Alteration of flavonoid pigmentation patterns during domestication of food crops
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of experimental botany. - 1985. - 70(2019), 15 vom: 07. Aug., Seite 3719-3735 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2019
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Journal of experimental botany |
| Schlagworte: | Journal Article Cultural selection flavonoid pigments food crops genetic linkage health-promoting products pigmentation patterns plant domestication pleiotropy Flavonoids |
| Zusammenfassung: | © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Experimental Biology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissionsoup.com. Flavonoids are plant pigments that provide health benefits for human and animal consumers. Understanding why domesticated crops have altered pigmentation patterns and unraveling the molecular/genetic mechanisms that underlie this will facilitate the breeding of new (healthier) varieties. We present an overview of changes in flavonoid pigmentation patterns that have occurred during crop domestication and, where possible, link them to the molecular changes that brought about the new phenotypes. We consider species that lost flavonoid pigmentation in the edible part of the plant at some point during domestication (like cereals). We also consider the converse situation, for example eggplant (aubergine), which instead gained strong anthocyanin accumulation in the skin of the fruit during domestication, and some varieties of citrus and apple that acquired anthocyanins in the fruit flesh. Interestingly, the genes responsible for such changes are sometimes closely linked to, or have pleiotropic effects on, important domestication genes, suggesting accidental and perhaps inevitable changes of anthocyanin patterning during domestication. In other cases, flavonoid pigmentation patterns in domesticated crops are the result of cultural preferences, with examples being found in varieties of citrus, barley, wheat, and maize. Finally, and more recently, in some species, anthocyanins seem to have been the direct target of selection in a second wave of domestication that followed the introduction of industrial food processing |
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| Beschreibung: | Date Completed 20.07.2020 Date Revised 20.07.2020 published: Print Citation Status MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1460-2431 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jxb/erz141 |