Transcriptome changes during fruit development and ripening of sweet orange (Citrus sinensis).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The transcriptome of the fruit pulp of the sweet orange variety Anliu (WT) and that of its red fleshed mutant Hong Anliu (MT) were compared to understand the dynamics and differential expression of genes expressed during fruit development and ripening.

Results

The transcriptomes of WT and MT were sampled at four developmental stages using an Illumina sequencing platform. A total of 19,440 and 18,829 genes were detected in MT and WT, respectively. Hierarchical clustering analysis revealed 24 expression patterns for the set of all genes detected, of which 20 were in common between MT and WT. Over 89% of the genes showed differential expression during fruit development and ripening in the WT. Functional categorization of the differentially expressed genes revealed th

SUBMITTER: Yu K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3267696 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature