Project description:Canna indica L. is an ornamental plant with petaloid staminodes and only a half fertile stamen in its flowers. The genetic basis for petaloid androecium remains unclear. In order to get comprehensive transcriptome data for further studies, RNA-Seq analysis were carried out. Two libraries from flower primordia and differentiated flowers of Canna indica were constructed and sequenced respectively, and totally 118,869 unigenes were assembled. The unigenes were aligned to the protein databases NR, NT, Swiss-Prot, KEGG, COG and GO (e-value<0.00001), and totally 67,299 unigenes were annotated. Our data constitute a preliminary basis for further studies on flower development of Canna indica.
Project description:Ilex x ‘Whoa Nellie’ is a yellow leaf (YT) mutant of I. x ‘Nellie R. Stevens’ (WT), an important ornamental woody species. However, the molecular mechanism of the YT mutant remains unknown. Therefore，we compared yellow-colored mutant leaves and normal green leaves in transcriptomic terms. Our study contributed to uncovering molecular mechanisms underlying yellow leaf mutaion and provided a reference for the application of leaf color mutants.
Project description:Canna indica L. is an ornamental plant with petaloid staminodes and only a half fertile stamen in its flowers. The genetic basis for petaloid androecium remains unclear. In order to get comprehensive transcriptome data for further studies, RNA-Seq analysis were carried out. Two libraries from flower primordia and differentiated flowers of Canna indica were constructed and sequenced respectively, and totally 118,869 unigenes were assembled. The unigenes were aligned to the protein databases NR, NT, Swiss-Prot, KEGG, COG and GO (e-value<0.00001), and totally 67,299 unigenes were annotated. Our data constitute a preliminary basis for further studies on flower development of Canna indica. The two samples from flower primordium and differentiated flower were sequenced for transcriptome assembly, and gene expression information of the two stages was also obtained from these data.
Project description:Macrosclereid cells, which form a layer in the seed coat of Medicago truncatula, accumulate large amounts of phytochemicals during their development. To characterize these phytochemicals and provide a broad analysis of gene expression in developing M. truncatula macrosclereid cells, we produced microarrays that displayed approximately 4861 differentially expressed probe sets (absolute fold-change of â¥3.0; LogRatio p-value of â¤0.001) between at least two time points in macrosclereid cell development, inculding 6DPP, 10DPP, 13DPP, 16DPP, 20DPP, 27DPP. Randomly selected flowers were tagged (using small different colored tags with different colored strings) on the day after pollination. Whole pods were collected at various days post pollination (DPP; from 6 to 27 DPP).
Project description:The study investigated protein dynamics throughout fruit developmental and ripening process of blue-colored bilberry. The proteomic approach was applied to study at four different ripening stages, S2-small green fruit, S3- large green fruit, S4- purple ripening fruit, S5- ripe, blue fruit of bilberry. Regulatory network of plant hormones and physiological processes occurring during bilberry fruit ripening was revealed for the first time. The white-colored mutant bilberry, at the ripe stage, was also investigated differences compared to wild, blue-colored berries.
Project description:We sequenced mRNA from fertile and sterile flowers growing V. macrocephalum f. keteleeri inflorescence using the Illumina HiSeq2500 platform to generate the first transcriptome dynamics that may serve as a gene expression profile blueprint for sterile and fertile flowers differentiation and development in flowering plant.
Project description:Penstemon luculentus R.L.Johnson & M.R.Stevens, nom. nov. replaces Penstemon fremontii var. glabrescens Dorn & Lichvar. The varietal name glabrescens was not elevated because it was already occupied by Penstemon glabrescens Pennell, a different species. This new arrangement is supported by molecular and morphological evidence. An analysis of genetic diversity in populations of both varieties of Penstemon fremontii Torr. & A. Gray (glabrescens and fremontii) from the Piceance Basin, Colorado, using SSR (simple sequences repeats) or microsatellites markers, revealed significant genetic differentiation between the two. Penstemon fremontii var. glabrescens was also genetically different from Penstemon gibbensii Dorn and Penstemon scariosus var. garrettii (Pennell) N.H. Holmgren. The combination of hirtellous stems, glabrous leaves, non-glandular inflorescence, and long anther hairs distinguish Penstemon luculentus from other morphologically similar species.
