Population genomics unravels the Holocene history of bread wheat and its relatives

Deep knowledge of crop biodiversity is essential to improving global food security. Despite bread wheat serving as a keystone crop worldwide, the population history of bread wheat and its relatives, both cultivated and wild, remains elusive. By analysing whole-genome sequences of 795 wheat accession...

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Autores principales: Zhao, X., Guo, Y., Kang, L., Yin, C., Bi, A., Xu, D., Zhang, Z., Zhang, J., Yang, X., Xu, J., Xu, S., Song, X., Zhang, M., Li, Y., Kear, P., Wang, J., Liu, Z., Fu, X., Lu, F.
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Publicado: Springer 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129911
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author Zhao, X.
Guo, Y.
Kang, L.
Yin, C.
Bi, A.
Xu, D.
Zhang, Z.
Zhang, J.
Yang, X.
Xu, J.
Xu, S.
Song, X.
Zhang, M.
Li, Y.
Kear, P.
Wang, J.
Liu, Z.
Fu, X.
Lu, F.
author_browse Bi, A.
Fu, X.
Guo, Y.
Kang, L.
Kear, P.
Li, Y.
Liu, Z.
Lu, F.
Song, X.
Wang, J.
Xu, D.
Xu, J.
Xu, S.
Yang, X.
Yin, C.
Zhang, J.
Zhang, M.
Zhang, Z.
Zhao, X.
author_facet Zhao, X.
Guo, Y.
Kang, L.
Yin, C.
Bi, A.
Xu, D.
Zhang, Z.
Zhang, J.
Yang, X.
Xu, J.
Xu, S.
Song, X.
Zhang, M.
Li, Y.
Kear, P.
Wang, J.
Liu, Z.
Fu, X.
Lu, F.
author_sort Zhao, X.
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description Deep knowledge of crop biodiversity is essential to improving global food security. Despite bread wheat serving as a keystone crop worldwide, the population history of bread wheat and its relatives, both cultivated and wild, remains elusive. By analysing whole-genome sequences of 795 wheat accessions, we found that bread wheat originated from the southwest coast of the Caspian Sea and underwent a slow speciation process, lasting ~3,300 yr owing to persistent gene flow from its relatives. Soon after, bread wheat spread across Eurasia and reached Europe, South Asia and East Asia ~7,000 to ~5,000 yr ago, shaping a diversified but occasionally convergent adaptive landscape in novel environments. By contrast, the cultivated relatives of bread wheat experienced a population decline by ~82% over the past ~2,000 yr due to the food choice shift of humans. Further biogeographical modelling predicted a continued population shrinking of many bread wheat relatives in the coming decades because of their vulnerability to the changing climate. These findings will guide future efforts in protecting and utilizing wheat biodiversity to enhance global wheat production.
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spelling CGSpace1299112025-01-27T15:00:52Z Population genomics unravels the Holocene history of bread wheat and its relatives Zhao, X. Guo, Y. Kang, L. Yin, C. Bi, A. Xu, D. Zhang, Z. Zhang, J. Yang, X. Xu, J. Xu, S. Song, X. Zhang, M. Li, Y. Kear, P. Wang, J. Liu, Z. Fu, X. Lu, F. biodiversity food security genomics Deep knowledge of crop biodiversity is essential to improving global food security. Despite bread wheat serving as a keystone crop worldwide, the population history of bread wheat and its relatives, both cultivated and wild, remains elusive. By analysing whole-genome sequences of 795 wheat accessions, we found that bread wheat originated from the southwest coast of the Caspian Sea and underwent a slow speciation process, lasting ~3,300 yr owing to persistent gene flow from its relatives. Soon after, bread wheat spread across Eurasia and reached Europe, South Asia and East Asia ~7,000 to ~5,000 yr ago, shaping a diversified but occasionally convergent adaptive landscape in novel environments. By contrast, the cultivated relatives of bread wheat experienced a population decline by ~82% over the past ~2,000 yr due to the food choice shift of humans. Further biogeographical modelling predicted a continued population shrinking of many bread wheat relatives in the coming decades because of their vulnerability to the changing climate. These findings will guide future efforts in protecting and utilizing wheat biodiversity to enhance global wheat production. 2023-03-16 2023-04-05T16:57:12Z 2023-04-05T16:57:12Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129911 en Limited Access Springer Zhao, X.; Guo, Y.; Kang, L.; Yin, C.; Bi, A.; Xu, D.; Zhang, Z.; Zhang, J.; Yang, X.; Xu, J.; Xu, S.; Song, X.; Zhang, M.; Li, Y.; Kear, P.; Wang, J.; Liu, Z.; Fu, X.; Lu, F. 2023. Population genomics unravels the Holocene history of bread wheat and its relatives. Nature Plants. ISSN 2055-0278. 9(3), 403–419.
spellingShingle biodiversity
food security
genomics
Zhao, X.
Guo, Y.
Kang, L.
Yin, C.
Bi, A.
Xu, D.
Zhang, Z.
Zhang, J.
Yang, X.
Xu, J.
Xu, S.
Song, X.
Zhang, M.
Li, Y.
Kear, P.
Wang, J.
Liu, Z.
Fu, X.
Lu, F.
Population genomics unravels the Holocene history of bread wheat and its relatives
title Population genomics unravels the Holocene history of bread wheat and its relatives
title_full Population genomics unravels the Holocene history of bread wheat and its relatives
title_fullStr Population genomics unravels the Holocene history of bread wheat and its relatives
title_full_unstemmed Population genomics unravels the Holocene history of bread wheat and its relatives
title_short Population genomics unravels the Holocene history of bread wheat and its relatives
title_sort population genomics unravels the holocene history of bread wheat and its relatives
topic biodiversity
food security
genomics
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129911
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