Use of transcriptome sequencing to understand the pistillate flowering in hickory (Carya cathayensis Sarg.).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Different from herbaceous plants, the woody plants undergo a long-period vegetative stage to achieve floral transition. They then turn into seasonal plants, flowering annually. In this study, a preliminary model of gene regulations for seasonal pistillate flowering in hickory (Carya cathayensis) was proposed. The genome-wide dynamic transcriptome was characterized via the joint-approach of RNA sequencing and microarray analysis.

Results

Differential transcript abundance analysis uncovered the dynamic transcript abundance patterns of flowering correlated genes and their major functions based on Gene Ontology (GO) analysis. To explore pistillate flowering mechanism in hickory, a comprehensive flowering gene regulatory network based on Arabidopsis thaliana was constr

SUBMITTER: Huang YJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3853572 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature