Genome-wide identification, characterization, and evolutionary analysis of flowering genes in radish (Raphanus sativus L.).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Radish (Raphanus sativus L.) belongs to the family Brassicaceae, and is an economically important root crop grown worldwide. Flowering is necessary for plant propagation, but it is also an important agronomic trait influencing R. sativus fleshy taproot yield and quality in the case of an imbalance between vegetative and reproductive growth. There is currently a lack of detailed information regarding the pathways regulating the flowering genes or their evolution in R. sativus. The release of the R. sativus genome sequence provides an opportunity to identify and characterize the flowering genes using a comparative genomics approach.

Results

We identified 254 R. sativus flowering genes based on sequence similarities and analyses of syntenic regions. The genes were un

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5738175 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature