Data from: Wild emmer genome architecture and diversity elucidate wheat evolution and domestication
Wheat (Triticum spp.) is one of the founder crops that likely drove the Neolithic transition to sedentary agrarian societies in the Fertile Crescent more than 10,000 years ago. Identifying genetic modifications underlying wheat's domestication requires knowledge about the genome of its allo-tetraploid progenitor, wild emmer (T. turgidum ssp. dicoccoides). We report a 10.1-gigabase assembly of the 14 chromosomes of wild tetraploid wheat, as well as analyses of gene content, genome architecture, and genetic diversity. With this fully assembled polyploid wheat genome, we identified the causal mutations in Brittle Rachis 1 (TtBtr1) genes controlling shattering, a key domestication trait. A study of genomic diversity among wild and domesticated accessions revealed genomic regions bearing the signature of selection under domestication. This reference assembly will serve as a resource for accelerating the genome-assisted improvement of modern wheat varieties.
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Supplementary file S1: The analysis of homoeology between the A and B sub-genomes - Download Excel
Supplementary file S2: The full-length LTR-transposon insertion data - Download Excel
Supplementary file S3: The sliding window-based estimates of genetic diversity in the populations of wild and domesticated emmer wheat - Download Excel
Supplementary file S4: Outlier regions from the sliding window-based analyses of genetic diversity - Download Excel
Supplementary file S5: The list of long ( ≥200 bp) non-coding transcripts - Download zip (Zipped BED format tab-delimited text file.)
Supplementary file S6: Scaffold locations on WEW pseudomolecules - Download Excel
Supplementary file S7: Summary report of assembly errors identified by read remapping analysis - Download zip (Tab delimited text file)
Funding
USDA-NIFA: 2016-67013-24473
Israel Science Foundation: 999/12
Israel Science Foundation: 1824/12
Israel Science Foundation: 322/15
German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development: I-1212-315.13
United States - Israel Binational Science Foundation: 2013396
United States - Israel Binational Science Foundation: 2015409
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung: 0314000
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung: 0315954
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung: 031A536
Genome Canada: CTAG2 project
United States Agency for International Development: M34-037
Tel Aviv University: Manna Center Program for Food Safety and Security
University of Minnesota: Lieberman-Okinow endowment
Weizmann Institute of Science: Charles and Tillie Lubin Center for Plant Biotechnology
History
Data contact name
Distelfeld, AssafData contact email
adistelfe@univ.haifa.ac.ilPublisher
ScienceIntended use
This reference assembly will serve as a resource for accelerating the genome-assisted improvement of modern wheat varieties.Temporal Extent Start Date
2017-01-01Theme
- Not specified
Geographic Coverage
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- biota
- farming
National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms
Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccoides; wheat; evolution; domestication; crops; genetic engineering; allopolyploidy; chromosomes; tetraploidy; genes; genetic variation; mutation; genomics; genome assembly; diet; crossing; grain crops; genotype; Triticum turgidum subsp. dicocconPrimary article PubAg Handle
Pending citation
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Public Access Level
- Public