biostudies-literatureUnknown12Ye HIt is well known that WRKY transcription factors play essential roles in plants' response to diverse stress responses, especially to drought and salt stresses. However, a full comprehensive analysis of this family in wheat is still missing. Here we used <i>in silico</i> analysis and identified 124 <i>WRKY</i> genes, including 294 homeologous copies from a high-quality reference genome of wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i>). We also found that the <i>TaWRKY</i> gene family did not undergo gene duplication rather than gene loss during the evolutionary process. The <i>TaWRKY</i> family members displayed different expression profiles under several abiotic stresses, indicating their unique functions in the mediation of particular responses. Furthermore, <i>TaWRKY75-A</i> was highly induced after pFrontiers in plant science663118https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8212938biostudies-literatureGenome-Wide Identification of Wheat <i>WRKY</i> Gene Family Reveals That <i>TaWRKY75-A</i> Is Referred to Drought and Salt Resistances.PMC8212938Guo LRen FGuo HBai JWang YYe HQiao LfalseGenome-Wide Identification of Wheat <i>WRKY</i> Gene Family Reveals That <i>TaWRKY75-A</i> Is Referred to Drought and Salt Resistances.It is well known that WRKY transcription factors play essential roles in plants' response to diverse stress responses, especially to drought and salt stresses. However, a full comprehensive analysis of this family in wheat is still missing. Here we used <i>in silico</i> analysis and identified 124 <i>WRKY</i> genes, including 294 homeologous copies from a high-quality reference genome of wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i>). We also found that the <i>TaWRKY</i> gene family did not undergo gene duplication rather than gene loss during the evolutionary process. The <i>TaWRKY</i> family members displayed different expression profiles under several abiotic stresses, indicating their unique functions in the mediation of particular responses. Furthermore, <i>TaWRKY75-A</i> was highly induced after p2021-01-01T00:00:00Z20212026-05-05T03:17:18.958Z2022-02-10T15:44:00.716ZS-EPMC82129383414976010.3389/fpls.2021.663118