Identifying Genes Associated with Female Flower Development of Phellodendron amurense Rupr. Using a Transcriptomics Approach.

ABSTRACT: Phellodendron amurense Rupr., a species of Rutaceae, is a nationally protected and valuable medicinal plant. It is generally considered to be dioecious. With the discovery of monoecious P. amurense, the phenomenon that its sex development is regulated by epigenetics has been revealed, but the way epigenetics affects the sex differentiation of P. amurense is still unclear. In this study, we investigated the effect of DNA methylation on the sexual development of P. amurense. The young inflorescences of male plants were treated with the demethylation agent 5-azaC, and the induced female flowers were obtained. The induced female flowers' morphological functions and transcriptome levels were close to those of normally developed plants. Genes associated with the devel

SUBMITTER: He L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10048520 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature