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Domestication and the storage starch biosynthesis pathway: signatures of selection from a whole sorghum genome sequencing strategy

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Next-generation sequencing of complete genomes has given researchers unprecedented levels of information to study the multifaceted evolutionary changes that have shaped elite plant germplasm. In conjunction with population genetic analytical techniques and detailed online databases, we can more accurately capture the effects of domestication on entire biological pathways of agronomic importance. In this study, we explore the genetic diversity and signatures of selection in all predicted gene models of the storage starch synthesis pathway of Sorghum bicolor, utilizing a diversity panel containing lines categorized as either Landraces' or Wild and Weedy' genotypes. Amongst a total of 114 genes involved in starch synthesis, 71 had at least a single signal of purifying selection and 62 a signal of balancing selection and others a mix of both. This included key genes such as STARCH PHOSPHORYLASE 2 (SbPHO2, under balancing selection), PULLULANASE (SbPUL, under balancing selection) and ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylases (SHRUNKEN2, SbSH2 under purifying selection). Effectively, many genes within the primary starch synthesis pathway had a clear reduction in nucleotide diversity between the Landraces and wild and weedy lines indicating that the ancestral effects of domestication are still clearly identifiable. There was evidence of the positional rate variation within the well-characterized primary starch synthesis pathway of sorghum, particularly in the Landraces, whereby low evolutionary rates upstream and high rates downstream in the metabolic pathway were expected. This observation did not extend to the wild and weedy lines or the minor starch synthesis pathways.

Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)domesticationstarch synthesiswhole-genome sequencingselectionmetabolic pathway

Prentis, Peter J.、Campbell, Bradley C.、Gilding, Edward K.、Mace, Emma S.、Tai, Shuaishuai、Tao, Yongfu、Thomelin, Pauline、Jordan, David R.、Godwin, Ian D.

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Queensland Univ Technol, Fac Sci & Engn, Brisbane, Qld, Australia

Univ Queensland, Sch Agr & Food Sci, Brisbane, Qld, Australia

Dept Agr & Fisheries DAF, Warwick, Qld, Australia

BGI Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Peoples R China

Univ Queensland, Queensland Alliance Agr & Food Innovat, Warwick, Qld, Australia

Australian Ctr Plant Funct Genom, Glen Osmond, SA, Australia

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2016

10.1111/pbi.12578

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Plant Biotechnology Journal

SCI
ISSN：1467-7644
年,卷(期)：2016.14(12)
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