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Title: Multiple origins of cultivated grapevine (Vitis vinifera L. ssp. sativa) based on chloroplast DNA polymorphisms.

Author
item ARROYO-GARCIA, R. - UNIV OF SPAIN-MADRID
item RUIZ-GARCIA, L. - UNIV OF SPAIN-MADRID
item BOLLING, L. - UNIV OF SPAIN-MADRID
item OCTETE, R. - UNIV OF SPAIN-SEVILLE
item LOPEZ, M.A. - UNIV OF SPAIN-SEVILLE
item ARNOLD, C. - UNIV OF SWITZERLAND-NEUCH
item ERGUL, A. - UNIV OF TURKEY-ANKARA
item SOYLEMEZOGLU, G. - UNIV OF TURKEY-ANKARA
item UZUN, H.I. - UNIV OF TURKEY-ANKARA
item CABELLO, F. - IMIDRA - SPAIN
item IBANEZ, J. - IMIDRA - SPAIN
item Aradhya, Mallikarjuna
item ANTANASSOV, A. - AGROBIOINSTITUTE-BULGARIA
item BALINT, S. - UNIV OF ROMANIA
item CENIS, J.L. - IMIDA - SPAIN
item CONSTANTINI, L. - ISTITUTO AGRARIO-ITALY
item GORISLAVETS, S. - INSTITUTE OF VINE & WINE
item GRANDO, M. - ISTITUTO AGRARIO-ITALY
item KLEIN, B. - HEBREW UNIV - ISRAEL
item MCGOVERN, P. - UNIV OF PA - MASCA
item MERDINOGLU, D. - UMR - FRANCE
item PEJIC, I. - UNIV OF CROATIA-BIOMETRIC
item PELSY, F. - UMR - FRANCE
item PRIMIKIRIOS, N. - UNIV OF GREECE - CRETE
item RISOVANNAYA, V. - INSTITUTE OF VINE & WINE
item ROUBELAKIS-ANGELAKIA, K. - UNIV OF GREECE - CRETE
item SNOUSSI, H. - LAB DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE
item SOTIRI, P. - INSTITUTE OF BIO-ALBANIA
item TAMHANKAR, S. - AGHARKAR RES INSTITUTE
item THIS, P. - UMR - FRANCE
item TROSHIN, L. - UNIV OF RUSSIA-KRASNODAR
item MALPICA, J. - INIA - SPAIN
item LEFORT, F. - UNIV OF APPLIED SCIENCE-S
item MARTINEZ-ZAPATER, J. - UNIV OF SPAIN-MADRID

Submitted to: Molecular Ecology
Publication Type: Popular Publication
Publication Acceptance Date: 6/2/2006
Publication Date: 10/1/2006
Citation: Arroyo-Garcia, R., Ruiz-Garcia, L., Bolling, L., Octete, R., Lopez, M., Arnold, C., Ergul, A., Soylemezoglu, G., Uzun, H., Cabello, F., Ibanez, J., Aradhya, M.K., Antanassov, A., Balint, S., Cenis, J., Constantini, L., Gorislavets, S., Grando, M.S., Klein, B.Y., Mcgovern, P.E., Merdinoglu, D., Pejic, I., Pelsy, F., Primikirios, N., Risovannaya, V., Roubelakis-Angelakia, K.A., Snoussi, H., Sotiri, P., Tamhankar, S., This, P., Troshin, L., Malpica, J.M., Lefort, F., Martinez-Zapater, J.M. 2006. Multiple origins of cultivated grapevine (Vitis vinifera L. ssp. sativa) based on chloroplast DNA polymorphisms.. Molecular Ecology 15: 3707-3714

Interpretive Summary: The domestication of the Eurasian grape (Vitis vinifera ssp. sativa) from its wild ancestor (Vitis vinifera ssp. sylvestris) has long been claimed to have occurred in Transcaucasia where its greatest genetic diversity is found and where very early archaeological evidence, including grape pips and artefacts of a 'wine culture', have been excavated. Whether from Transcaucasia or the nearby Taurus or Zagros Mountains, it is hypothesized that this wine culture spread southwards and eventually westwards around the Mediterranean basin, together with the transplantation of cultivated grape cuttings. However, the existence of morphological differentiation between cultivars from eastern and western ends of the modern distribution of the Eurasian grape suggests the existence of different genetic contribution from local sylvestris populations or multilocal selection and domestication of sylvestris genotypes. To tackle this issue, we analysed chlorotype variation and distribution in 1201 samples of sylvestris and sativa genotypes from the whole area of the species' distribution and studied their genetic relationships. The results suggest the existence of at least two important origins for the cultivated germplasm, one in the Near East and another in the western Mediterranean region, the latter of which gave rise to many of the current Western European cultivars. Indeed, over 70% of the Iberian Peninsula cultivars display chlorotypes that are only compatible with their having derived from western sylvestris populations.

Technical Abstract: The domestication of the Eurasian grape (Vitis vinifera ssp. sativa) from its wild ancestor (Vitis vinifera ssp. sylvestris) has long been claimed to have occurred in Transcaucasia where its greatest genetic diversity is found and where very early archaeological evidence, including grape pips and artefacts of a 'wine culture', have been excavated. Whether from Transcaucasia or the nearby Taurus or Zagros Mountains, it is hypothesized that this wine culture spread southwards and eventually westwards around the Mediterranean basin, together with the transplantation of cultivated grape cuttings. However, the existence of morphological differentiation between cultivars from eastern and western ends of the modern distribution of the Eurasian grape suggests the existence of different genetic contribution from local sylvestris populations or multilocal selection and domestication of sylvestris genotypes. To tackle this issue, we analysed chlorotype variation and distribution in 1201 samples of sylvestris and sativa genotypes from the whole area of the species' distribution and studied their genetic relationships. The results suggest the existence of at least two important origins for the cultivated germplasm, one in the Near East and another in the western Mediterranean region, the latter of which gave rise to many of the current Western European cultivars. Indeed, over 70% of the Iberian Peninsula cultivars display chlorotypes that are only compatible with their having derived from western sylvestris populations.