The draft genome of Tibetan hulless barley reveals adaptive patterns to the high stressful Tibetan Plateau.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
; 112(4): 1095-100, 2015 Jan 27.
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ABSTRACT
The Tibetan hulless barley (Hordeum vulgare L. var. nudum), also called "Qingke" in Chinese and "Ne" in Tibetan, is the staple food for Tibetans and an important livestock feed in the Tibetan Plateau. The diploid nature and adaptation to diverse environments of the highland give it unique resources for genetic research and crop improvement. Here we produced a 3.89-Gb draft assembly of Tibetan hulless barley with 36,151 predicted protein-coding genes. Comparative analyses revealed the divergence times and synteny between barley and other representative Poaceae genomes. The expansion of the gene family related to stress responses was found in Tibetan hulless barley. Resequencing of 10 barley accessions uncovered high levels of genetic variation in Tibetan wild barley and genetic divergence between Tibetan and non-Tibetan barley genomes. Selective sweep analyses demonstrate adaptive correlations of genes under selection with extensive environmental variables. Our results not only construct a genomic framework for crop improvement but also provide evolutionary insights of highland adaptation of Tibetan hulless barley.
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Hordeum
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Variação Genética
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Genoma de Planta
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Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Asia
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En
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article