Nature Communications (Dec 2017)
RNA sequencing provides insights into the evolution of lettuce and the regulation of flavonoid biosynthesis
- Lei Zhang,
- Wenqing Su,
- Rong Tao,
- Weiyi Zhang,
- Jiongjiong Chen,
- Peiyao Wu,
- Chenghuan Yan,
- Yue Jia,
- Robert M. Larkin,
- Dean Lavelle,
- Maria-Jose Truco,
- Sebastian Reyes Chin-Wo,
- Richard W. Michelmore,
- Hanhui Kuang
Affiliations
- Lei Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic improvement (Central Region), MOA, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University
- Wenqing Su
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic improvement (Central Region), MOA, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University
- Rong Tao
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic improvement (Central Region), MOA, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University
- Weiyi Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic improvement (Central Region), MOA, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University
- Jiongjiong Chen
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic improvement (Central Region), MOA, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University
- Peiyao Wu
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic improvement (Central Region), MOA, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University
- Chenghuan Yan
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic improvement (Central Region), MOA, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University
- Yue Jia
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic improvement (Central Region), MOA, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University
- Robert M. Larkin
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic improvement (Central Region), MOA, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University
- Dean Lavelle
- Genome Center and Department of Plant Sciences, University of California
- Maria-Jose Truco
- Genome Center and Department of Plant Sciences, University of California
- Sebastian Reyes Chin-Wo
- Genome Center and Department of Plant Sciences, University of California
- Richard W. Michelmore
- Genome Center and Department of Plant Sciences, University of California
- Hanhui Kuang
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Genetic improvement (Central Region), MOA, College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02445-9
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 8,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 12
Abstract
Horticultural lettuce varieties vary considerably in phenotype. Here, via RNA-seq of 240 different lettuce accessions, the authors identify loci and expression patterns associated with flavonoid and anthocyanin content and show that cultivated lettuce likely arose via a single domestication event.
