Genomic distances reveal relationships of wild and cultivated beets
Abstract Cultivated beets (Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris), including sugar beet, rank among the most important crops. The wild ancestor of beet crops is the sea beet Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima. Species and subspecies of wild beets are readily crossable with cultivated beets and are thus available for...
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| author | Felix L. Sandell Nancy Stralis-Pavese J. Mitchell McGrath Britta Schulz Heinz Himmelbauer Juliane C. Dohm |
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| description | Abstract Cultivated beets (Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris), including sugar beet, rank among the most important crops. The wild ancestor of beet crops is the sea beet Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima. Species and subspecies of wild beets are readily crossable with cultivated beets and are thus available for crop improvement. To study genomic relationships in the genus Beta, we sequence and analyse 606 beet genomes, encompassing sugar beet, sea beet, B. v. adanensis, B. macrocarpa, and B. patula. We observe two genetically distinct groups of sea beets, one from the Atlantic coast and the other from the Mediterranean area. Genomic comparisons based on k-mers identify sea beets from Greece as the closest wild relatives of sugar beet, suggesting that domestication of the ancestors of sugar beet may be traced to this area. Our work provides comprehensive insight into the phylogeny of wild and cultivated beets and establishes a framework for classification of further accessions of unknown (sub-)species assignment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c77e11ea84c1444d81b704ed608091c62024-03-05T19:30:46ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232022-04-0113111310.1038/s41467-022-29676-9Genomic distances reveal relationships of wild and cultivated beetsFelix L. Sandell0Nancy Stralis-Pavese1J. Mitchell McGrath2Britta Schulz3Heinz Himmelbauer4Juliane C. Dohm5University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Computational BiologyUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Computational BiologyUSDA-ARS, Sugarbeet and Bean Research UnitKWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaAUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Computational BiologyUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Computational BiologyAbstract Cultivated beets (Beta vulgaris ssp. vulgaris), including sugar beet, rank among the most important crops. The wild ancestor of beet crops is the sea beet Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima. Species and subspecies of wild beets are readily crossable with cultivated beets and are thus available for crop improvement. To study genomic relationships in the genus Beta, we sequence and analyse 606 beet genomes, encompassing sugar beet, sea beet, B. v. adanensis, B. macrocarpa, and B. patula. We observe two genetically distinct groups of sea beets, one from the Atlantic coast and the other from the Mediterranean area. Genomic comparisons based on k-mers identify sea beets from Greece as the closest wild relatives of sugar beet, suggesting that domestication of the ancestors of sugar beet may be traced to this area. Our work provides comprehensive insight into the phylogeny of wild and cultivated beets and establishes a framework for classification of further accessions of unknown (sub-)species assignment.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29676-9 |
| spellingShingle | Felix L. Sandell Nancy Stralis-Pavese J. Mitchell McGrath Britta Schulz Heinz Himmelbauer Juliane C. Dohm Genomic distances reveal relationships of wild and cultivated beets Nature Communications |
| title | Genomic distances reveal relationships of wild and cultivated beets |
| title_full | Genomic distances reveal relationships of wild and cultivated beets |
| title_fullStr | Genomic distances reveal relationships of wild and cultivated beets |
| title_full_unstemmed | Genomic distances reveal relationships of wild and cultivated beets |
| title_short | Genomic distances reveal relationships of wild and cultivated beets |
| title_sort | genomic distances reveal relationships of wild and cultivated beets |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29676-9 |
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