March 2020 PMID 32213201

Diverse genetic mechanisms underlie worldwide convergent rice feralization.

Jie Qiu, Lei Jia, Dongya Wu, Xifang Weng, Lijuan Chen, Jian Sun, Meihong Chen, Lingfeng Mao, Bowen Jiang, Chuyu Ye, Guilherme Menegol Turra, Longbiao Guo, Guoyou Ye, Qian-Hao Zhu, Toshiyuki Imaizumi

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What people are saying

The discussions demonstrate strong agreement and interest, notably through comments praising the comprehensive global sequencing effort and the role of diverse genetic mechanisms, which emphasize the study's significance and broad implications for agriculture and evolutionary biology. The tone and references suggest a community engaged with both the scientific details and the potential impact of the research.

AgreementModerate agreement

Most discussions acknowledge the significance of the research and agree on its importance, as seen in mentions of the study’s findings and the relevance of genetic insights in rice feralization.

InterestHigh interest

Posts show high interest, especially through enthusiastic remarks about the genetic mechanisms and the global scope of the research, such as references to sequencing 524 samples from multiple countries.

EngagementModerate engagement

There is active engagement with references to specific methodologies, the authors involved, and the implications for understanding agriculture and evolution, indicating a deeper involvement.

ImpactHigh impact

Many discussions highlight the study's broad implications for food security and evolution, with phrases like 'worldwide', 'significant', and 'important research', emphasizing its high impact.

Abstract in brief

  • Feralization of crop species, like weedy rice, poses a global threat to food security by outcompeting cultivated varieties in agricultural settings.
  • Whole-genome sequencing of 524 weedy rice samples shows that these weeds have repeatedly evolved from cultivated rice, with many Asian strains deriving from Green Revolution cultivars, while Latin American strains result from extensive hybridization.
  • The study uncovers that weedy rice adaptations mainly occur through genomic changes that are distinct from the traits selected during domestication, indicating unique evolutionary processes at play.

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深野 祐也
@Alien_Evolve · X

世界中の雑草イネは、多様な起源を持つ(それぞれの地域の栽培イネから独立に雑草化した)https://t.co/JfCbUhzNg7  Genome Biol. 世界中の畦畔で起こった平行進化といえそう。アジア各地域の雑草イネは、緑の革命以降の近代品種から雑草化した系統。乾田と湿田で、雑草形質に違いがあるのだろうか。

Mar 31, 2020 · 15 likes · 4 shares · 13,407 followers View post →
Genome Biology
@GenomeBiology · X

From @JieQiu_SHNU, Jia, Wu, Olsen, Fan and co, a study of worldwide populations of weedy rice. They sequence 524 samples from 16 countries, including Asia, Europe and North and South America. Weedy rice has arisen repeatedly from cultivated rice https://t.co/xaJgoJfVSJ https://t.co/qmSA9BJyfW

Mar 26, 2020 · 10 likes · 3 shares · 90,041 followers View post →
Dan Richards The DeDunker aka SuperSexyD
@DeDunkingPast · X

Some unexpected issues caused a delay, but in an hour and a half a compilation of all 5 of my responses to the debate goes up. I'll be in the chat, so if you normally miss the premiers cause of time issues, come see me: https://t.co/HaQQDFvyRe

May 26, 2024 · 10 likes · 2 shares · 24,809 followers View post →
Dan Richards The DeDunker aka SuperSexyD
@DeDunkingPast · X

Agriculture… I weighed in in this a while back, there’s possible genetic evidence for rice being domesticated, feralized, and then re-domesticated. I guess I’ll have to dig into this more. In the meantime… https://t.co/LpmwvbEm6e

Apr 17, 2024 · 9 likes · 1 share · 24,809 followers View post →
Dan Richards The DeDunker aka SuperSexyD
@DeDunkingPast · X

@Rick_Hallnotbot Feralization happens so quickly it can be difficult to properly study, and it has yet to be looked into thoroughly. https://t.co/iP4qxO7qFQ https://t.co/MNaPNcXhgY

Jul 1, 2024 · 6 likes · 24,880 followers View post →
Jie Qiu 邱杰
@JieQiu_SHNU · X

After leaving Olsen’s lab for one year, I was unexpectedly invited by Ken to attend the remote Zoom group meeting. Thrilled to have our latest global weedy rice published in Genome Biology (https://t.co/VpsQG8eJFU)! Huge thanks to Ken for his guidance! https://t.co/s575c2CrzB

Mar 26, 2020 · 6 likes · 91 followers View post →

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QuestionOSINT
@QuestionOSINT · X

@RedPandaKoala Dave is a fraud https://t.co/xaCFWMffM1

Jul 30, 2025 · 4 likes · 2,399 followers View post →
Glen Waldrop
@0ldmanGlen · X

@TryloTheCreator @SunWeatherMan Dan owns that little bitch so hard it should have knocked him off the Internet. https://t.co/7shRrNHRSE

May 27, 2025 · 1,700 followers View post →
Andrew Morrison
@AndrewAgent1806 · X

Professor Dave Doesn't Understand Archaeology: Response https://t.co/6dsRl0wy0I via @YouTube

May 6, 2025 · 2,792 followers View post →
scopulen
@scopulen · X

@adancingferret Dan Richard's @DeDunkingPast responded. He clearly illustrates how professor dave is off the mark. https://t.co/KPQS7bNlgl

May 5, 2025 · 2 likes · 3,070 followers View post →
LittleRockAttorney
@LittleRockAtty · X

Professor Dave Doesn't Understand Archaeology: Response https://t.co/tF3foqtnzN via @YouTube

May 4, 2025 · 5 likes · 242 followers View post →
Paul Barford
@PortantIssues · X

RT @PortantIssues: @caritas_et @Apkalluu @FlintDibble @SoilManDan @hughs_news @DrDavidMiano "Not even the cat could watch it": "Dan Rich…

May 4, 2025 · 1 share · 1,690 followers View post →
Paul Barford
@PortantIssues · X

@caritas_et @Apkalluu @FlintDibble @SoilManDan @hughs_news @DrDavidMiano "Not even the cat could watch it": "Dan Richards: "Professor Dave Doesn't Understand archaeology" and 27400 People Need to get a Life" https://t.co/kHi5qpPD9e https://t.co/0iaFghfBsf

May 4, 2025 · 2 likes · 1 share · 1,690 followers View post →
Glen Waldrop
@0ldmanGlen · X

@udontexist47 @Leftocracy @Woodshedder @SunWeatherMan I haven't even finished this yet but Dan manages to cover it quite well with the introduction. https://t.co/LC3h8BM8K1

May 4, 2025 · 1 like · 1,700 followers View post →
JoJo
@69Skoal69 · X

@lntelligencia https://t.co/mXJXXY2h4R

May 3, 2025 · 1 like · 242 followers View post →
JoJo
@69Skoal69 · X

Professor Dave Doesn't Understand Archaeology: Response https://t.co/mXJXXY2h4R via @YouTube

May 3, 2025 · 242 followers View post →
Man Dog 2020
@deep_lee · X

Professor Dave Doesn't Understand Archaeology: Response https://t.co/i5T9TQLieV via @YouTube

May 3, 2025 · 158 followers View post →
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@freshlymined · X

Professor Dave Doesn't Understand Archaeology: Response https://t.co/bFTVe3FrIF via @YouTube

May 3, 2025 · 1 like · 560 followers View post →
Bir
@yanneyboy1 · X

Professor Dave Doesn't Understand Archaeology: Response https://t.co/ve3w3Miyrv via @YouTube

May 3, 2025 · 1,139 followers View post →
sherman osborn
@nascar_oz · X

Professor Dave Doesn't Understand Archaeology: Response https://t.co/B6BaYM0A2r via @YouTube

May 3, 2025 · 5,181 followers View post →
Dr. Ronan Connolly
@1RonanConnolly · X

https://t.co/uWLBTqm93E Shout-out to @DeDunkingPast for his careful efforts to objectively investigating various "critiques" made against @Graham__Hancock in that JRE debate in April on whether the early development of civilization was dramatically set-back millennia due to

Jul 11, 2024 · 1 like · 1,577 followers View post →
Dr. Ronan Connolly
@1RonanConnolly · X

https://t.co/uWLBTqmGTc Shout-out to @DeDunkingPast for his careful efforts to objectively investigating various "critiques" made against @Graham__Hancock in that JRE debate in April on whether the early development of civilization was dramatically set-back millennia due to

Jul 11, 2024 · 1,577 followers View post →
Dan Richards The DeDunker aka SuperSexyD
@DeDunkingPast · X

@Rick_Hallnotbot Feralization happens so quickly it can be difficult to properly study, and it has yet to be looked into thoroughly. https://t.co/iP4qxO7qFQ https://t.co/MNaPNcXhgY

Jul 1, 2024 · 6 likes · 24,880 followers View post →
thealbedojourney
@albedojourney · X

RT @greatfilter72: Full point-by-point Hancock versus Dibble debate review from Dan https://t.co/CIh86qKNR6

May 27, 2024 · 1 share · 2,096 followers View post →
Wynken, Blynken, & N
@greatfilter72 · X

Full point-by-point Hancock versus Dibble debate review from Dan https://t.co/CIh86qKNR6

May 27, 2024 · 3 likes · 1 share · 458 followers View post →
anne witkowski
@anwit07 · X

RT @DeDunkingPast: Some unexpected issues caused a delay, but in an hour and a half a compilation of all 5 of my responses to the debate go…

May 27, 2024 · 2 shares · 1,697 followers View post →
thealbedojourney
@albedojourney · X

RT @DeDunkingPast: Some unexpected issues caused a delay, but in an hour and a half a compilation of all 5 of my responses to the debate go…

May 27, 2024 · 2 shares · 2,096 followers View post →
Dan Richards The DeDunker aka SuperSexyD
@DeDunkingPast · X

Some unexpected issues caused a delay, but in an hour and a half a compilation of all 5 of my responses to the debate goes up. I'll be in the chat, so if you normally miss the premiers cause of time issues, come see me: https://t.co/HaQQDFvyRe

May 26, 2024 · 10 likes · 2 shares · 24,809 followers View post →
thealbedojourney
@albedojourney · X

RT @DeDunkingPast: Agriculture… I weighed in in this a while back, there’s possible genetic evidence for rice being domesticated, feralized…

Apr 18, 2024 · 1 share · 2,096 followers View post →
Dan Richards The DeDunker aka SuperSexyD
@DeDunkingPast · X

Agriculture… I weighed in in this a while back, there’s possible genetic evidence for rice being domesticated, feralized, and then re-domesticated. I guess I’ll have to dig into this more. In the meantime… https://t.co/LpmwvbEm6e

Apr 17, 2024 · 9 likes · 1 share · 24,809 followers View post →
Wynken, Blynken, & N
@greatfilter72 · X

RT @greatfilter72: https://t.co/WlhYphhrIW The genetic angle of the lost civilization topic is among the most fascinating

Apr 13, 2024 · 1 share · 458 followers View post →
Wynken, Blynken, & N
@greatfilter72 · X

https://t.co/WlhYphhrIW The genetic angle of the lost civilization topic is among the most fascinating

Nov 29, 2023 · 1 like · 1 share · 458 followers View post →
Dan Richards The DeDunker aka SuperSexyD
@DeDunkingPast · X

@irussell21 That reminds me, you do the DNA, right? Would you mind looking at this please? Thanks so much :) https://t.co/I6TM9Vacel

May 31, 2023 · 24,809 followers View post →
Dan Richards The DeDunker aka SuperSexyD
@DeDunkingPast · X

@rebirthofthewo1 Possibly. DNA doesn't back it up so well, but I did stumble across something doing research that I found interesting. https://t.co/I6TM9Vacel

May 25, 2023 · 2 likes · 24,809 followers View post →
Dan Richards The DeDunker aka SuperSexyD
@DeDunkingPast · X

@BadScienceNews So does miniminuteman. It's part of making the video fun. I blast Hancock with the same tone. And I never use elective data. I'm not a scientist, and I don't know everything, but I *always* try to portray reality. Example: https://t.co/I6TM9Vacel

May 20, 2023 · 24,809 followers View post →
Dan Richards The DeDunker aka SuperSexyD
@DeDunkingPast · X

I know it lacks the flash bang on "Blue collar dude Dansplains academic's field to said academic", but I have an almost viable brain I use from time to time... I'd love to hear from a real #geneticist https://t.co/I6TM9Vacel

May 15, 2023 · 1 like · 24,809 followers View post →
4.04
@IV404404 · X

RT @Alien_Evolve: 世界中の雑草イネは、多様な起源を持つ(それぞれの地域の栽培イネから独立に雑草化した)https://t.co/JfCbUhzNg7  Genome Biol. 世界中の畦畔で起こった平行進化といえそう。アジア各地域の雑草イネは、緑の革命以降…

Aug 28, 2021 · 4 shares · 2,091 followers View post →
(((Dan Graur))) ダン דן גראור
@DanGraur · X

An evolutionary phenomenon I knew nothing about: crop feralization, which is the opposite of domestication, i.e., the process by which a domesticated crop species becomes a weed. https://t.co/OAxYOssKlV

Apr 1, 2020 · 3 likes · 3,370 followers View post →
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@F2_sho · X

RT @Alien_Evolve: 世界中の雑草イネは、多様な起源を持つ(それぞれの地域の栽培イネから独立に雑草化した)https://t.co/JfCbUhzNg7  Genome Biol. 世界中の畦畔で起こった平行進化といえそう。アジア各地域の雑草イネは、緑の革命以降…

Mar 31, 2020 · 4 shares · 213 followers View post →
フライパンハリネズミ
@hukonohuriko · X

RT @Alien_Evolve: 世界中の雑草イネは、多様な起源を持つ(それぞれの地域の栽培イネから独立に雑草化した)https://t.co/JfCbUhzNg7  Genome Biol. 世界中の畦畔で起こった平行進化といえそう。アジア各地域の雑草イネは、緑の革命以降…

Mar 31, 2020 · 4 shares · 241 followers View post →
津駄 Masaki E. Tsuda, Ph.D
@teuder · X

RT @Alien_Evolve: 世界中の雑草イネは、多様な起源を持つ(それぞれの地域の栽培イネから独立に雑草化した)https://t.co/JfCbUhzNg7  Genome Biol. 世界中の畦畔で起こった平行進化といえそう。アジア各地域の雑草イネは、緑の革命以降…

Mar 31, 2020 · 4 shares · 1,317 followers View post →
深野 祐也
@Alien_Evolve · X

世界中の雑草イネは、多様な起源を持つ(それぞれの地域の栽培イネから独立に雑草化した)https://t.co/JfCbUhzNg7  Genome Biol. 世界中の畦畔で起こった平行進化といえそう。アジア各地域の雑草イネは、緑の革命以降の近代品種から雑草化した系統。乾田と湿田で、雑草形質に違いがあるのだろうか。

Mar 31, 2020 · 15 likes · 4 shares · 13,407 followers View post →
Jente Ottenburghs | Avian Hybrids
@Jente_O · X

Diverse genetic mechanisms underlie worldwide convergent rice feralization | Genome Biology https://t.co/NlGLKxW75u

Mar 30, 2020 · 4,057 followers View post →
Evolutionary Genomics
@evol_genomics · X

Diverse genetic mechanisms underlie worldwide convergent rice feralization https://t.co/Z7XRurdKPM @GenomeBiology

Mar 27, 2020 · 2 likes · 1 share · 4,974 followers View post →
Jie Qiu 邱杰
@JieQiu_SHNU · X

After leaving Olsen’s lab for one year, I was unexpectedly invited by Ken to attend the remote Zoom group meeting. Thrilled to have our latest global weedy rice published in Genome Biology (https://t.co/VpsQG8eJFU)! Huge thanks to Ken for his guidance! https://t.co/s575c2CrzB

Mar 26, 2020 · 6 likes · 91 followers View post →
Jie Qiu 邱杰
@JieQiu_SHNU · X

RT @GenomeBiology: From @JieQiu_SHNU, Jia, Wu, Olsen, Fan and co, a study of worldwide populations of weedy rice. They sequence 524 samples…

Mar 26, 2020 · 3 shares · 91 followers View post →
_al_ameen_
@al_ameenfarouk · X

RT @GenomeBiology: From @JieQiu_SHNU, Jia, Wu, Olsen, Fan and co, a study of worldwide populations of weedy rice. They sequence 524 samples…

Mar 26, 2020 · 3 shares · 224 followers View post →
_al_ameen_
@MuhammadAminuFa · X

RT @GenomeBiology: From @JieQiu_SHNU, Jia, Wu, Olsen, Fan and co, a study of worldwide populations of weedy rice. They sequence 524 samples…

Mar 26, 2020 · 3 shares · 221 followers View post →
Francois Sabot (@francoissabot.bsky.social)
@francois_sabot · X

RT @GenomeBiology: From @JieQiu_SHNU, Jia, Wu, Olsen, Fan and co, a study of worldwide populations of weedy rice. They sequence 524 samples…

Mar 26, 2020 · 3 shares · 891 followers View post →
Genome Biology
@GenomeBiology · X

From @JieQiu_SHNU, Jia, Wu, Olsen, Fan and co, a study of worldwide populations of weedy rice. They sequence 524 samples from 16 countries, including Asia, Europe and North and South America. Weedy rice has arisen repeatedly from cultivated rice https://t.co/xaJgoJfVSJ https://t.co/qmSA9BJyfW

Mar 26, 2020 · 10 likes · 3 shares · 90,041 followers View post →
Marco van den Berg
@MarcovandenBer3 · X

Diverse genetic mechanisms underlie worldwide convergent #rice feralization JQiu, LJia, DWu, XWeng, LChen, JSun, MChen, LMao, BJiang, CYe, GMTurra, LGuo, GYe, QHZhu, TImaizumi, BKSong, LScarabel, AMerotto Jr, KMOlsen, LFan @irri #openaccess https://t.co/2VXFDQRfs5 https://t.co/5NtHfzT8uO

Mar 26, 2020 · 1 like · 183 followers View post →