Divergent evolution of rice blast resistance Pi54 locus in the genus Oryza.

Lin ZhangYusuke NakagomiTakashi EndoMika TeranishiJun HidemaShusei SatoAtsushi Higashitani

Published in: Rice (New York, N.Y.) (2018)

These results suggest that Pi54 might be derived from a tandem duplication of the ancestor #11 gene in progenitor FF-genome species. Two divergent structures of Pi54 locus caused by a mobile unit containing the nearby R-gene cluster could be developed before domestication. This study provides a potential genetic resource of rice breeding for blast resistance in modern cultivars sustainability.

Keyphrases

genome wide
copy number
dna methylation
genome wide association study
high resolution
gene expression
climate change
human health
genome wide analysis