Journal article
Authors list: Kang, Lei; Qian, Lunwen; Zheng, Ming; Chen, Liyang; Chen, Hao; Yang, Liu; You, Liang; Yang, Bin; Yan, Mingli; Gu, Yuanguo; Wang, Tianyi; Schiessl, Sarah-Veronica; An, Hong; Blischak, Paul; Liu, Xianjun; Lu, Hongfeng; Zhang, Dawei; Rao, Yong; Jia, Donghai; Zhou, Dinggang; Xiao, Huagui; Wang, Yonggang; Xiong, Xinghua; Mason, Annaliese S.; Pires, J. Chris; Snowdon, Rod J.; Hua, Wei; Liu, Zhongsong
Publication year: 2021
Pages: 1392-1402
Journal: Nature Genetics
Volume number: 53
Issue number: 9
ISSN: 1061-4036
eISSN: 1546-1718
Open access status: Hybrid
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-021-00922-y
Publisher: Nature Research
Despite early domestication around 3000 BC, the evolutionary history of the ancient allotetraploid species Brassica juncea (L.) Czern & Coss remains uncertain. Here, we report a chromosome-scale de novo assembly of a yellow-seeded B. juncea genome by integrating long-read and short-read sequencing, optical mapping and Hi-C technologies. Nuclear and organelle phylogenies of 480 accessions worldwide supported that B. juncea is most likely a single origin in West Asia, 8,000-14,000 years ago, via natural interspecific hybridization. Subsequently, new crop types evolved through spontaneous gene mutations and introgressions along three independent routes of eastward expansion. Selective sweeps, genome-wide trait associations and tissue-specific RNA-sequencing analysis shed light on the domestication history of flowering time and seed weight, and on human selection for morphological diversification in this versatile species. Our data provide a comprehensive insight into the origin and domestication and a foundation for genomics-based breeding of B. juncea.
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Harvard Citation style: Kang, L., Qian, L., Zheng, M., Chen, L., Chen, H., Yang, L., et al. (2021) Genomic insights into the origin, domestication and diversification of Brassica juncea, Nature Genetics, 53(9), pp. 1392-1402. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-021-00922-y
APA Citation style: Kang, L., Qian, L., Zheng, M., Chen, L., Chen, H., Yang, L., You, L., Yang, B., Yan, M., Gu, Y., Wang, T., Schiessl, S., An, H., Blischak, P., Liu, X., Lu, H., Zhang, D., Rao, Y., Jia, D., ...Liu, Z. (2021). Genomic insights into the origin, domestication and diversification of Brassica juncea. Nature Genetics. 53(9), 1392-1402. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-021-00922-y
