TY - JOUR
T1 - The genomes of 204 Vitis vinifera accessions reveal the origin of European wine grapes.
AU - Magris, Gabriele
AU - Jurman, Irena
AU - Fornasiero, Alice
AU - Paparelli, Eleonora
AU - Schwope, Rachel
AU - Marroni, Fabio
AU - Di Gaspero, Gabriele
AU - Morgante, Michele
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2022-01-27
Acknowledgements: We thank the grape germplasm repositories of Consiglio per la Ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’Economia Agraria (CREA), Italy; Institut national de la recherche agrono-mique (INRA), Unité Expérimentale du Domaine de Vassal, France; Julius Kuhn Institute, Germany; Kmetijsko Gozdarski Zavod Nova Gorica, Slovenia; and Vivai Cooperativi Rauscedo (VCR) Research Center, Italy, Italy for plant material. We also thank Goran Zdunić and Andrey Zvyagin for sharing DNA samples; Paolo Sivilotti for discussions on the variety Berzamino, Andrea Bertoli, Mara Miculan and Nicoletta Felice for DNA and RNA library preparation. This work was supported by FP7–IDEAS–ERC “Novabreed” (grant agreement no. 294780, M.M.), by the Italian Ministry of Agriculture (project Vigneto, M.M.), and by the European Regional Development Fund, Interreg Italy–Slovenia Programme 2007–2013 (grant no 081-3/2011, project VISO, G.D.G.).
PY - 2021/12/21
Y1 - 2021/12/21
N2 - In order to elucidate the still controversial processes that originated European wine grapes from its wild progenitor, here we analyse 204 genomes of Vitis vinifera and show that all analyses support a single domestication event that occurred in Western Asia and was followed by numerous and pervasive introgressions from European wild populations. This admixture generated the so-called international wine grapes that have diffused from Alpine countries worldwide. Across Europe, marked differences in genomic diversity are observed in local varieties that are traditionally cultivated in different wine producing countries, with Italy and France showing the largest diversity. Three genomic regions of reduced genetic diversity are observed, presumably as a consequence of artificial selection. In the lowest diversity region, two candidate genes that gained berry-specific expression in domesticated varieties may contribute to the change in berry size and morphology that makes the fruit attractive for human consumption and adapted for winemaking.
AB - In order to elucidate the still controversial processes that originated European wine grapes from its wild progenitor, here we analyse 204 genomes of Vitis vinifera and show that all analyses support a single domestication event that occurred in Western Asia and was followed by numerous and pervasive introgressions from European wild populations. This admixture generated the so-called international wine grapes that have diffused from Alpine countries worldwide. Across Europe, marked differences in genomic diversity are observed in local varieties that are traditionally cultivated in different wine producing countries, with Italy and France showing the largest diversity. Three genomic regions of reduced genetic diversity are observed, presumably as a consequence of artificial selection. In the lowest diversity region, two candidate genes that gained berry-specific expression in domesticated varieties may contribute to the change in berry size and morphology that makes the fruit attractive for human consumption and adapted for winemaking.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/675155
UR - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-27487-y
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85121500009&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1038/s41467-021-27487-y
DO - 10.1038/s41467-021-27487-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 34934047
SN - 2041-1723
VL - 12
JO - Nature communications
JF - Nature communications
IS - 1
ER -