Article
Artificial selection for a green revolution gene during japonica rice domestication.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 5 Jul 2011
Asano Kenji, Yamasaki Masanori, Takuno Shohei, Miura Kotaro, Katagiri Satoshi, Ito Tomoko, Doi Kazuyuki, Wu Jianzhong, Ebana Kaworu, Matsumoto Takashi, Innan Hideki, Kitano Hidemi, Ashikari Motoyuki, Matsuoka Makoto
Abstract excerpt
The semidwarf phenotype has been extensively selected during modern crop breeding as an agronomically important trait. Introduction of the semidwarf gene, semi-dwarf1 (sd1), which encodes a gibberellin biosynthesis enzyme, made significant contributions to the "green revolution" in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Here we report that SD1 was involved not only in modern breeding including the green revolution, but also in...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Breeding
- Crops, Agricultural
- Genes, Plant
- Genetic Speciation
- Genetic Variation
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Oryza
- Phenotype
- Phylogeny
- Plant Proteins
- Quantitative Trait Loci