Kawase, M. and Fukunaga, K. and Kato, K. (2005) Diverse origins of waxy foxtail millet crops in East and Southeast Asia mediated by multiple transposable element insertions. Molecular Genetics and Genomics , 274 (2). pp. 131-140.
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Abstract
The naturally occurring waxy and low-amylose variants of foxtail millet and other cereals, like rice and barley, originated in East and Southeast Asia under human selection for sticky foods. Mutations in the GBSS1 gene for granule-bound starch synthase 1 are known to be associated with these traits. We have analysed the gene in foxtail millet, and found that, in this species, these traits were originated by multiple independent insertions of transposable elements and by subsequent secondary insertions into these elements or deletion of parts of the elements. The structural analysis of transposable elements inserted in the GBSS1 gene revealed that the non-waxy was converted to the low-amylose phenotype once, while shifts from non-waxy to waxy occurred three times, from low amylose to waxy once and from waxy to low amylose once. The present results, and the geographical distribution of different waxy molecular types, strongly suggest that these types originated independently and were dispersed into their current distribution areas. The patterns of GBSS1 variation revealed here suggest that foxtail millet may serve as a key to solving the mystery of the origin of waxy-type cereals in Asia. The GBSS1 gene in foxtail millet provides a new example of the evolution of a gene involved in the processes of domestication and its post-domestication fate under the influence of human selection.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | Genebank, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan |
| Subjects: | Crop Improvement |
| Divisions: | Millet |
| Depositing User: | Mr B Krishnamurthy |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Nov 2010 21:38 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Dec 2010 20:23 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00438-005-0013-8 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/703 |
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