Advances in Molecular Genetics of Reproductive Isolation in Rice

Reproductive isolation (RI) refers to the phenomena that different populations cannot mate to produce offsprings under natural conditions, or the produced offsprings cannot survive or are sterile. It plays an important role in speciation and maintaining species stability, and is the core scientific...

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Main Authors: Shunmei LI, Zihan ZHENG, Ruiying LIU, Hongze GUO, Lin ZHENG, Yongyao XIE
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Published: Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences 2024-10-01
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author Shunmei LI
Zihan ZHENG
Ruiying LIU
Hongze GUO
Lin ZHENG
Yongyao XIE
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Ruiying LIU
Hongze GUO
Lin ZHENG
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description Reproductive isolation (RI) refers to the phenomena that different populations cannot mate to produce offsprings under natural conditions, or the produced offsprings cannot survive or are sterile. It plays an important role in speciation and maintaining species stability, and is the core scientific issue of evolutionary biology. There are extensive interspecific and intersubspecific RI in rice, which is an ideal model to study RI. Additionally, interspecific and intersubspecific hybrids display strong heterosis in rice due to the distant genetic relationship, but they suffer from serious RI which restricts the effective utilization of distant heterosis. The scientists have made great progress in cloning the causal genes and expounding the molecular genetic basis of RI in rice, which not only deepen our theoretical understanding of the rice evolutionary biology, but also greatly promote the development of distant hybrid rice breeding. To date, more than 60 RI loci have been identified, and the related genes of 15 RI loci have been cloned in rice. The scientists have proposed five molecular genetic models of RI in rice, including one-locus killer-protector model, one-locus killer-target model, one-locus sporophytic interaction model, two-locus duplicate gametic lethal model and two-locus sporophytic interaction model. According to these findings, several strategies and methods such as developing wide compatibility lines, breeding intersubspecific introgression rice and establishing artificial hybrid compatible lines by genome editing have been proposed to overcome RI in rice. Based on the rice model, this review summarizes the advances of RI in rice, including RI types, molecular genetic basis and overcoming strategies, and provides a forward-looking perspective on the development trend and challenges in the field of rice RI, with an aim to provide ideas and references for further study of molecular genetic mechanism of plant RI and distant crop hybrid breeding.
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spelling doaj-art-354a55b81cb74da3b4452d60ed8a3a562025-01-04T07:39:37ZengGuangdong Academy of Agricultural SciencesGuangdong nongye kexue1004-874X2024-10-01511012413610.16768/j.issn.1004-874X.2024.10.012202410012Advances in Molecular Genetics of Reproductive Isolation in RiceShunmei LI0Zihan ZHENG1Ruiying LIU2Hongze GUO3Lin ZHENG4Yongyao XIE5College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University / State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangzhou 510642, ChinaCollege of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University / State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangzhou 510642, ChinaCollege of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University / State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangzhou 510642, ChinaCollege of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University / State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangzhou 510642, ChinaCollege of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University / State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangzhou 510642, ChinaCollege of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University / State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, Guangzhou 510642, ChinaReproductive isolation (RI) refers to the phenomena that different populations cannot mate to produce offsprings under natural conditions, or the produced offsprings cannot survive or are sterile. It plays an important role in speciation and maintaining species stability, and is the core scientific issue of evolutionary biology. There are extensive interspecific and intersubspecific RI in rice, which is an ideal model to study RI. Additionally, interspecific and intersubspecific hybrids display strong heterosis in rice due to the distant genetic relationship, but they suffer from serious RI which restricts the effective utilization of distant heterosis. The scientists have made great progress in cloning the causal genes and expounding the molecular genetic basis of RI in rice, which not only deepen our theoretical understanding of the rice evolutionary biology, but also greatly promote the development of distant hybrid rice breeding. To date, more than 60 RI loci have been identified, and the related genes of 15 RI loci have been cloned in rice. The scientists have proposed five molecular genetic models of RI in rice, including one-locus killer-protector model, one-locus killer-target model, one-locus sporophytic interaction model, two-locus duplicate gametic lethal model and two-locus sporophytic interaction model. According to these findings, several strategies and methods such as developing wide compatibility lines, breeding intersubspecific introgression rice and establishing artificial hybrid compatible lines by genome editing have been proposed to overcome RI in rice. Based on the rice model, this review summarizes the advances of RI in rice, including RI types, molecular genetic basis and overcoming strategies, and provides a forward-looking perspective on the development trend and challenges in the field of rice RI, with an aim to provide ideas and references for further study of molecular genetic mechanism of plant RI and distant crop hybrid breeding.http://gdnykx.cnjournals.org/gdnykx/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=202410012riceprezygotic reproductive isolationpostzygotic reproductive isolationhybrid sterilityhybrid breakdownmolecular genetic basis
spellingShingle Shunmei LI
Zihan ZHENG
Ruiying LIU
Hongze GUO
Lin ZHENG
Yongyao XIE
Advances in Molecular Genetics of Reproductive Isolation in Rice
Guangdong nongye kexue
rice
prezygotic reproductive isolation
postzygotic reproductive isolation
hybrid sterility
hybrid breakdown
molecular genetic basis
title Advances in Molecular Genetics of Reproductive Isolation in Rice
title_full Advances in Molecular Genetics of Reproductive Isolation in Rice
title_fullStr Advances in Molecular Genetics of Reproductive Isolation in Rice
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title_short Advances in Molecular Genetics of Reproductive Isolation in Rice
title_sort advances in molecular genetics of reproductive isolation in rice
topic rice
prezygotic reproductive isolation
postzygotic reproductive isolation
hybrid sterility
hybrid breakdown
molecular genetic basis
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