Deletions linked to PROG1 gene participate in plant architecture domestication in Asian and African rice

Yongzhen Wu; Shuangshuang Zhao; Xianran Li; Bosen Zhang; Liyun Jiang; Yanyan Tang; Jie Zhao; Xin Ma; Hongwei Cai; Chuanqing Sun; Lubin Tan

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06509-2

Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

Deletions linked to PROG1 gene participate in plant architecture domestication in Asian and African rice

Yongzhen Wu,
Shuangshuang Zhao,
Xianran Li,
Bosen Zhang,
Liyun Jiang,
Yanyan Tang,
Jie Zhao,
Xin Ma,
Hongwei Cai,
Chuanqing Sun,
Lubin Tan

Affiliations

Yongzhen Wu: National Center for Evaluation of Agricultural Wild Plants (Rice), MOE Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University
Shuangshuang Zhao: National Center for Evaluation of Agricultural Wild Plants (Rice), MOE Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University
Xianran Li: National Center for Evaluation of Agricultural Wild Plants (Rice), MOE Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University
Bosen Zhang: National Center for Evaluation of Agricultural Wild Plants (Rice), MOE Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University
Liyun Jiang: National Center for Evaluation of Agricultural Wild Plants (Rice), MOE Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University
Yanyan Tang: National Center for Evaluation of Agricultural Wild Plants (Rice), MOE Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University
Jie Zhao: National Center for Evaluation of Agricultural Wild Plants (Rice), MOE Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University
Xin Ma: National Center for Evaluation of Agricultural Wild Plants (Rice), MOE Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University
Hongwei Cai: National Center for Evaluation of Agricultural Wild Plants (Rice), MOE Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University
Chuanqing Sun: National Center for Evaluation of Agricultural Wild Plants (Rice), MOE Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University
Lubin Tan: National Center for Evaluation of Agricultural Wild Plants (Rice), MOE Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06509-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Plant architecture transition is one of the great consequences during rice domestication. Here, the authors find that chromosomal deletions linked to the previously known PROG1 gene also participate in plant architecture domestication in both Asian and African cultivated rice.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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