Comparative transcriptomic analysis reveals genetic divergence and domestication genes in Diospyros.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Persimmon (Diospyros kaki) is the most economically cultivated species belonging to the genus Diospyros. However, little is known about the interspecific diversity and mechanism of domestication, partly due to the lack of genomic information that is available for closely related species of D. kaki (DK). Here, we performed transcriptome sequencing on nine samples, including DK, a variety of DK and seven closely related species, to evaluate the interspecific genetic divergence and to identify candidate genes involved in persimmon domestication.

Results

We obtained a total of 483,421 unigenes with N50 at 1490 bp in the nine Diospyros samples and identified 2603 orthogroups that were shared among all the samples using OrthoMCL analysis. A phylogenetic tree was establi

SUBMITTER: Guan C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6543618 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature