fruit and seeds as opposed to other organs. However, during the improvement stage, more up-regulated selection genes were identified in leaves and seeds than in the other organs. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) using 4.24 million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) revealed 171 loci associated with 26 fruit domestication traits. Among these loci, three candidate genes were highly associated with fruit weight and the sorbitol and catechin content in fruit. We demonstrated that as the allele frequency of the SNPs associated with high polyphenol composition decreased during peach evolution, alleles associated with high sugar content increased significantly. This indicates that there is genetic potential for the breeding of more nutritious fruit with enhanced bioactive polyphenols without disturbing a harmonious sugar and acid balance by crossing with wild species. This study also describes the development of the genomic resources necessary for evolutionary research in peach and provides the large-scale characterization of key agronomic traits in this crop species.
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- Ke Cao
- The Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (Fruit Tree Breeding Technology)Ministry of AgricultureZhengzhou Fruit Research InstituteChinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesZhengzhouChina
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- The Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (Fruit Tree Breeding Technology)Ministry of AgricultureZhengzhou Fruit Research InstituteChinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesZhengzhouChina
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited (PFR)Mount Albert Research CentreAucklandNew Zealand
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- The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited (PFR)Palmerston North Research CentrePalmerston NorthNew Zealand
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- The Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (Fruit Tree Breeding Technology)Ministry of AgricultureZhengzhou Fruit Research InstituteChinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesZhengzhouChina
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- The Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (Fruit Tree Breeding Technology)Ministry of AgricultureZhengzhou Fruit Research InstituteChinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesZhengzhouChina
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- The Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (Fruit Tree Breeding Technology)Ministry of AgricultureZhengzhou Fruit Research InstituteChinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesZhengzhouChina
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- The Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (Fruit Tree Breeding Technology)Ministry of AgricultureZhengzhou Fruit Research InstituteChinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesZhengzhouChina
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- The Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (Fruit Tree Breeding Technology)Ministry of AgricultureZhengzhou Fruit Research InstituteChinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesZhengzhouChina
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Nadachowska-Brzyska K, Burri R, Ellegren H. Footprints of adaptive evolution revealed by whole Z chromosomes haplotypes in flycatchers. Mol Ecol 2019; 28:2290-2304. [PMID: 30653779 PMCID: PMC6852393 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2018] [Revised: 09/13/2018] [Accepted: 09/14/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Detecting positive selection using genomic data is critical to understanding the role of adaptive evolution. Of particular interest in this context is sex chromosomes since they are thought to play a special role in local adaptation and speciation. We sought to circumvent the challenges associated with statistical phasing when using haplotype-based statistics in sweep scans by benefitting from that whole chromosome haplotypes of the sex chromosomes can be obtained by resequencing of individuals of the hemizygous sex. We analyzed whole Z chromosome haplotypes from 100 females from several populations of four black and white flycatcher species (in birds, females are ZW and males ZZ). Based on integrated haplotype score (iHS) and number of segregating sites by length (nSL) statistics, we found strong and frequent haplotype structure in several regions of the Z chromosome in each species. Most of these sweep signals were population-specific, with essentially no evidence for regions under selection shared among species. Some completed sweeps were revealed by the cross-population extended haplotype homozygosity (XP-EHH) statistic. Importantly, by using statistically phased Z chromosome data from resequencing of males, we failed to recover the signals of selection detected in analyses based on whole chromosome haplotypes from females; instead, what likely represent false signals of selection were frequently seen. This highlights the power issues in statistical phasing and cautions against conclusions from selection scans using such data. The detection of frequent selective sweeps on the avian Z chromosome supports a large role of sex chromosomes in adaptive evolution.
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden.,Department of Population Ecology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden
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Spengler RN. Origins of the Apple: The Role of Megafaunal Mutualism in the Domestication of Malus and Rosaceous Trees. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:617. [PMID: 31191563 PMCID: PMC6545323 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Accepted: 04/25/2019] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The apple (Malus domestica [Suckow] Borkh.) is one of the most economically and culturally significant fruits in the world today, and it is grown in all temperate zones. With over a thousand landraces recognized, the modern apple provides a unique case study for understanding plant evolution under human cultivation. Recent genomic and archaeobotanical studies have illuminated parts of the process of domestication in the Rosaceae family. Interestingly, these data seem to suggest that rosaceous arboreal crops did not follow the same pathway toward domestication as other domesticated, especially annual, plants. Unlike in cereal crops, tree domestication appears to have been rapid and driven by hybridization. Apple domestication also calls into question the concept of centers of domestication and human intentionality. Studies of arboreal domestication also illustrate the importance of fully understanding the seed dispersal processes in the wild progenitors when studying crop origins. Large fruits in Rosaceae evolved as a seed-dispersal adaptation recruiting megafaunal mammals of the late Miocene. Genetic studies illustrate that the increase in fruit size and changes in morphology during evolution in the wild resulted from hybridization events and were selected for by large seed dispersers. Humans over the past three millennia have fixed larger-fruiting hybrids through grafting and cloning. Ultimately, the process of evolution under human cultivation parallels the natural evolution of larger fruits in the clade as an adaptive strategy, which resulted in mutualism with large mammalian seed dispersers (disperser recruitment).
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- Robert Nicholas Spengler
- Paleoethnobotany Laboratories, Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany
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Aranzana MJ, Decroocq V, Dirlewanger E, Eduardo I, Gao ZS, Gasic K, Iezzoni A, Jung S, Peace C, Prieto H, Tao R, Verde I, Abbott AG, Arús P. Prunus genetics and applications after de novo genome sequencing: achievements and prospects. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2019; 6:58. [PMID: 30962943 PMCID: PMC6450939 DOI: 10.1038/s41438-019-0140-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Revised: 03/10/2019] [Accepted: 03/13/2019] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Prior to the availability of whole-genome sequences, our understanding of the structural and functional aspects of Prunus tree genomes was limited mostly to molecular genetic mapping of important traits and development of EST resources. With public release of the peach genome and others that followed, significant advances in our knowledge of Prunus genomes and the genetic underpinnings of important traits ensued. In this review, we highlight key achievements in Prunus genetics and breeding driven by the availability of these whole-genome sequences. Within the structural and evolutionary contexts, we summarize: (1) the current status of Prunus whole-genome sequences; (2) preliminary and ongoing work on the sequence structure and diversity of the genomes; (3) the analyses of Prunus genome evolution driven by natural and man-made selection; and (4) provide insight into haploblocking genomes as a means to define genome-scale patterns of evolution that can be leveraged for trait selection in pedigree-based Prunus tree breeding programs worldwide. Functionally, we summarize recent and ongoing work that leverages whole-genome sequences to identify and characterize genes controlling 22 agronomically important Prunus traits. These include phenology, fruit quality, allergens, disease resistance, tree architecture, and self-incompatibility. Translationally, we explore the application of sequence-based marker-assisted breeding technologies and other sequence-guided biotechnological approaches for Prunus crop improvement. Finally, we present the current status of publically available Prunus genomics and genetics data housed mainly in the Genome Database for Rosaceae (GDR) and its updated functionalities for future bioinformatics-based Prunus genetics and genomics inquiry.
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- Maria José Aranzana
- IRTA, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, Edifici CRAG, Cerdanyola del Vallès (Bellaterra), 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- UMR 1332 BFP, INRA, University of Bordeaux, A3C and Virology Teams, 33882 Villenave-d’Ornon Cedex, France
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- UMR 1332 BFP, INRA, University of Bordeaux, A3C and Virology Teams, 33882 Villenave-d’Ornon Cedex, France
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- IRTA, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, Edifici CRAG, Cerdanyola del Vallès (Bellaterra), 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Allergy Research Center, Zhejiang University, 310058 Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue Street, East Lansing, MI 48824-1325 USA
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- Department of Horticulture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6414 USA
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- Department of Horticulture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6414 USA
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- Biotechnology Laboratory, La Platina Research Station, Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Santa Rosa, 11610 La Pintana, Santiago Chile
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- Laboratory of Pomology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502 Japan
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- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria (CREA) – Centro di ricerca Olivicoltura, Frutticoltura e Agrumicoltura (CREA-OFA), Rome, Italy
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- University of Kentucky, 106 T. P. Cooper Hall, Lexington, KY 40546-0073 USA
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- IRTA, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, Edifici CRAG, Cerdanyola del Vallès (Bellaterra), 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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Li Y, Cao K, Zhu G, Fang W, Chen C, Wang X, Zhao P, Guo J, Ding T, Guan L, Zhang Q, Guo W, Fei Z, Wang L. Genomic analyses of an extensive collection of wild and cultivated accessions provide new insights into peach breeding history. Genome Biol 2019; 20:36. [PMID: 30791928 PMCID: PMC6383288 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-019-1648-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 02/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Human selection has a long history of transforming crop genomes. Peach (Prunus persica) has undergone more than 5000 years of domestication that led to remarkable changes in a series of agronomically important traits, but genetic bases underlying these changes and the effects of artificial selection on genomic diversity are not well understood. RESULTS Here, we report a comprehensive analysis of peach evolution based on genome sequences of 480 wild and cultivated accessions. By focusing on a set of quantitative trait loci (QTLs), we provide evidence supporting that distinct phases of domestication and improvement have led to an increase in fruit size and taste and extended its geographic distribution. Fruit size was predominantly selected during domestication, and selection for large fruits has led to the loss of genetic diversity in several fruit weight QTLs. In contrast, fruit taste-related QTLs were successively selected for by domestication and improvement, with more QTLs selected for during improvement. Genome-wide association studies of 11 agronomic traits suggest a set of candidate genes controlling these traits and potential markers for molecular breeding. Candidate loci for genes that contributed to the adaption to low-chill regions were identified. Furthermore, the genomic bases of divergent selection for fruit texture and local breeding for different flavors between Asian and European/North American cultivars were also determined. CONCLUSIONS Our results elucidate the genetic basis of peach evolution and provide new resources for future genomics-guided peach breeding.
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- Yong Li
- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China
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- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China
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- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China
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- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China
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- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China
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- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China
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- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China
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- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China
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- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China
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- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China
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Morata J, Marín F, Payet J, Casacuberta JM. Plant Lineage-Specific Amplification of Transcription Factor Binding Motifs by Miniature Inverted-Repeat Transposable Elements (MITEs). Genome Biol Evol 2018; 10:1210-1220. [PMID: 29659815 PMCID: PMC5950925 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evy073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Transposable elements are one of the main drivers of plant genome evolution. Transposon insertions can modify the gene coding capacity or the regulation of their expression, the latter being a more subtle effect, and therefore particularly useful for evolution. Transposons have been show to contain transcription factor binding sites that can be mobilized upon transposition with the potential to integrate new genes into transcriptional networks. Miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements (MITEs) are a type of noncoding DNA transposons that could be particularly suited as a vector to mobilize transcription factor binding sites and modify transcriptional networks during evolution. MITEs are small in comparison to other transposons and can be excised, which should make them less mutagenic when inserting into promoters. On the other hand, in spite of their cut-and-paste mechanisms of transposition, they can reach very high copy numbers in genomes. We have previously shown that MITEs have amplified and redistributed the binding motif of the E2F transcription factor in different Brassicas. Here, we show that MITEs have amplified and mobilized the binding motifs of the bZIP60 and PIF3 transcription factors in peach and Prunus mume, and the TCP15/23 binding motif in tomato. Our results suggest that MITEs could have rewired new genes into transcriptional regulatory networks that are responsible for important adaptive responses and breeding traits in plants, such as stress responses, flowering time, or fruit ripening. The results presented here therefore suggest a general impact of MITEs in the evolution of transcriptional regulatory networks in plants.
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- Jordi Morata
- CRAG (CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB) Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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- CRAG (CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB) Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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- CRAG (CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB) Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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Thodberg S, Del Cueto J, Mazzeo R, Pavan S, Lotti C, Dicenta F, Jakobsen Neilson EH, Møller BL, Sánchez-Pérez R. Elucidation of the Amygdalin Pathway Reveals the Metabolic Basis of Bitter and Sweet Almonds ( Prunus dulcis). PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 178:1096-1111. [PMID: 30297455 PMCID: PMC6236625 DOI: 10.1104/pp.18.00922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Accepted: 09/18/2018] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Almond (Prunus dulcis) is the principal Prunus species in which the consumed and thus commercially important part of the fruit is the kernel. As a result of continued selection, the vast majority of almonds have a nonbitter kernel. However, in the field, there are trees carrying bitter kernels, which are toxic to humans and, consequently, need to be removed. The toxicity of bitter almonds is caused by the accumulation of the cyanogenic diglucoside amygdalin, which releases toxic hydrogen cyanide upon hydrolysis. In this study, we identified and characterized the enzymes involved in the amygdalin biosynthetic pathway: PdCYP79D16 and PdCYP71AN24 as the cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes catalyzing phenylalanine-to-mandelonitrile conversion, PdUGT94AF3 as an additional monoglucosyl transferase (UGT) catalyzing prunasin formation, and PdUGT94AF1 and PdUGT94AF2 as the two enzymes catalyzing amygdalin formation from prunasin. This was accomplished by constructing a sequence database containing UGTs known, or predicted, to catalyze a β(1→6)-O-glycosylation reaction and a Basic Local Alignment Search Tool search of the draft version of the almond genome versus these sequences. Functional characterization of candidate genes was achieved by transient expression in Nicotiana benthamiana Reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction demonstrated that the expression of PdCYP79D16 and PdCYP71AN24 was not detectable or only reached minute levels in the sweet almond genotype during fruit development, while it was high and consistent in the bitter genotype. Therefore, the basis for the sweet kernel phenotype is a lack of expression of the genes encoding the two CYPs catalyzing the first steps in amygdalin biosynthesis.
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- Sara Thodberg
- Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
- VILLUM Research Center for Plant Plasticity, DK-1871, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
- Arboriculture Research Group. Agroscope, Conthey, Switzerland
- Plant Breeding Department, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CEBAS-CSIC), Campus Universitario de Espinardo, E-30100, Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
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- Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
- VILLUM Research Center for Plant Plasticity, DK-1871, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Science, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Science, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy
- Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council (CNR), Via Amendola 122/D, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Department of the Sciences of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Foggia, Via Napoli 25, 71100 Foggia, Italy
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- Plant Breeding Department, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CEBAS-CSIC), Campus Universitario de Espinardo, E-30100, Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
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- Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
- VILLUM Research Center for Plant Plasticity, DK-1871, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
- VILLUM Research Center for Plant Plasticity, DK-1871, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
- VILLUM Research Center for Plant Plasticity, DK-1871, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
- Plant Breeding Department, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CEBAS-CSIC), Campus Universitario de Espinardo, E-30100, Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
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Pankin A, Altmüller J, Becker C, von Korff M. Targeted resequencing reveals genomic signatures of barley domestication. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2018; 218:1247-1259. [PMID: 29528492 PMCID: PMC5947139 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2017] [Accepted: 02/05/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is an established model to study domestication of the Fertile Crescent cereals. Recent molecular data suggested that domesticated barley genomes consist of the ancestral blocks descending from multiple wild barley populations. However, the relationship between the mosaic ancestry patterns and the process of domestication itself remained unclear. To address this knowledge gap, we identified candidate domestication genes using selection scans based on targeted resequencing of 433 wild and domesticated barley accessions. We conducted phylogenetic, population structure, and ancestry analyses to investigate the origin of the domesticated barley haplotypes separately at the neutral and candidate domestication loci. We discovered multiple selective sweeps that occurred on all barley chromosomes during domestication in the background of several ancestral wild populations. The ancestry analyses demonstrated that, although the ancestral blocks of the domesticated barley genomes were descended from all over the Fertile Crescent, the candidate domestication loci originated specifically in its eastern and western parts. These findings provided the first molecular evidence implicating multiple wild or protodomesticated lineages in the process of barley domestication initiated in the Levantine and Zagros clusters of the origin of agriculture.
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- Artem Pankin
- Institute of Plant GeneticsHeinrich‐Heine‐University40225DüsseldorfGermany
- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research50829CologneGermany
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- Cologne Center for Genomics (CCG)University of Cologne50931CologneGermany
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- Cologne Center for Genomics (CCG)University of Cologne50931CologneGermany
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- Institute of Plant GeneticsHeinrich‐Heine‐University40225DüsseldorfGermany
- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research50829CologneGermany
- Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences ‘From Complex Traits towards Synthetic Modules’Heinrich‐Heine‐University40225DüsseldorfGermany
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Besnard G, Terral JF, Cornille A. On the origins and domestication of the olive: a review and perspectives. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2018; 121:385-403. [PMID: 29293871 PMCID: PMC5838823 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcx145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2017] [Accepted: 10/12/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Background Unravelling domestication processes is crucial for understanding how species respond to anthropogenic pressures, forecasting crop responses to future global changes and improving breeding programmes. Domestication processes for clonally propagated perennials differ markedly from those for seed-propagated annual crops, mostly due to long generation times, clonal propagation and recurrent admixture with local forms, leading to a limited number of generations of selection from wild ancestors. However, additional case studies are required to document this process more fully. Scope The olive is an iconic species in Mediterranean cultural history. Its multiple uses and omnipresence in traditional agrosystems have made this species an economic pillar and cornerstone of Mediterranean agriculture. However, major questions about the domestication history of the olive remain unanswered. New paleobotanical, archeological, historical and molecular data have recently accumulated for olive, making it timely to carry out a critical re-evaluation of the biogeography of wild olives and the history of their cultivation. We review here the chronological history of wild olives and discuss the questions that remain unanswered, or even unasked, about their domestication history in the Mediterranean Basin. We argue that more detailed ecological genomics studies of wild and cultivated olives are crucial to improve our understanding of olive domestication. Multidisciplinary research integrating genomics, metagenomics and community ecology will make it possible to decipher the evolutionary ecology of one of the most iconic domesticated fruit trees worldwide. Conclusion The olive is a relevant model for improving our knowledge of domestication processes in clonally propagated perennial crops, particularly those of the Mediterranean Basin. Future studies on the ecological and genomic shifts linked to domestication in olive and its associated community will provide insight into the phenotypic and molecular bases of crop adaptation to human uses.
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- Guillaume Besnard
- CNRS-UPS-ENSFEA-IRD, EDB, UMR 5174, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse Cedex , France
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- ISEM, UMR 5554, CNRS-Université de Montpellier-IRD-EPHE, Equipe Dynamique de la Biodiversité, Anthropo-écologie, Montpellier Cedex, France
- International Associated Laboratory (LIA, CNRS) EVOLea, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Center for Adaptation to a Changing Environment, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- GQE - Le Moulon, INRA, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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LaBonte NR, Zhao P, Woeste K. Signatures of Selection in the Genomes of Chinese Chestnut ( Castanea mollissima Blume): The Roots of Nut Tree Domestication. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:810. [PMID: 29988533 PMCID: PMC6026767 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Chestnuts (Castanea) are major nut crops in East Asia and southern Europe, and are unique among temperate nut crops in that the harvested seeds are starchy rather than oily. Chestnut species have been cultivated for three millennia or more in China, so it is likely that artificial selection has affected the genome of orchard-grown chestnuts. The genetics of Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima Blume) domestication are also of interest to breeders of hybrid American chestnut, especially if the low-growing, branching habit of Chinese chestnut, an impediment to American chestnut restoration, is partly the result of artificial selection. We resequenced genomes of wild and orchard-derived Chinese chestnuts and identified selective sweeps based on pooled whole-genome SNP datasets. We present candidate gene loci for chestnut domestication and discuss the potential phenotypic effects of candidate loci, some of which may be useful genes for chestnut improvement in Asia and North America. Selective sweeps included predicted genes potentially related to flower phenology and development, fruit maturation, and secondary metabolism, and included some genes homologous to domestication candidates in other woody plants.
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- Nicholas R. LaBonte
- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
- *Correspondence: Nicholas R. LaBonte
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center, Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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Zhou Y, Massonnet M, Sanjak JS, Cantu D, Gaut BS. Evolutionary genomics of grape ( Vitis vinifera ssp. vinifera) domestication. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:11715-11720. [PMID: 29042518 PMCID: PMC5676911 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1709257114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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We gathered genomic data from grapes (Vitis vinifera ssp. vinifera), a clonally propagated perennial crop, to address three ongoing mysteries about plant domestication. The first is the duration of domestication; archaeological evidence suggests that domestication occurs over millennia, but genetic evidence indicates that it can occur rapidly. We estimated that our wild and cultivated grape samples diverged ∼22,000 years ago and that the cultivated lineage experienced a steady decline in population size (Ne ) thereafter. The long decline may reflect low-intensity management by humans before domestication. The second mystery is the identification of genes that contribute to domestication phenotypes. In cultivated grapes, we identified candidate-selected genes that function in sugar metabolism, flower development, and stress responses. In contrast, candidate-selected genes in the wild sample were limited to abiotic and biotic stress responses. A genomic region of high divergence corresponded to the sex determination region and included a candidate male sterility factor and additional genes with sex-specific expression. The third mystery concerns the cost of domestication. Annual crops accumulate putatively deleterious variants, in part due to strong domestication bottlenecks. The domestication of perennial crops differs from that of annuals in several ways, including the intensity of bottlenecks, and it is not yet clear if they accumulate deleterious variants. We found that grape accessions contained 5.2% more deleterious variants than wild individuals, and these were more often in a heterozygous state. Using forward simulations, we confirm that clonal propagation leads to the accumulation of recessive deleterious mutations but without decreasing fitness.
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- Yongfeng Zhou
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697
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- Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697
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- Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697;
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