Genomic signature of adaptation in maize landraces

The tremendous amount of genetic diversity in landraces has been the building blocks for the sueeess in breeding maize as one the most important food resources. The extremely broad adaptability shown during maize domestication, growing in areas ranging from almost sea level to 2,800 meter highland f...

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Autores:
González García, Laura Natalia
Tipo de recurso:
Fecha de publicación:
2015
Institución:
Universidad de los Andes
Repositorio:
Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/13333
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/1992/13333
Palabra clave:
Maíz - Investigaciones
Genética vegetal - Investigaciones
Biología
Rights
openAccess
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Summary:The tremendous amount of genetic diversity in landraces has been the building blocks for the sueeess in breeding maize as one the most important food resources. The extremely broad adaptability shown during maize domestication, growing in areas ranging from almost sea level to 2,800 meter highland fields, is the result of the interplay between genomie variation and natural selection. Genetie charaeterization of maize landraces does not only provide the gateway to understand important genetic factors in adaptation, but also help to uncover these under-used, yet desirable genetic variants for the anticipated agricultural and climate challenge. Using next- generation sequencing technologies, this study is aimed to understand the genomie composition of maize landraees, identify regions in the genome responsible for genetie adaptation during domestication; and, finally, to mine pre-adapted, breeding potential genes according to mega environment clasification to maize landrace accessions