Author
PENMETSA, R - UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | |
CARRASQUILLA-GARCIA, N - UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | |
SARMA, B - UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | |
BERGMANN, E - UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | |
VANCE, L - UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | |
CASTRO, B - UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | |
KASSA, M - UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | |
DATTA, S - UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | |
DUBEY, A - INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SEMI-ARID TROPICS (ICRISAT) - INDIA | |
GUJARIA, N - INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SEMI-ARID TROPICS (ICRISAT) - INDIA | |
BAEK, J - UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | |
WOODWARD, J - UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA | |
FARMER, A - NATIONAL CENTER FOR GENOME RESOURCES | |
Coyne, Clarice - Clare | |
WETTBERG, E - FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY | |
VARSHNEY, R - INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SEMI-ARID TROPICS (ICRISAT) - INDIA | |
COOK, D - UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA |
Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only Publication Acceptance Date: 7/26/2012 Publication Date: 10/3/2012 Citation: Penmetsa, R.V., Carrasquilla-Garcia, N., Sarma, B.K., Bergmann, E.M., Vance, L.C., Castro, B.M., Kassa, M.T., Datta, S., Dubey, A., Gujaria, N., Baek, J.M., Woodward, J.E., Farmer, A.D., Coyne, C.J., Wettberg, E.J., Varshney, R.K., Cook, D.R. 2012. Multi-locus molecular phylogeny and allelic variation in a transcription factor gene suggest the multiple independent origins of kabuli chickpea. Meeting Abstract. Proceedings of VI International Legume Genomic & Genetics Conference Oct. 2-7, 2012 Hyderabad, India. Interpretive Summary: none Technical Abstract: To examine the patterns of molecular diversity in wild crop relatives and the cultivated gene pool of chickpea we genotyped a set of 98 wild annual and 224 cultivated accessions with a 768 feature assay that monitored SNPs in low-copy orthologous loci. Analyses of the resulting multi-locus genotyping data - which is deeper for both molecular markers and for representation of wild annual relatives - recapitulated the taxonomic relationships between cultivated chickpea and its wild crop relatives. We identified gene flow both within the primary gene pool, but also hybrid accessions between the primary and secondary pools that could serve as genetic bridges for introgression of wild traits from the secondary pool into cultivated chickpea. Cultivated accessions typically had high levels of admixture but could be resolved into coherent geographic origin-based clades from low-admixed subsets. Contrary to the traditional two-way subdivision of chickpea into ‘desi’ and ‘kabuli’ types, our multi-locus analyses finds ‘kabuli’ to be polyphyletic. Moreover, from candidate pathways, syntenic relationships and genetic association we identified a candidate transcription factor for the B locus of chickpea that governs several ‘kabuli’ traits. Three of five of its variant alleles result in frameshift alterations, whose loss-of-function effect is reflected in the attenuated expression of transcriptional targets in petals and seed coats of ‘kabuli’ but not ‘desi’ types. The absence of nesting among variant alleles at the candidate gene, and the pattern of their occurrence within germplasm together suggest that the ‘kabuli’ type arose independently multiple times during chickpea’s crop evolutionary history. |