Genome-wide identification and development of miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements and intron length polymorphic markers in tea plant (Camellia sinensis).

ABSTRACT: Marker-assisted breeding and tagging of important quantitative trait loci for beneficial traits are two important strategies for the genetic improvement of plants. However, the scarcity of diverse and informative genetic markers covering the entire tea genome limits our ability to achieve such goals. In the present study, we used a comparative genomic approach to mine the tea genomes of Camellia sinensis var. assamica (CSA) and C. sinensis var. sinensis (CSS) to identify the markers to differentiate tea genotypes. In our study, 43 and 60 Camellia sinensis miniature inverted-repeat transposable element (CsMITE) families were identified in these two sequenced tea genomes, with 23,170 and 37,958 putative CsMITE sequences, respectively. In addition, we identified 4912 non-redundant, Camellia s

SUBMITTER: Rohilla M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9519581 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature