title: Multiple origins of allopolyploid wheatgrass Elymus caninus revealed by RPB2, PepC and TrnD/T genes.
abstract: We examined evolutionary mechanisms in the tetraploid Elymus caninus by comparing the phylogenetic relationships of 21 accessions suggested by sequence data from two single copy nuclear genes, the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II (RPB2) and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (pepC), and one non-coding chloroplast region, TrnD/T. Elymus caninus is known combining two different genomes, an St genome and an H genome. Data from two single copy nuclear genes showed that there are two versions of the St genome in the species, St1 and St2. Most accessions combined one of these versions with an H genome version but two accessions had both versions of the St sequence for RPB2. This suggests that the RPB2gene may have been duplicated without chromosome doubling, possibly induced by transposable element. Our data also indicate that the H genome sequences in E. caninus have multiple origins, and a close phylogenetic relationship between Hordeum bogdanii and H sequences in some accessions of E. caninus. Thus, it is more likely that H. bogdanii is one of the major donors of the H copy in E. caninus. The maternal origin of E. caninus is the St genome species. There was no correlation between the geographic origin of the accessions and their sequence divergence.
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, Saint Mary's University, 923 Robie Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3C3.
authors.forename: Chi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Genlou
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D031749:Elymus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D020440:Gene Duplication; D014644:Genetic Variation; D018745:Genome, Plant; D001467:Hordeum / Q000235:genetics; D010730:Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D011123:Polyploidy; D012319:RNA Polymerase II / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D018744:DNA, Plant; D012319:RNA Polymerase II; D010730:Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase