Genome-wide signatures of the geographic expansion and breeding of soybean

Ying Hui Li, Chao Qin, Li Wang, Chengzhi Jiao, Huilong Hong, Yu Tian, Yanfei Li, Guangnan Xing, Jun Wang, Yongzhe Gu, Xingpeng Gao, Delin Li, Hongyu Li, Zhangxiong Liu, Xin Jing, Beibei Feng, Tao Zhao, Rongxia Guan, Yong Guo, Jun LiuZhe Yan, Lijuan Zhang, Tianli Ge, Xiangkong Li, Xiaobo Wang, Hongmei Qiu, Wanhai Zhang, Xiaoyan Luan, Yingpeng Han, Dezhi Han, Ruzhen Chang, Yalong Guo, Jochen C. Reif, Scott A. Jackson, Bin Liu, Shilin Tian, Li juan Qiu

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Abstract

Soybean is a leguminous crop that provides oil and protein. Exploring the genomic signatures of soybean evolution is crucial for breeding varieties with improved adaptability to environmental extremes. We analyzed the genome sequences of 2,214 soybeans and proposed a soybean evolutionary route, i.e., the expansion of annual wild soybean (Glycine soja Sieb. & Zucc.) from southern China and its domestication in central China, followed by the expansion and local breeding selection of its landraces (G. max (L.) Merr.). We observed that the genetic introgression in soybean landraces was mostly derived from sympatric rather than allopatric wild populations during the geographic expansion. Soybean expansion and breeding were accompanied by the positive selection of flowering time genes, including GmSPA3c. Our study sheds light on the evolutionary history of soybean and provides valuable genetic resources for its future breeding.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)350-365
Number of pages16
JournalScience China Life Sciences
Volume66
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2023
Externally publishedYes

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© 2022, Science China Press and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.

Keywords

  • adaptation
  • breeding
  • flowering time
  • introgression
  • soybean

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • General Environmental Science
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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