Am. J. Bot.
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
 QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     


This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via ISI Web of Science (4)
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Burger, J. C.
Right arrow Articles by Burke, J. M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Burger, J. C.
Right arrow Articles by Burke, J. M.
Agricola
Right arrow Articles by Burger, J. C.
Right arrow Articles by Burke, J. M.
(American Journal of Botany. 2008;95:113-122.)
© 2008 Botanical Society of America, Inc.


Invited Special Paper

Molecular insights into the evolution of crop plants1

Jutta C. Burger, Mark A. Chapman and John M. Burke2

Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602 USA

ABSTRACT

The domestication and improvement of crop plants have long fascinated evolutionary biologists, geneticists, and anthropologists. In recent years, the development of increasingly powerful molecular and statistical tools has reinvigorated this now fast-paced field of research. In this paper, we provide an overview of how such tools have been applied to the study of crop evolution. We also highlight lessons that have been learned in light of a few long-standing and interrelated hypotheses concerning the origins of crop plants and the nature of the genetic changes underlying their evolution. We conclude by discussing compelling evolutionary genomic approaches that make possible the efficient and unbiased identification of genes controlling crop-related traits and provide further insight into the actual timing of selection on particular genomic regions.

Key Words: association mapping • crop improvement • crop origins • domestication genes • genetic architecture • genome scans • QTL mapping




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
Am. J. Bot.Home page
A. Aguilar-Melendez, P. L. Morrell, M. L. Roose, and S.-C. Kim
Genetic diversity and structure in semiwild and domesticated chiles (Capsicum annuum; Solanaceae) from Mexico
Am. J. Botany, June 1, 2009; 96(6): 1190 - 1202.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
Plant Physiol.Home page
T. Sang
Genes and Mutations Underlying Domestication Transitions in Grasses
Plant Physiology, January 1, 2009; 149(1): 63 - 70.
[Full Text] [PDF]




HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 2008 by the Botanical Society of America, Inc.