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Genetics and Genomics

University of Massachusetts Amherst

2010

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Genomic Patterns Of Nucleotide Diversity In Divergent Populations Of U.S. Weedy Rice, Michael Reagon, Carrie Thurber, Brian Gross, Kenneth Olsen, Yulin Jia, Ana Caicedo Jun 2010

Genomic Patterns Of Nucleotide Diversity In Divergent Populations Of U.S. Weedy Rice, Michael Reagon, Carrie Thurber, Brian Gross, Kenneth Olsen, Yulin Jia, Ana Caicedo

Biology Department Faculty Publication Series

Background: Weedy rice (red rice), a conspecific weed of cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.), is a significant problem throughout the world and an emerging threat in regions where it was previously absent. Despite belonging to the same species complex as domesticated rice and its wild relatives, the evolutionary origins of weedy rice remain unclear. We use genome-wide patterns of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) variation in a broad geographic sample of weedy, domesticated, and wild Oryza samples to infer the origin and demographic processes influencing U.S. weedy rice evolution. Results: We find greater population structure than has been previously reported for …


Genomic Patterns Of Nucleotide Diversity In Divergent Populations Of U.S. Weedy Rice, Michael Reagon, Carrie S. Thurber, Brian L. Gross, Kenneth M. Olsen, Yulin Jia, Ana Lucia Caicedo Jun 2010

Genomic Patterns Of Nucleotide Diversity In Divergent Populations Of U.S. Weedy Rice, Michael Reagon, Carrie S. Thurber, Brian L. Gross, Kenneth M. Olsen, Yulin Jia, Ana Lucia Caicedo

Ana Lucia Caicedo

Background: Weedy rice (red rice), a conspecific weed of cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.), is a significant problem throughout the world and an emerging threat in regions where it was previously absent. Despite belonging to the same species complex as domesticated rice and its wild relatives, the evolutionary origins of weedy rice remain unclear. We use genome-wide patterns of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) variation in a broad geographic sample of weedy, domesticated, and wild Oryza samples to infer the origin and demographic processes influencing U.S. weedy rice evolution. Results: We find greater population structure than has been previously reported for …