Allelic variation of BBX24 is a dominant determinant controlling red coloration and dwarfism in pear.
BBX
QTL
anthocyanin
dwarfism
mutation
pear
Journal
Plant biotechnology journal
ISSN: 1467-7652
Titre abrégé: Plant Biotechnol J
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101201889
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 Jan 2024
03 Jan 2024
Historique:
revised:
13
12
2023
received:
09
10
2023
accepted:
20
12
2023
medline:
4
1
2024
pubmed:
4
1
2024
entrez:
3
1
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Variation in anthocyanin biosynthesis in pear fruit provides genetic germplasm resources for breeding, while dwarfing is an important agronomic trait, which is beneficial to reduce the management costs and allow for the implementation of high-density cultivation. Here, we combined bulked segregant analysis (BSA), quantitative trait loci (QTL), and structural variation (SV) analysis to identify a 14-bp deletion which caused a frame shift mutation and resulted in the premature translation termination of a B-box (BBX) family of zinc transcription factor, PyBBX24, and its allelic variation termed PyBBX24
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Subventions
Organisme : The National Natural Science Foundation of China
ID : 31820103012
Organisme : The National Key Research and Development Program
ID : 2022YFD1200503
Organisme : The Earmarked fund for China Agriculture Research System
ID : CARS-28
Organisme : Jiangsu Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Fund
ID : CX(22)3043
Informations de copyright
© 2024 The Authors. Plant Biotechnology Journal published by Society for Experimental Biology and The Association of Applied Biologists and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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