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GrainGenes Reference Report: JEB-61-5703

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Reference	JEB-61-5703
Title	Genetic evidence for differential selection of grain and embryo weight during wheat evolution under domestication.
Journal	Journal of Experimental Botany
Year	2015
Volume	66
Pages	5703-5711
Author	Golan G Oksenberg A Peleg Z
Abstract	Wheat is one of the Neolithic founder crops domesticated ~10 500 years ago. Following the domestication episode, its evolution under domestication has resulted in various genetic modifications. Grain weight, embryo weight, and the interaction between those factors were examined among domesticated durum wheat and its direct progenitor, wild emmer wheat. Experimental data show that grain weight has increased over the course of wheat evolution without any parallel change in embryo weight, resulting in a significantly reduced (30%) embryo weight/grain weight ratio in domesticated wheat. The genetic factors associated with these modifications were further investigated using a population of recombinant inbred substitution lines that segregated for chromosome 2A. A cluster of loci affecting grain weight and shape was identified on the long arm of chromosome 2AL. Interestingly, a novel locus controlling embryo weight was mapped on chromosome 2AS, on which the wild emmer allele promotes heavier embryos and greater seedling vigour. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a QTL for embryo weight in wheat. The results suggest a differential selection of grain and embryo weight during the evolution of domesticated wheat. It is argued that conscious selection by early farmers favouring larger grains and smaller embryos appears to have resulted in a significant change in endosperm weight/embryo weight ratio in the domesticated wheat. Exposing the genetic factors associated with endosperm and embryo size improves our understanding of the evolutionary dynamics of wheat under domestication and is likely to be useful for future wheat-breeding efforts.
External Databases	https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erv249
QTL	QTL1371_2A-Golan_et_al._2015 QTL1370_2A-Golan_et_al._2015 QTL1369_2A-Golan_et_al._2015

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