Genetic variation and expression diversity between grain and sweet sorghum lines.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Biological scientists have long sought after understanding how genes and their structural/functional changes contribute to morphological diversity. Though both grain (BT×623) and sweet (Keller) sorghum lines originated from the same species Sorghum bicolor L., they exhibit obvious phenotypic variations. However, the genome re-sequencing data revealed that they exhibited limited functional diversity in their encoding genes in a genome-wide level. The result raises the question how the obvious morphological variations between grain and sweet sorghum occurred in a relatively short evolutionary or domesticated period.

Results

We implemented an integrative approach by using computational and experimental analyses to provide a detail insight into phenotypic, genetic var

SUBMITTER: Jiang SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3616923 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature