National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
Department of Molecular Physiology, Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany.
Plant Commun. 2019 Nov 27;1(1):100010. doi: 10.1016/j.xplc.2019.100010. eCollection 2020 Jan 13.
After being domesticated from teosinte, cultivated maize ( ssp. ) spread worldwide and now is one of the most important staple crops. Due to its tremendous phenotypic and genotypic diversity, maize also becomes to be one of the most widely used model plant species for fundamental research, with many important discoveries reported by maize researchers. Here, we provide an overview of the history of maize domestication and key genes controlling major domestication-related traits, review the currently available resources for functional genomics studies in maize, and discuss the functions of most of the maize genes that have been positionally cloned and can be used for crop improvement. Finally, we provide some perspectives on future directions regarding functional genomics research and the breeding of maize and other crops.
从类蜀黍驯化而来后，栽培玉米（ssp.）传播到世界各地，现在是最重要的主食作物之一。由于其巨大的表型和基因型多样性，玉米也成为基础研究中最广泛使用的模式植物物种之一，玉米研究人员报告了许多重要的发现。在这里，我们提供了玉米驯化的历史概述和控制主要驯化相关特征的关键基因，回顾了目前在玉米功能基因组学研究中可用的资源，并讨论了大多数已被定位克隆并可用于作物改良的玉米基因的功能。最后，我们对玉米和其他作物的功能基因组学研究和育种的未来方向提供了一些看法。
