Transcriptome data of cultivated tetraploid and hexaploid wheat variety during grain development.

ABSTRACT: Wheat is a major food crop and an important component of human diet throughout the world. There are two major types of cultivated wheat; one is tetraploid durum (pasta) wheat and another one is hexaploid bread wheat. Wheat grain is the reservoir of two major dietary components - carbohydrate and protein, which get accumulated during seed maturation and directly affects yield and quality. Hexaploid, having 6 copies of each chromosome differs to a great extent from tetraploid having 4 copies of each chromosome. Studying the gene expression pattern in developing grain would help in understanding the difference in metabolic process as well as involvement of the genes in these two types of wheat. A transcriptional comparison of developing grains was carried out between the two wheat genotypes;

SUBMITTER: Mandal PK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6321973 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature