Pervasive hybridizations in the history of wheat relatives.

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Glémin S, Scornavacca C, Dainat J, Burgarella C, Viader V, Ardisson M, Sarah G, Santoni S, David J, Ranwez V

Sci Adv 5 (5) eaav9188 [2019-05-00; online 2019-05-01]

Cultivated wheats are derived from an intricate history of three genomes, A, B, and D, present in both diploid and polyploid species. It was recently proposed that the D genome originated from an ancient hybridization between the A and B lineages. However, this result has been questioned, and a robust phylogeny of wheat relatives is still lacking. Using transcriptome data from all diploid species and a new methodological approach, our comprehensive phylogenomic analysis revealed that more than half of the species descend from an ancient hybridization event but with a more complex scenario involving a different parent than previously thought- Aegilops mutica, an overlooked wild species-instead of the B genome. We also detected other extensive gene flow events that could explain long-standing controversies in the classification of wheat relatives.

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PubMed 31049399

DOI 10.1126/sciadv.aav9188

Crossref 10.1126/sciadv.aav9188

pii: aav9188
pmc: PMC6494498