Identifying genomic regions under selection during the domestication of noug (Guizotia abyssinica)

Certain traits are selected for during the course of domestication. Evidence of positive selection manifests itself as reduced variation between particular loci in the domesticate relative to its wild progenitor (Volis 2008). I propose to look for evidence of such selective sweeps in the Ethiopian composite crop Guizotia abyssinica relative to its progenitor Guizotia scabra ssp. schimperii using a genome scan in combination with a genetic map to look for regions of reduced diversity in the domesticate.