Zhang, G. and Liu, X. and Quan, Z. and Cheng, S. (2012) Genome sequence of foxtail millet (Setaria italica) provides insights into grass evolution and biofuel potential. Nature biotechnology, 30 (6). pp. 549-554.
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Abstract
Foxtail millet (Setaria italica), a member of the Poaceae grass family, is an important food and fodder crop in arid regions and has potential for use as a C4 biofuel. It is a model system for other biofuel grasses, including switchgrass and pearl millet. We produced a draft genome (~423 Mb) anchored onto nine chromosomes and annotated 38,801 genes. Key chromosome reshuffling events were detected through collinearity identification between foxtail millet, rice and sorghum including two reshuffling events fusing rice chromosomes 7 and 9, 3 and 10 to foxtail millet chromosomes 2 and 9, respectively, that occurred after the divergence of foxtail millet and rice, and a single reshuffling event fusing rice chromosome 5 and 12 to foxtail millet chromosome 3 that occurred after the divergence of millet and sorghum. Rearrangements in the C4 photosynthesis pathway were also identified.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Biofuels, Functional genomics, Genome, evolution, Plant biotechnology |
| Author Affiliation: | BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China |
| Subjects: | Crop Improvement |
| Divisions: | Millet |
| Depositing User: | Mr T L Gautham |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jan 2018 08:02 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Jan 2018 08:05 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/15308 |
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