Journal
NEW PHYTOLOGIST
Volume 190, Issue 4, Pages 1032-1044Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03648.x
Keywords
Asr (ABA; water stress; ripening induced); gene families; local adaptation; tandem array; wild tomatoes
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- German Research Foundation [STE 325/9]
- Graduiertenforderung nach dem Bayerischen Eliteforderungsgesetz
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P>Wild tomato species are a valuable system in which to study local adaptation to drought: they grow in diverse environments ranging from mesic to extremely arid conditions. Here, we investigate the evolution of members of the Asr (ABA/water stress/ripening induced) gene family, which have been reported to be involved in the water stress response. We analysed molecular variation in the Asr gene family in populations of two closely related species, Solanum chilense and Solanum peruvianum. We concluded that Asr1 has evolved under strong purifying selection. In contrast to previous reports, we did not detect evidence for positive selection at Asr2. However, Asr4 shows patterns consistent with local adaptation in an S. chilense population that lives in an extremely dry environment. We also discovered a new member of the gene family, Asr5. Our results show that the Asr genes constitute a dynamic gene family and provide an excellent example of tandemly arrayed genes that are of importance in adaptation. Taking the potential distribution of the species into account, it appears that S. peruvianum can cope with a great variety of environmental conditions without undergoing local adaptation, whereas S. chilense undergoes local adaptation more frequently.
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