Xylem systems genetics analysis reveals a key regulator of lignin biosynthesis in Populus deltoides.

ABSTRACT: Despite the growing resources and tools for high-throughput characterization and analysis of genomic information, the discovery of the genetic elements that regulate complex traits remains a challenge. Systems genetics is an emerging field that aims to understand the flow of biological information that underlies complex traits from genotype to phenotype. In this study, we used a systems genetics approach to identify and evaluate regulators of the lignin biosynthesis pathway in Populus deltoides by combining genome, transcriptome, and phenotype data from a population of 268 unrelated individuals of P. deltoides The discovery of lignin regulators began with the quantitative genetic analysis of the xylem transcriptome and resulted in the detection of 6706 and 4628 significant lo

SUBMITTER: Balmant KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7462072 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature