{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Nguyen-Edquilang J"],"funding":["Natuinal Science Foundation USA"],"pagination":["166"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12939097"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["48(2)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Papayas possess three sex genotypes: female XX, male XY, and hermaphrodite XY<sup>h</sup>. Only male plants produce long peduncles with numerous flowers, a trait that improves reproductive success. The gene <i>SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE</i> (<i>CpSVP</i>) is located on the Y chromosome, absent from the X chromosome, and disrupted in the Y<sup>h</sup> chromosome, making it a key candidate gene for long peduncles in male plants. An autosomal <i>CpSVP</i> allele (<i>CpSVP-A</i>) was also annotated in a papaya genome. The overexpression of the male allele in <i>Arabidopsis</i> increases pedicel length, which supports its role in pedicel elongation. Unexpectedly, the autosomal allele <i>CpSVP-A</i> produced a similar phenotype as the male one, while the hermaphroditic allele (<i>CpSVP-Y<sup>h</sup>"],"journal":["Current issues in molecular biology"],"pubmed_title":["Subfunctionalization of &lt;i&gt;CpSVP-Y&lt;/i&gt; Paralog Contributes to Male Reproductive Fitness in Papaya."],"pmcid":["PMC12939097"],"funding_grant_id":["DBI-1546890"],"pubmed_authors":["Ming R","Nguyen-Edquilang J","Yue J"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Subfunctionalization of &lt;i&gt;CpSVP-Y&lt;/i&gt; Paralog Contributes to Male Reproductive Fitness in Papaya.","description":"Papayas possess three sex genotypes: female XX, male XY, and hermaphrodite XY<sup>h</sup>. Only male plants produce long peduncles with numerous flowers, a trait that improves reproductive success. The gene <i>SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE</i> (<i>CpSVP</i>) is located on the Y chromosome, absent from the X chromosome, and disrupted in the Y<sup>h</sup> chromosome, making it a key candidate gene for long peduncles in male plants. An autosomal <i>CpSVP</i> allele (<i>CpSVP-A</i>) was also annotated in a papaya genome. The overexpression of the male allele in <i>Arabidopsis</i> increases pedicel length, which supports its role in pedicel elongation. Unexpectedly, the autosomal allele <i>CpSVP-A</i> produced a similar phenotype as the male one, while the hermaphroditic allele (<i>CpSVP-Y<sup>h</sup>","dates":{"release":"2026-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2026 Feb","modification":"2026-07-10T03:19:28.412Z","creation":"2026-07-10T03:15:07.021Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12939097","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41751428"],"doi":["10.3390/cimb48020166"]}}