Identification of Genomic Loci and Candidate Genes Related to Seed Tocopherol Content in Soybean.

ABSTRACT: Soybean seeds are primary sources of natural tocopherols used by the food and pharmaceutical industries, owing to their beneficial impacts on human health. Selection for higher tocopherol contents in seeds along with other desirable traits is an important goal in soybean breeding. In order to identify the genomic loci and candidate genes controlling tocopherol content in soybean seeds, the bulked-segregant analysis technique was performed using a natural population of soybean consisting of 1525 accessions. We constructed the bulked-segregant analysis based on 98 soybean accessions that showed extreme phenotypic variation for the target trait, consisting of 49 accessions with extremely-high and 49 accessions with extremely-low tocopherol content. A total of 144 variant sites and 109 predict

SUBMITTER: Ghosh S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9269242 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature