Table 3 Tissues and genes that showed higher variation as a result of wheat and rice diversification
Tissue or treatment | No. of genes* | Function controlled by gene |
|---|---|---|
Root | 16 (6) | Signal response related to environmental stress (2 genes) |
| Â | Â | Redox in response to stimuli (2 genes) |
| Â | Â | Transcription factors regulated by stress (2 genes) |
Spike at booting stage | 12 (4) | Lipid-related proteins modulated in developing seeds (2 genes) |
| Â | Â | Redox in photosynthesis and respiration (2 genes) |
Spike at flowering | 15 (11) | Stress related (4 genes) |
| Â | Â | Nucleic acid binding protein (2 genes) |
| Â | Â | Signal transduction (1 gene) |
| Â | Â | Epigenetic regulation (1 gene) |
| Â | Â | Tissue or stage specific proteins (2 genes) |
| Â | Â | Proteinase inhibitor (1 gene) |
Seed at 30 DPA** | 16 (10) | Plant stress defense proteins (6 genes) |
| Â | Â | Stress-response proteins expressed during seed maturation (3 genes) |
| Â | Â | Tissue or stage specific protein (1 gene) |
Seedling with cold treatment | 9 (4) | Stress related (2 genes) |
| Â | Â | Polysaccharide-related protein (1 gene) |
| Â | Â | Lipid-related protein (1 gene) |
Desiccated seedling | 9 (4) | Chaperon (1 gene) |
| Â | Â | Stress related (1 gene) |
| Â | Â | Senescence related (1 gene) |
| Â | Â | Photosystem II related (1 gene) |
Ubiquitous*** | 25 (25) | Ubiquitin, tubulin subunits, proteasome subunits, histones, translation-related proteins, signal transduction-related protein ATPase |