Evolutionary Metabolomics Reveals Domestication-Associated Changes in Tetraploid Wheat Kernels.

ABSTRACT: Domestication and breeding have influenced the genetic structure of plant populations due to selection for adaptation from natural habitats to agro-ecosystems. Here, we investigate the effects of selection on the contents of 51 primary kernel metabolites and their relationships in three Triticum turgidum L. subspecies (i.e., wild emmer, emmer, durum wheat) that represent the major steps of tetraploid wheat domestication. We present a methodological pipeline to identify the signature of selection for molecular phenotypic traits (e.g., metabolites and transcripts). Following the approach, we show that a reduction in unsaturated fatty acids was associated with selection during domestication of emmer (primary domestication). We also show that changes in the amino acid content due to selection

SUBMITTER: Beleggia R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4915355 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature