@article{fdi:010055805,
  title = {{E}volutionary history of pearl millet ({P}ennisetum glaucum [{L}.] {R}. {B}r.) and selection on flowering genes since its domestication},
  author = {{C}lotault, {J}. and {T}huillet, {A}nne-{C}{\'e}line and {B}uiron, {M}arylene and {D}e {M}ita, {S}t{\'e}phane and {C}ouderc, {M}arie and {H}aussmann, {B}. {I}. {G}. and {M}ariac, {C}{\'e}dric and {V}igouroux, {Y}ves},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he plant domestication process is associated with considerable modifications of plant phenotype. {T}he identification of the genetic basis of this adaptation is of great interest for evolutionary biology. {O}ne of the methods used to identify such genes is the detection of signatures of selection. {H}owever, domestication is generally associated with major demographic effects. {I}t is therefore crucial to disentangle the effects of demography and selection on diversity. {I}n this study, we investigated selection in a flowering time pathway during domestication of pearl millet. {W}e first used a random set of 20 genes to model pearl millet domestication using approximate {B}ayesian computation. {T}his analysis showed that a model with exponential growth and wild-cultivated gene flow was well supported by our data set. {U}nder this model, the domestication date of pearl millet is estimated at around 4,800 years ago. {W}e assessed selection in 15 pearl millet {DNA} sequences homologous to flowering time genes and showed that these genes underwent selection more frequently than expected. {W}e highlighted significant signatures of selection in six pearl millet flowering time genes associated with domestication or improvement of pearl millet. {M}oreover, higher deviations from neutrality were found for circadian clock-associated genes. {O}ur study provides new insights into the domestication process of pearl millet and shows that a category of genes of the flowering pathway were preferentially selected during pearl millet domestication.},
  keywords = {domestication bottleneck ; adaptation ; flowering time ; signatures of selection ; approximate {B}ayesian computation ; pearl millet},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}olecular {B}iology and {E}volution},
  volume = {29},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {1199--1212},
  ISSN = {0737-4038},
  year = {2012},
  DOI = {10.1093/molbev/msr287},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010055805},
}