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

ABSTRACT: 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 varia

SUBMITTER: Wang DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10411557 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature