Progress of transcriptome sequencing of woody oil plants

Abstract

Transcriptome is a collection of mRNA transcripts in a specific physiological state which has become one of the hotspots in biological research to evaluate the genes and networks in different kinds of plants. Transcriptome sequencing technology dates back to 1964 and has nearly 60 years of history. At present, the research mainly focuses on cultivating, breeding, molecular markers, and gene mining. With the increase in oil price, woody oil production can alleviate oil demand, but there are few review articles and molecular biology studies on the transcriptome of woody oil plants. In the past few decades, woody oil plants have made great progress in the development of transcriptome sequencing and bioinformatics. In this review, we reviewed the development history of sequencing technology and the research on the transcriptome of woody oil plants, mainly introducing the germplasm resources, molecular markers, and the application of important functional genes in woody oil plants. This paper not only provides ideas for mining functional genes of oil plants but also provides a reference for molecular breeding research of woody oil plants in the future.

Keywords

• gene mining
• germplasm resources
• molecular markers
• transcriptome sequencing technology
• woody oil plants