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- Title
RNA‐Seq analysis unveils gene regulation of fruit size cooperatively determined by velocity and duration of fruit swelling in peach.
- Authors
Chao Gu; Yu‐Hang Zhou; Wei‐Sheng Shu; Hai‐Yan Cheng; Lu Wang; Yue‐Peng Han; Yu‐Yan Zhang; Ming‐Liang Yu; Dirk Joldersma; Shao‐Ling Zhang
- Abstract
Fruit swelling determines fruit size and usually occurs in two distinct time periods in peach. However, little is known about the gene regulation of fruit swelling. In this study, measurements of longitudinal and transverse diameters in developing and ripening peach fruits unveiled two periods of fruit swelling: the first swelling ends at approximately 65 days after flower blooming (DAFB) and the second swelling starts at approximately 75 DAFB. Comparisons of diameters sizes and development periods among cultivars and accessions revealed a cooperative regulation of swelling velocity and swelling duration, which leads to final determination of fruit size. Furthermore, RNA‐sequencing was conducted for fruits at the initial swelling, non‐swelling interval between the two swellings (hereafter, 'the interval'), second swelling and ripening stages. A total of 110 and 128 differentially expressed genes were screened from fruits in the first and second swelling, respectively. Besides, the nine most differentially expressed genes located within the reported quantitative trait locations (QTLs) of fruit size in peach were detected in both the first and second swelling stages. Those genes have been reported to be involved in mediating cell size, which indicates the occurrence of both cell proliferation and cell expansion in each of the two major periods of fruit swelling. In addition, a potential gene regulation network is proposed herein and could be used to elucidate the molecular mechanism of peach fruit swellings mediated by multiple key genes.
- Subjects
NUCLEOTIDE sequence; GENETIC regulation in plants; PEACH; PLANT cells &; tissues; CELL proliferation; PLANTS
- Publication
Physiologia Plantarum, 2018, Vol 164, Issue 3, p320
- ISSN
0031-9317
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ppl.12736