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Annotation of Plant Gene Function via Combined Genomics, Metabolomics and Informatics
Published on: June 17, 2012
Genomic variants of genes associated with three horticultural traits in apple revealed by genome re-sequencing
Shijie Zhang1, Weiping Chen2, Lu Xin1
1College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University , Nanjing 210095, China.
Abstract:
The apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.) cultivar 'Su Shuai' exhibits greater disease resistance, shorter internodes and lighter fruit flavor compared with its parents 'Golden Delicious' and 'Indo'. To obtain a comprehensive overview of the sequence variation in these three horticultural traits, the genomes of 'Su Shuai' and 'Indo' were resequenced using next-generation sequencing and compared to the genome of 'Golden Delicious'. A wide range of genetic variations were detected, including 2 454 406 and 18 749 349 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and 59 547 and 50 143 structural variants (SVs) in the 'Indo' and 'Su Shuai' genomes, respectively. Among the SVs in 'Su Shuai', 17 genes related to disease resistance, 10 genes related to Gibberellin (GA) and 19 genes associated with fruit flavor were identified. The expression patterns of eight of the SV genes were examined using reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). The results of this study illustrate the genomic variation in these cultivars and provide evidence for a genetic basis for the horticultural traits of disease resistance, short internodes and lighter flavor exhibited in these cultivars. These results provide a genetic basis for the phenotypic characteristics of 'Su Shuai' and, as such, these SVs could serve as gene-specific molecular markers in maker-assisted breeding of apples.
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