%0 Journal Article
%@ 1061-4036
%A Varshney, R K
%A Thudi, M
%A Roorkiwal, M
%A He, W
%A Upadhyaya, H D
%A Yang, W
%A Bajaj, P
%A Cubry, P
%A Rathore, A
%A Jian, J
%A Doddamani, D
%A Khan, A W
%A Garg, V
%A Chitikineni, A
%A Xu, D
%A Gaur, P M
%A Singh, N P
%A Chaturvedi, S K
%A Gangarao, N V P R
%A Krishnamurthy, L
%A Dixit, G P
%A Fikre, A
%A Kimurto, P K
%A Sreeman, S M
%A Bharadwaj, C
%A Tripathi, S
%A Wang, J
%A Lee, S H
%A Edwards, D
%A Kavi Kishor, P B
%A Penmetsa, R V
%A Crossa, J
%A Nguyen, H T
%A Siddique, K H M
%A Colmer, T D
%A Sutton, T
%A von Wettberg, E
%A Vigouroux, Y
%A Xu, X
%A Liu, X
%D 2019
%F icrisat:11191
%I Nature Publishing Group
%J Nature Genetics (TSI)
%K Resequencing, chickpea accessions, genome diversity, domestication, agronomic traits, whole-genome resequencing, genetic gains, chickpea breeding
%N 5
%P 857-864
%T Resequencing of 429 chickpea accessions from 45 countries provides insights into genome diversity, domestication and agronomic traits
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/11191/
%V 51
%X We report a map of 4.97 million single-nucleotide polymorphisms of the chickpea from whole-genome resequencing of 429 lines sampled from 45 countries. We identified 122 candidate regions with 204 genes under selection during chickpea breeding. Our data suggest the Eastern Mediterranean as the primary center of origin and migration route of chickpea from the Mediterranean/Fertile Crescent to Central Asia, and probably in parallel from Central Asia to East Africa (Ethiopia) and South Asia (India). Genome-wide association studies identified 262 markers and several candidate genes for 13 traits. Our study establishes a foundation for large-scale characterization of germplasm and population genomics, and a resource for trait dissection, accelerating genetic gains in future chickpea breeding.
%Z R.K.V. acknowledges the funding support from CGIAR Generation Challenge  Programme, Department of Science and Technology Government of India under  the Australia-India Strategic Research Fund, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers  Welfare, Government of India and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA. Shenzhen  Municipal Government of China (grant no. JCYJ20150831201643396 and no.  JCYJ20170817145512476 under the Basic Research Program) and the Guangdong  Provincial Key Laboratory of Genome Read and Write (grant no. 2017B030301011) are  acknowledged to provide support to X.X. and X.L. This work has been undertaken as  part of the CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals. ICRISAT  is a member of the CGIAR Consortium.