MC03g0810, an Important Candidate Gene Controlling Black Seed Coat Color in Bitter Gourd (Momordica spp.).

ABSTRACT: Seed coat color is one of the most intuitive phenotypes in bitter gourd (Momordica spp.). Although the inheritance of the seed coat color has been reported, the gene responsible for it is still unknown. This study used two sets of parents, representing, respectively, the intersubspecific and intraspecific materials of bitter gourd, and their respective F₁ and F₂ progenies for genetic analysis and primary mapping of the seed coat color. A large F_2:3 population comprising 2,975 seedlings from intraspecific hybridization was used to fine-map the seed coat color gene. The results inferred that a single gene, named McSC1, controlled the seed coat color and that the black color was dominant over the yellow color. The McSC1 locus was mapped to

SUBMITTER: Zhong J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9094142 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature