Article
A small XY chromosomal region explains sex determination in wild dioecious V. vinifera and the reversal to hermaphroditism in domesticated grapevines.
BMC plant biology - 3 Sept 2014
Picq Sandrine, Santoni Sylvain, Lacombe Thierry, Latreille Muriel, Weber Audrey, Ardisson Morgane, Ivorra Sarah, Maghradze David, Arroyo-Garcia Rosa, Chatelet Philippe, This Patrice, Terral Jean-Frédéric, Bacilieri Roberto
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In Vitis vinifera L., domestication induced a dramatic change in flower morphology: the wild sylvestris subspecies is dioecious while hermaphroditism is largely predominant in the domesticated subsp. V. v. vinifera. The characterisation of polymorphisms in genes underlying the sex-determining chromosomal region may help clarify the history of domestication in grapevine and the evolution of sex...
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