Legumes’ contributions to genetic research, a historical perspective from mendelism up to massive sequencing

  1. Marcelino Pérez de la Vega 1
  1. 1 Universidad de León
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    Universidad de León

    León, España

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Revista:
Arbor: Ciencia, pensamiento y cultura

ISSN: 0210-1963

Ano de publicación: 2016

Título do exemplar: Las leguminosas en la agricultura del futuro

Volume: 192

Número: 779

Tipo: Artigo

DOI: 10.3989/ARBOR.2016.779N3008 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Outras publicacións en: Arbor: Ciencia, pensamiento y cultura

Resumo

It is well known that Mendel chose peas as the study material for his experiments that are the cornerstone of genetics. Nonetheless, it is less known that he also experimented with other legumes although with reduced success, or that Darwin also experimented with legumes. During the first decade of the twentieth century, peas were the favorite material used to verify Mendel’s results. Although genetics after that time primarily developed using other eukaryotic organisms or microorganisms, legumes pertain to the core material that allowed Vavilov to develop his Law of Homologous Series in Variation. They have also been used as a model to study plant-microbe symbiotic relationships that enable the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen, making them one of the biological models of the genomic age. Over the last five years, several genome sequences of cultivated legume species have been published, with many more to be made public in the upcoming years. Consequently, the amount of theoretical knowledge accumulating in this area and its application in plant breeding are increasing exponentially.

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