Comparative Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals Domestication and Improvement Patterns of Broomcorn Millet (Panicum miliaceum L.).

ABSTRACT: Broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) is one of the earliest crops, domesticated nearly 8000 years ago in northern China. It gradually spread across the entire Eurasian continent, as well as to America and Africa, with recent improvement in various reproductive and vegetative traits. To identify the genes that were selected during the domestication and improvement processes, we performed a comparative transcriptome analysis based on wild types, landraces, and improved cultivars of broomcorn millet at both seeding and filling stages. The variations in gene expression patterns between wild types and landraces and between landraces and improved cultivars were further evaluated to explore the molecular mechanisms underlying the domestication and improvement of broomcorn millet. A tota

SUBMITTER: Zhao X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11507134 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature