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The genetic control of fruit morphology in Cucumis melo L.
Article number
1151_1
Pages
1 – 4
Language
English
Abstract
Melon cultivars display a high polymorphism in fruit morphology traits.
Based on several mapping works, quantitative trait loci (QTL) on chromosomes 1, 2, 3, 8 and 11 have been proposed to be responsible of an important part of this variability – QTL on chromosome 2 is due to pleiotropic effects of the sex expression gene a, however the genes underlying rest of QTLs are still unknown.
The study of the co-location of QTL and known genes involved in tomato fruit morphology, members of CNR/FW2.2, SlKLUH/FW3.2 and OVATE gene families have been proposed as candidates for melon fruit morphology QTL.
Based on several mapping works, quantitative trait loci (QTL) on chromosomes 1, 2, 3, 8 and 11 have been proposed to be responsible of an important part of this variability – QTL on chromosome 2 is due to pleiotropic effects of the sex expression gene a, however the genes underlying rest of QTLs are still unknown.
The study of the co-location of QTL and known genes involved in tomato fruit morphology, members of CNR/FW2.2, SlKLUH/FW3.2 and OVATE gene families have been proposed as candidates for melon fruit morphology QTL.
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Authors
A.J. Monforte
Keywords
melon, diversification, QTL, fruit size and shape, candidate gene
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