Population genomics and haplotype analysis in spelt and bread wheat identifies a gene regulating glume color

Michael Abrouk; Naveenkumar Athiyannan; Thomas Müller; Yveline Pailles; Christoph Stritt; Anne C. Roulin; Chenggen Chu; Shuyu Liu; Takumi Morita; Hirokazu Handa; Jesse Poland; Beat Keller; Simon G. Krattinger

doi:10.1038/s42003-021-01908-6

Communications Biology (Mar 2021)

Population genomics and haplotype analysis in spelt and bread wheat identifies a gene regulating glume color

Michael Abrouk,
Naveenkumar Athiyannan,
Thomas Müller,
Yveline Pailles,
Christoph Stritt,
Anne C. Roulin,
Chenggen Chu,
Shuyu Liu,
Takumi Morita,
Hirokazu Handa,
Jesse Poland,
Beat Keller,
Simon G. Krattinger

Affiliations

Michael Abrouk: Center for Desert Agriculture, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Naveenkumar Athiyannan: Center for Desert Agriculture, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Thomas Müller: Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107
Yveline Pailles: Center for Desert Agriculture, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Christoph Stritt: Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107
Anne C. Roulin: Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107
Chenggen Chu: Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Shuyu Liu: Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Takumi Morita: Department of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University
Hirokazu Handa: Laboratory of Plant Breeding, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University
Jesse Poland: Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University
Beat Keller: Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107
Simon G. Krattinger: Center for Desert Agriculture, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01908-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Krattinger, Abrouk et al. use genome wide association study and haplotype analyses to investigate the genetics of glume colour in ten reference grade wheat genomes. Haplotype comparison identifies a MYB transcription factor as a candidate gene for red glume colour.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
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