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@article{WOS:001155349700001,

title = {Dynamic Phytomeric Growth Contributes to Local Adaptation in Barley},

author = {Yongyu Huang and Andreas Maurer and Ricardo F. H. Giehl and Shuangshuang Zhao and Guy Golan and Venkatasubbu Thirulogachandar and Guoliang Li and Yusheng Zhao and Corinna Trautewig and Axel Himmelbach and Andreas Boerner and Murukarthick Jayakodi and Nils Stein and Martin Mascher and Klaus Pillen and Thorsten Schnurbusch},

doi = {10.1093/molbev/msae011},

issn = {0737-4038},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-02-01},

urldate = {2024-02-01},

journal = {MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION},

volume = {41},

number = {2},

abstract = {Vascular plants have segmented body axes with iterative nodes and 

 internodes. Appropriate node initiation and internode elongation are 

 fundamental to plant fitness and crop yield; however, how these events 

 are spatiotemporally coordinated remains elusive. We show that in barley 

 (Hordeum vulgare L.), selections during domestication have extended the 

 apical meristematic phase to promote node initiation, but constrained 

 subsequent internode elongation. In both vegetative and reproductive 

 phases, internode elongation displays a dynamic proximal-distal 

 gradient, and among subpopulations of domesticated barleys worldwide, 

 node initiation and proximal internode elongation are associated with 

 latitudinal and longitudinal gradients, respectively. Genetic and 

 functional analyses suggest that, in addition to their converging roles 

 in node initiation, flowering-time genes have been repurposed to specify 

 the timing and duration of internode elongation. Our study provides an 

 integrated view of barley node initiation and internode elongation and 

 suggests that plant architecture should be recognized as a collection of 

 dynamic phytomeric units in the context of crop adaptive evolution.},

keywords = {Adaptation, Elongation, Flowering-time genes, Initiation phytomers},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}