title: Aegilops tauschii single nucleotide polymorphisms shed light on the origins of wheat D-genome genetic diversity and pinpoint the geographic origin of hexaploid wheat.
abstract: Hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum, genomes AABBDD) originated by hybridization of tetraploid Triticum turgidum (genomes AABB) with Aegilops tauschii (genomes DD). Genetic relationships between A. tauschii and the wheat D genome are of central importance for the understanding of wheat origin and subsequent evolution. Genetic relationships among 477 A. tauschii and wheat accessions were studied with the A. tauschii 10K Infinium single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array. Aegilops tauschii consists of two lineages (designated 1 and 2) having little genetic contact. Each lineage consists of two closely related sublineages. A population within lineage 2 in the southwestern and southern Caspian appears to be the main source of the wheat D genome. Lineage 1 contributed as little as 0.8% of the wheat D genome. Triticum aestivum is subdivided into the western and Far Eastern populations. The Far Eastern population conserved the genetic make-up of the nascent T. aestivum more than the western population. In wheat, diversity is high in chromosomes 1D and 2D and it correlates in all wheat D-genome and A. tauschii chromosomes with recombination rates. Gene flow from A. tauschii was an important source of wheat genetic diversity and shaped its distribution along the D-genome chromosomes.
authors: Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China.|Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
authors: Jirui
authors: J
authors: Wang
authors: Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
authors: Ming-Cheng
authors: MC
authors: Luo
authors: Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China.|Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
authors: Zhongxu
authors: Z
authors: Chen
authors: Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.|Cereal Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M9, Canada.
authors: Frank M
authors: FM
authors: You
authors: Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China.
authors: Yuming
authors: Y
authors: Wei
authors: Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China.
authors: Youliang
authors: Y
authors: Zheng
authors: Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
authors: Jan
authors: J
authors: Dvorak
mesh_terms: D032461:Chromosomes, Plant; D014644:Genetic Variation; D018745:Genome, Plant; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D006109:Poaceae / Q000235:genetics*; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D011123:Polyploidy; D014908:Triticum / Q000235:genetics*
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