Evolutionary relationships in the Sativa group of Oryza based on isozyme data.docVIP

Evolutionary relationships in the Sativa group of Oryza based on isozyme data * Present address : Unite de Biologie des Populations et des Peuplements C.N.R.S., Centre ? Louis Emberger ?, B.P. 5051 F 34033 Montpellier Cedex wild and weedy species of the Sativa group of Oryza were studied for their isozyme polymorphism at 24 loci for 181 plants, each taken in a different population, the total representing the entire area of pan-tropical average multivariate analysis of the data on an individual strain basis showed several important discrepancies with taxonomy based on morphological characters. In particular, the Australian form was largely divergent each from South Asian form although many intermediates existed. The South Asian form of possible to distinguish the a O. rufipogon was the most variable of all although it was annual from the perennial life forms at the isozyme level. The genetic distances in 2 by 2 strain comparisons were analysed within Large values of Nei’s genetic distances groups or (up to 1.26) and large proportions of loci with no allele in common (up to 9 out of 24) found between groups. The closest relationships of the 3 basic isozyme patterns of, indica, japonica and glaberrima cultivated rice were found with South Asian O. rufipogon, It was concluded that the Sativa O. longistaminata and O. brevili- respectively. - was composed of 2 species endemic to Africa - and a complex species O. rufipogon with South Asian, Chinese, New Guinean, Australian and American geographic forms. How such differentiation has occurred was discussed in relation to : 1) the major tectonic and climatic events in the Old World over the past 15 million years ; 2) the independent domestication of rice in South Asia, China and Africa ; 3) the role played by man in carrying seeds across geographic barriers and in disturbing primitive habitats. Les espèces sauvages et adventices du groupe Sati