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Genome evolution in the genus Sorghum (Poaceae)

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Price, H. J., Dillon, S. L., Hodnett, G., Rooney, W. L., Ross, L. and Johnston, J. S. (2005) Genome evolution in the genus Sorghum (Poaceae). Annals of botany, 95 (1). pp. 219-227. ISSN 0305-73641095-8290

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Article Link: https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mci015

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The roles of variation in DNA content in plant evolution and adaptation remain a major biological enigma. Chromosome number and 2C DNA content were determined for 21 of the 25 species of the genus Sorghum and analysed from a phylogenetic perspective. METHODS: DNA content was determined by flow cytometry. A Sorghum phylogeny was constructed based on combined nuclear ITS and chloroplast ndhF DNA sequences. KEY RESULTS: Chromosome counts (2n = 10, 20, 30, 40) were, with few exceptions, concordant with published numbers. New chromosome numbers were obtained for S. amplum (2n = 30) and S. leiocladum (2n = 10). 2C DNA content varies 8.1-fold (1.27-10.30 pg) among the 21 Sorghum species. 2C DNA content varies 3.6-fold from 1.27 pg to 4.60 pg among the 2n = 10 species and 5.8-fold (1.52-8.79 pg) among the 2n = 20 species. The x = 5 genome size varies over an 8.8-fold range from 0.26 pg to 2.30 pg. The mean 2C DNA content of perennial species (6.20 pg) is significantly greater than the mean (2.92 pg) of the annuals. Among the 21 species studied, the mean x = 5 genome size of annuals (1.15 pg) and of perennials (1.29 pg) is not significantly different. Statistical analysis of Australian species showed: (a) mean 2C DNA content of annual (2.89 pg) and perennial (7.73 pg) species is significantly different; (b) mean x = 5 genome size of perennials (1.66 pg) is significantly greater than that of the annuals (1.09 pg); (c) the mean maximum latitude at which perennial species grow (-25.4 degrees) is significantly greater than the mean maximum latitude (-17.6) at which annual species grow. CONCLUSIONS: The DNA sequence phylogeny splits Sorghum into two lineages, one comprising the 2n = 10 species with large genomes and their polyploid relatives, and the other with the 2n = 20, 40 species with relatively small genomes. An apparent phylogenetic reduction in genome size has occurred in the 2n = 10 lineage. Genome size evolution in the genus Sorghum apparently did not involve a 'one way ticket to genomic obesity' as has been proposed for the grasses.

Item Type:Article
Business groups:Crop and Food Science
Additional Information:Open access pdf attached
Keywords:Cell Nucleus/genetics Chromosomes, Plant DNA, Plant/analysis/genetics *Evolution, Molecular *Genome, Plant Karyotyping Phylogeny Sorghum/classification/*genetics
Subjects:Science > Botany > Genetics
Plant culture > Field crops
Plant culture > Field crops > Sorghum
Live Archive:15 Oct 2020 02:14
Last Modified:13 Feb 2024 04:28

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