Chloroplast DNA diversity reveals the contribution of two wild species to the origin and evolution of diploid safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.)

Genome ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 51 (8) ◽  
pp. 638-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deepmala Sehgal ◽  
Vijay Rani Rajpal ◽  
Soom Nath Raina

The identity of the wild progenitor of one of the most important oil crop species, Carthamus tinctorius (2n = 2x = 24), commonly known as safflower, has been the subject of numerous studies at morphological, biochemical, cytogenetic, and biosystematic levels, but no definitive conclusions have been made. The nuclear, mitochondrial, and chloroplast genomes of the two botanical varieties of C. tinctorius, C. tinctorius var. tinctorius and C. tinctorius var. inermis, and two wild species, C. palaestinus and C. oxyacantha , were assayed at the nucleotide sequence level and by DNA markers. The nuclear and mitochondrial DNA assays were not helpful in conclusively identifying the diploid ancestor of C. tinctorius. The chloroplast DNA diversity, on the other hand, unambiguously provided new and novel evidence that C. palaestinus and C. oxyacantha contributed their plastomes to the evolution of C. tinctorius var. inermis and C. tinctorius var. tinctorius, respectively. This study, therefore, affirms a startling revelation of a rare event of two wild species contributing to the origin and evolution of safflower, a major world oilseed crop about whose genetics very little is known.

Genome ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 636-647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thitaporn Sukhotu ◽  
Kazuyoshi Hosaka

Andigena potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L. subsp. andigena Hawkes) (2n = 4x = 48) are important, native-farmer-selected cultivars in the Andes, which form a primary gene pool for improving a worldwide grown potato (S. tuberosum subsp. tuberosum). To elucidate the origin of Andigena, 196 Andigena accessions were compared with 301 accessions of 33 closely related cultivated and wild species using several types of chloroplast DNA (ctDNA) markers and nuclear DNA (nDNA) restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) markers. Fourteen ctDNA types (haplotypes) and 115 RFLP bands were detected in Andigena, of which the main haplotypes and frequent RFLP bands were mostly shared with a cultivated diploid species, S. stenotomum Juz. et Buk. Principal component analysis of nDNA polymorphisms revealed a progressive and continuous variation from Peruvian wild species with C-type ctDNA to a group of wild species having S-type ctDNA in its variation range (S. bukasovii, S. canasense, S. candolleanum, and S. multidissectum), to cultivated diploid potatoes (S. phureja and S. stenotomum), and to cultivated tetraploid potatoes (Andigena and Chilean S. tuberosum subsp. tuberosum). These results suggest that the initial Andigena population arose with multiple origins exclusively from S. stenotomum. The overall evolutionary process toward the present-day Andigena was discussed.Key words: Andigena, chloroplast DNA, nuclear DNA RFLPs, origin, sexual tetraploidization.


BMC Genomics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shizhuo Xiao ◽  
Pan Xu ◽  
Yitong Deng ◽  
Xibin Dai ◽  
Lukuan Zhao ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam.) is an important food crop. However, the genetic information of the nuclear genome of this species is difficult to determine accurately because of its large genome and complex genetic background. This drawback has limited studies on the origin, evolution, genetic diversity and other relevant studies on sweetpotato. Results The chloroplast genomes of 107 sweetpotato cultivars were sequenced, assembled and annotated. The resulting chloroplast genomes were comparatively analysed with the published chloroplast genomes of wild species of sweetpotato. High similarity and certain specificity were found among the chloroplast genomes of Ipomoea spp. Phylogenetic analysis could clearly distinguish wild species from cultivars. Ipomoea trifida and Ipomoea tabascana showed the closest relationship with the cultivars, and different haplotypes of ycf1 could be used to distinguish the cultivars from their wild relatives. The genetic structure was analyzed using variations in the chloroplast genome. Compared with traditional nuclear markers, the chloroplast markers designed based on the InDels on the chloroplast genome showed significant advantages. Conclusions Comparative analysis of chloroplast genomes of 107 cultivars and several wild species of sweetpotato was performed to help analyze the evolution, genetic structure and the development of chloroplast DNA markers of sweetpotato.


1984 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetsuo Mikami ◽  
Yuji Kishima ◽  
Masahiro Sugiura ◽  
Toshiro Kinoshita

Genome ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 51 (11) ◽  
pp. 897-904 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.-S. Kim ◽  
G. Fedak ◽  
F. Han ◽  
W. Cao

Wild species in the Triticeae tribe are very valuable resources for agronomic improvement in cereal crop species. Intergeneric hybrids were produced between several barley cultivars and perennial species in the genera Elymus , Thinopyrum , and Pseudoroegneria . Caryopsis formation and subsequent plantlet regeneration from embryo culture were variable depending on the hybrid combinations. Chromosome numbers and hybrid identity were confirmed by GISH analysis on the somatic cells of the hybrids. While the hybrids showed very robust vegetative growth and exceeded the parental spikes in size, their floral morphologies resembled that of the wild species. Meiotic chromosome analysis revealed that the bivalent formation frequency per cell ranged from 0.06 in Hordeum vulgare ‘Betzes’ × Elymus curvatus to 3.0 in Elymus humidus  × H. vulgare ‘Manley’. By GISH analysis on the meiocytes of the hybrid E. humidus × ‘Manley’, the frequency of autosyndetic bivalents exceeded the allosyndetic bivalent formation, which gave an insight into the genome constitution of E. humidus as an autoallohexploid species. Regardless of the low allosyndetic chromosome pairing between barley and E. humidus, this combination may be useful for further input, since E. humidus is known to carry many valuable genes for biotic and abiotic stress tolerance.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Siles ◽  
Kirsty L. Hassall ◽  
Cristina Sanchis Gritsch ◽  
Peter J. Eastmond ◽  
Smita Kurup

Seed yield is a complex trait for many crop species including oilseed rape (OSR) (Brassica napus), the second most important oilseed crop worldwide. Studies have focused on the contribution of distinct factors in seed yield such as environmental cues, agronomical practices, growth conditions, or specific phenotypic traits at the whole plant level, such as number of pods in a plant. However, how female reproductive traits contribute to whole plant level traits, and hence to seed yield, has been largely ignored. Here, we describe the combined contribution of 33 phenotypic traits within a B. napus diversity set population and their trade-offs at the whole plant and organ level, along with their interaction with plant level traits. Our results revealed that both Winter OSR (WOSR) and Spring OSR (SOSR); the two more economically important OSR groups in terms of oil production; share a common dominant reproductive strategy for seed yield. In this strategy, the main inflorescence is the principal source of seed yield, producing a good number of ovules, a large number of long pods with a concomitantly high number of seeds per pod. Moreover, we observed that WOSR opted for additional reproductive strategies than SOSR, presenting more plasticity to maximise seed yield. Overall, we conclude that OSR adopts a key strategy to ensure maximal seed yield and propose an ideal ideotype highlighting crucial phenotypic traits that could be potential targets for breeding.


2007 ◽  
Vol 243 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Li ◽  
X.J. Ge ◽  
H.L. Cao ◽  
W.H. Ye

Genome ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 634-641 ◽  
Author(s):  
T HM Mes ◽  
P Kuperus ◽  
J Kirschner ◽  
J Stepanek ◽  
P Oosterveld ◽  
...  

Sequence variation in 2.2 kb of non-coding regions of the chloroplast genome of eight dandelions (Taraxacum: Lactuceae) from Asia and Europe is interpreted in the light of the phylogenetic signal of base substitutions vs. indels (insertions-deletions). The four non-coding regions displayed a total of approximately 30 structural mutations of which 9 are potentially phylogenetically informative. Insertions, deletions, and an inversion were found that involved consecutive stretches of up to 172 bases. When compared to phylogenetic relationships of the chloroplast genomes based on nucleotide substitutions only, many homoplasious indels (33%) were detected that differed considerably in length and did not comprise simple sequence repeats typically associated with replication slippage. Though many indels in the intergenic spacers were associated with direct repeats, frequently, the variable stretches participated in inverted repeat stabilized hairpins. In each intergenic spacer or intron examined, nucleotide stretches ranging from 30 to 60 bp were able to fold into stabilized secondary structures. When these indels were homoplasious, they always ranked among the most stabilized hairpins in the non-coding regions. The association of higher order structures that involve both classes of repeats and parallel structural mutations in hot spot regions of the chloroplast genome can be used to differentiate among mutations that differ in phylogenetic reliability.Key words: Taraxacum, indel, non-coding chloroplast DNA, hairpin, evolution.


1998 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 1193-1204 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. FORCIOLI ◽  
P. SAUMITOU-LAPRADE ◽  
M. VALERO ◽  
P. VERNET ◽  
J. CUGUEN

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