articleNatureOct 2, 2012HYBRID OA

A map of rice genome variation reveals the origin of cultivated rice

Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences · Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences · +9 more institutions

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Abstract

Crop domestications are long-term selection experiments that have greatly advanced human civilization. The domestication of cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) ranks as one of the most important developments in history. However, its origins and domestication processes are controversial and have long been debated. Here we generate genome sequences from 446 geographically diverse accessions of the wild rice species Oryza rufipogon, the immediate ancestral progenitor of cultivated rice, and from 1,083 cultivated indica and japonica varieties to construct a comprehensive map of rice genome variation. In the search for signatures of selection, we identify 55 selective sweeps that have occurred during domestication.…

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