Targeting environmental adaptation in the monocot model Brachypodium distachyon: a multi-faceted approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The local environment plays a major role in the spatial distribution of plant populations. Natural plant populations have an extremely poor displacing capacity, so their continued survival in a given environment depends on how well they adapt to local pedoclimatic conditions. Genomic tools can be used to identify adaptive traits at a DNA level and to further our understanding of evolutionary processes. Here we report the use of genotyping-by-sequencing on local groups of the sequenced monocot model species Brachypodium distachyon. Exploiting population genetics, landscape genomics and genome wide association studies, we evaluate B. distachyon role as a natural probe for identifying genomic loci involved in environmental adaptation.

Results

Brachypodium distachyon

SUBMITTER: Dell'Acqua M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4177692 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature