Where the wild things are: genetic associations of environmental adaptation in the Oryza rufipogon species complex

Crop wild relatives host unique adaptation strategies that enable them to thrive across a wide range of habitats. As pressures from a changing climate mount, a more complete understanding of the genetic variation that underlies this adaptation could enable broader utilization of wild materials for c...

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Main Authors: Wang, Diane R., Kantar, Michael B., Murugaiyan, Varunseelan, Neyhart, Jeffrey
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford University Press 2023
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/163939
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author Wang, Diane R.
Kantar, Michael B.
Murugaiyan, Varunseelan
Neyhart, Jeffrey
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Murugaiyan, Varunseelan
Neyhart, Jeffrey
Wang, Diane R.
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Kantar, Michael B.
Murugaiyan, Varunseelan
Neyhart, Jeffrey
author_sort Wang, Diane R.
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description Crop wild relatives host unique adaptation strategies that enable them to thrive across a wide range of habitats. As pressures from a changing climate mount, a more complete understanding of the genetic variation that underlies this adaptation could enable broader utilization of wild materials for crop improvement. Here, we carry out environmental association analyses (EAA) in the Oryza rufipogon species complex (ORSC), the wild progenitor of cultivated Asian rice, to identify genomic regions associated with environmental adaptation characterized by variation in bioclimatic and soil variables. We further examine regions for colocalizations with phenotypic associations within the same collection. EAA results indicate that significant regions tend to associate with single environmental variables, although 2 significant loci on chromosomes 3 and 5 are detected as common across multiple variable types (i.e. precipitation, temperature, and/or soil). Distributions of allele frequencies at significant loci across subpopulations of cultivated Oryza sativa indicate that, in some cases, adaptive variation may already be present among cultivars, although evaluation in cultivated populations is needed to empirically test this. This work has implications for the potential utility of wild genetic resources in pre-breeding efforts for rice improvement.
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spelling CGSpace1639392025-05-14T10:23:51Z Where the wild things are: genetic associations of environmental adaptation in the Oryza rufipogon species complex Wang, Diane R. Kantar, Michael B. Murugaiyan, Varunseelan Neyhart, Jeffrey crop wild relatives genetic variation crop improvement oryza rufipogon loci precipitation temperature soil cultivars evaluation Crop wild relatives host unique adaptation strategies that enable them to thrive across a wide range of habitats. As pressures from a changing climate mount, a more complete understanding of the genetic variation that underlies this adaptation could enable broader utilization of wild materials for crop improvement. Here, we carry out environmental association analyses (EAA) in the Oryza rufipogon species complex (ORSC), the wild progenitor of cultivated Asian rice, to identify genomic regions associated with environmental adaptation characterized by variation in bioclimatic and soil variables. We further examine regions for colocalizations with phenotypic associations within the same collection. EAA results indicate that significant regions tend to associate with single environmental variables, although 2 significant loci on chromosomes 3 and 5 are detected as common across multiple variable types (i.e. precipitation, temperature, and/or soil). Distributions of allele frequencies at significant loci across subpopulations of cultivated Oryza sativa indicate that, in some cases, adaptive variation may already be present among cultivars, although evaluation in cultivated populations is needed to empirically test this. This work has implications for the potential utility of wild genetic resources in pre-breeding efforts for rice improvement. 2023-08-09 2024-12-19T12:53:13Z 2024-12-19T12:53:13Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/163939 en Open Access Oxford University Press Wang, Diane R; Kantar, Michael B; Murugaiyan, Varunseelan and Neyhart, Jeffrey. 2023. Where the wild things are: genetic associations of environmental adaptation in the Oryza rufipogon species complex. Genes, Genomes, Genetics, jkad128; 10 pages
spellingShingle crop wild relatives
genetic variation
crop improvement
oryza rufipogon
loci
precipitation
temperature
soil cultivars
evaluation
Wang, Diane R.
Kantar, Michael B.
Murugaiyan, Varunseelan
Neyhart, Jeffrey
Where the wild things are: genetic associations of environmental adaptation in the Oryza rufipogon species complex
title Where the wild things are: genetic associations of environmental adaptation in the Oryza rufipogon species complex
title_full Where the wild things are: genetic associations of environmental adaptation in the Oryza rufipogon species complex
title_fullStr Where the wild things are: genetic associations of environmental adaptation in the Oryza rufipogon species complex
title_full_unstemmed Where the wild things are: genetic associations of environmental adaptation in the Oryza rufipogon species complex
title_short Where the wild things are: genetic associations of environmental adaptation in the Oryza rufipogon species complex
title_sort where the wild things are genetic associations of environmental adaptation in the oryza rufipogon species complex
topic crop wild relatives
genetic variation
crop improvement
oryza rufipogon
loci
precipitation
temperature
soil cultivars
evaluation
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/163939
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