Australia, the centre of diversity and the centre of origin of rice?

在澳大利亚的北方到处都能找到水稻的野生亲缘植物。该项目旨在应用新兴技术进行有效的全基因组测序，以确定这些种群与世界其他地区栽培稻和野生稻的遗传多样性。澳大利亚人口在水稻的演变和潜力，这些人口的贡献有价值的多样性，全球水稻作物的作用进行了分析。驯化对亚洲水稻的影响，预计将建立相关的澳大利亚人口的特征，从农业的影响隔离了约7000年。全基因组与环境的关联可能为农业适应气候提供线索。

Wild relatives of rice are found across northern Australia. The project aims to apply emerging technologies for efficient whole genome sequencing to determination of the genetic diversity of these populations in relation to cultivated rice and wild rice from other parts of the world. The role of the Australian populations in the evolution of rice and the potential of these populations to contribute valuable diversity to rice crops worldwide are intended to be analysed. The impact of domestication on rice in Asia is expected to be established by the characterisation of the related Australian populations that were isolated from the impacts of agriculture for around 7000 years. Whole genome associations with environment may provide clues to adapting agriculture to climate.