Transcriptome Analysis Implicates Involvement of Long Noncoding RNAs in Cytoplasmic Male Sterility and Fertility Restoration in Cotton.

ABSTRACT: The cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS)/restorer-of-fertility system is an important tool to exploit heterosis during commercially hybrid seed production. The importance of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in plant development is recognized, but few analyses of lncRNAs during anther development of three-line hybrid cotton (CMS-D2 line A, maintainer line B, restorer-of-fertility line R) have been reported. Here, we performed transcriptome sequencing during anther development in three-line hybrid cotton. A total of 80,695 lncRNAs were identified, in which 43,347 and 44,739 lncRNAs were differentially expressed in A-B and A-R comparisons, respectively. These lncRNAs represent functional candidates involved in CMS and fertility restoration. GO analysis indicated that cellular hormone metabolic proce

SUBMITTER: Zhang B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6888562 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature