Comparative transcriptome analysis provides insights into molecular pathway and genes associated with head-type formation and phenotypic divergence in Chinese cabbage.

ABSTRACT: Background: The heading type of Chinese cabbage is a significant commercial trait with high economic value. At present, research on the phenotypic divergence and formation mechanism of heading type is limited. Results: Through comparative-transcriptome analysis, the formation and phenotypic divergence mechanism of the leafy head of diploid overlapping type cabbage, diploid outward-curling type cabbage, tetraploid overlapping type cabbage, and tetraploid outward-curling type cabbage were systematically and comprehensively investigated, and the phenotype-specific genes of four varieties were revealed. These phenotype-specific differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were considered crucial for cabbage heading type through WGCNA. Some transcription factors have been predicted as si

SUBMITTER: Meng C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10203174 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature