Jin, J. and Huang, W. and Gao, J. and et al, . (2008) Genetic control of rice plant architecture under domestication. Nature Genetics, 40 (11). pp. 1365-1369.
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Abstract
The closely related wild rice species Oryza rufipogon is considered the progenitor of cultivated rice (Oryza sativa). The transition from the characteristic plant architecture of wild rice to that of cultivated rice was one of the most important events in rice domestication; however, the molecular basis of this key domestication transition has not been elucidated. Here we show that the PROG1 gene controls aspects of wild-rice plant architecture, including tiller angle and number of tillers. The gene encodes a newly identified zinc-finger nuclear transcription factor with transcriptional activity and is mapped on chromosome 7. PROG1 is predominantly expressed in the axillary meristems, the site of tiller bud formation. Rice transformation experiments demonstrate that artificial selection of an amino acid substitution in the PROG1 protein during domestication led to the transition from the plant architecture of wild rice to that of domesticated rice.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | This work was supported by grants from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Shanghai Science and Technology Development Fund to H.-X.L. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Oryza rufipogon, PROG1 gene, Plant architecture |
| Author Affiliation: | National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 300 Fenglin Road, Shanghai 200032, China |
| Subjects: | Crop Improvement |
| Divisions: | Other Crops |
| Depositing User: | Mr Siva Shankar |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Nov 2012 07:33 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Nov 2012 07:33 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ng.247 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/8633 |
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