Genetic diversity analysis of abiotic stress response gene TaSnRK2.7-A in common wheat

Genetica. 2011 Jun;139(6):743-53. doi: 10.1007/s10709-011-9579-8. Epub 2011 Jun 3.

Abstract

Sucrose non-fermenting1-related protein kinase 2 (SnRK2) plays a key role in plant stress signaling transduction pathways. In this study, one copy of TaSnRK2.7, a SnRK2 member of common wheat, was isolated and characterized for nucleotide diversity among 45 wheat accessions with different stress-response features. Most of the accessions were elite wheat cultivars, which had been subject to population bottlenecks and intensive selection during breeding. Nucleotide and haplotype diversity across the entire TaSnRK2.7-A region was 0.00076 and 0.590, respectively, and diversity in non-coding regions was higher than that in coding regions. Sliding-window analysis showed variable levels of nucleotide variation along the entire TaSnRK2.7-A region; the sixth intron and ninth exon represented variation-enriched regions. As predicted, neutrality tests revealed that population bottlenecks or purifying selection had acted on the TaSnRK2.7-A gene, a relatively conserved gene. Furthermore, strong linkage disequilibrium between SNP loci extends across the entire TaSnRK2.7-A region. These findings demonstrate that the TaSnRK2.7-A genomic region has evolved under extensive selection pressure during crop breeding.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • Breeding
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Genetic Loci / genetics
  • Genetic Variation*
  • Linkage Disequilibrium / genetics
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • Plant Proteins / genetics*
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / genetics
  • Selection, Genetic
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Stress, Physiological / genetics*
  • Triticum / enzymology*
  • Triticum / genetics*

Substances

  • Plant Proteins