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ArticleJournal of experimental botany2013

The Brassica rapa FLC homologue FLC2 is a key regulator of flowering time, identified through transcriptional co-expression networks.

Dong Xiao, Jian J Zhao, Xi L Hou, Ram K Basnet, Dunia P D Carpio, Ning W Zhang, Johan Bucher, Ke Lin, Feng Cheng, Xiao W Wang and 1 more

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11 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Dong XiaoWageningen UR Plant Breeding, PO Box 386, AJ 6700 Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Jian J Zhao
Xi L Hou
Ram K Basnet
Dunia P D Carpio
Ning W Zhang
Johan Bucher
Ke Lin
Feng Cheng
Xiao W Wang
Guusje Bonnema
Wageningen University & Research · NLCentre for BioSystems Genomics · NLInstitute of Vegetables and Flowers · CNNanjing Agricultural University · CNHebei Agricultural University · CNHeinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DE

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Abstract

The role of many genes and interactions among genes involved in flowering time have been studied extensively in Arabidopsis, and the purpose of this study was to investigate how effectively results obtained with the model species Arabidopsis can be applied to the Brassicacea with often larger and more complex genomes. Brassica rapa represents a very close relative, with its triplicated genome, with subgenomes having evolved by genome fractionation. The question of whether this genome fractionation is a random process, or whether specific genes are preferentially retained, such as flowering time (Ft) genes that play a role in the extreme morphological variation within the B. rapa species (displayed by the diverse morphotypes), is addressed. Data are presented showing that indeed Ft genes are preferentially retained, so the next intriguing question is whether these different orthologues of Arabidopsis Ft genes play similar roles compared with Arabidopsis, and what is the role of these different orthologues in B. rapa. Using a genetical-genomics approach, co-location of flowering quantitative trait loci (QTLs) and expression QTLs (eQTLs) resulted in identification of candidate genes for flowering QTLs and visualization of co-expression networks of Ft genes and flowering time. A major flowering QTL on A02 at the BrFLC2 locus co-localized with cis eQTLs for BrFLC2, BrSSR1, and BrTCP11, and trans eQTLs for the photoperiod gene BrCO and two paralogues of the floral integrator genes BrSOC1 and BrFT. It is concluded that the BrFLC2 Ft gene is a major regulator of flowering time in the studied doubled haploid population.

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Sequence Homology, Amino AcidArabidopsisBrassica rapaChromosome MappingFlowersGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, PlantGene Regulatory NetworksGenes, DuplicateGenes, PlantOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisPlant ProteinsQuantitative Trait LociReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionTime FactorsPlant ProteinsBrassica rapacandidate gene mappingexpression quantitative trait loci (eQTL)FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC).flowering timegene expression networksgenome triplication.

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PMID24078668
PMCPMC3808329
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