Fast diffusion of domesticated maize to temperate zones

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Li, Xiaolong

作者： Li, Xiaolong;Jian, Yinqiao;Xie, Chuanxiao;Xu, Yunbi;Zou, Cheng;Xu, Yunbi;Li, Xiaolong;Wu, Jun

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期刊名称：SCIENTIFIC REPORTS （ 影响因子：4.379； 五年影响因子：5.133 ）

ISSN： 2045-2322

年卷期： 2017 年 7 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Adaptation to a temperate climate was a prerequisite for the spread of maize across a broad geographical range. To explicitly explore the demographic process underlying maize adaptation, we used a diffusion-based method to model the differentiation between temperate and tropical populations using the Non-Stiff Stalk group as a proxy for temperate maize. Based on multiple sequential Markovian coalescent approaches, we estimate that tropical and temperate maize diverged approximately 3,000 to 5,000 years ago and the population size shrank after the split. Using composite likelihood approaches, we identified a distinct tropical-temperate divergence event initiated 4,958 years ago (95% confidence interval (CI): 4,877-5,039) from an ancestral population whose effective size was 24,162 (95% CI: 23,914-24,409). We found that continuous gene flow between tropical and temperate maize accompanied the differentiation of temperate maize. Long identical-by-descent tracts shared by tropical and temperate inbred lines have been identified, which might be the result of gene flow between tropical and temperate maize or artificial selection during domestication and crop improvement. Understanding the demographic history of maize diffusion not only provides evidence for population dynamics of maize, but will also assist the identification of regions under selection and the genetic basis of complex traits of agronomic importance.

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