The effects of artificial selection on the maize genome.

@article{citeulike:411236, abstract = {Domestication promotes rapid phenotypic evolution through artificial selection. We investigated the genetic history by which the wild grass teosinte (Zea mays ssp. parviglumis) was domesticated into modern maize (Z. mays ssp. mays). Analysis of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in 774 genes indicates that 2 to 4\% of these genes experienced artificial selection. The remaining genes retain evidence of a population bottleneck associated with domestication. Candidate selected genes with putative function in plant growth are clustered near quantitative trait loci that contribute to phenotypic differences between maize and teosinte. If we assume that our sample of genes is representative, approximately 1200 genes throughout the maize genome have been affected by artificial selection.}, address = {Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.}, author = {Wright, S. I. and Bi, I. V. and Schroeder, S. G. and Yamasaki, M. and Doebley, J. F. and McMullen, M. D. and Gaut, B. S.}, citeulike-article-id = {411236}, doi = {10.1126/science.1107891}, issn = {1095-9203}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {disequilibrium\_linkage, plants}, month = {May}, number = {5726}, pages = {1310--1314}, posted-at = {2005-11-29 14:48:06}, priority = {5}, title = {The effects of artificial selection on the maize genome.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1107891}, volume = {308}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:411236 L3 - citeulike-article-id:411236 N2 - Domestication promotes rapid phenotypic evolution through artificial selection. We investigated the genetic history by which the wild grass teosinte (Zea mays ssp. parviglumis) was domesticated into modern maize (Z. mays ssp. mays). Analysis of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in 774 genes indicates that 2 to 4% of these genes experienced artificial selection. The remaining genes retain evidence of a population bottleneck associated with domestication. Candidate selected genes with putative function in plant growth are clustered near quantitative trait loci that contribute to phenotypic differences between maize and teosinte. If we assume that our sample of genes is representative, approximately 1200 genes throughout the maize genome have been affected by artificial selection. IS - 5726 JF - Science SN - 1095-9203 AD - Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA. EP - 1314 TI - The effects of artificial selection on the maize genome. VL - 308 SP - 1310 KW - disequilibrium_linkage KW - plants AU - Wright, SI AU - Bi, IV AU - Schroeder, SG AU - Yamasaki, M AU - Doebley, JF AU - McMullen, MD AU - Gaut, BS PY - 2005/05/27/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1107891 ER -