Defining the Role of the MADS-Box Gene, Zea Agamous-like1, a Target of Selection During Maize Domestication.

ABSTRACT: Genomic scans for genes that show the signature of past selection have been widely applied to a number of species and have identified a large number of selection candidate genes. In cultivated maize (Zea mays ssp. mays) selection scans have identified several hundred candidate domestication genes by comparing nucleotide diversity and differentiation between maize and its progenitor, teosinte (Z. mays ssp. parviglumis). One of these is a gene called zea agamous-like1 (zagl1), a MADS-box transcription factor, that is known for its function in the control of flowering time. To determine the trait(s) controlled by zagl1 that was (were) the target(s) of selection during maize domestication, we created a set of recombinant chromosome isogenic lines that differ for the maize versus teosinte allel

SUBMITTER: Wills DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7189973 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature