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Genetic dissection of the fuzzless seed trait in Gossypium barbadense.

ABSTRACT: Cotton fibres are single-celled trichomes arising from the epidermal cells of the seed coat and may be either long (lint) or very short (fuzz). The dominant fuzzless N1 of Gossypium hirsutum is a defective allele of the At-subgenome homoeolog of MYB25-like, but the genetic components underlying the recessive fuzzless trait from G. barbadense (Gb) are unknown. We have identified five genetic loci, including a major contributing locus containing MYB25-like_Dt, associated with Gb fuzzless seeds based on genotyping of fuzzy and fuzzless near isogenic lines (NILs) from an interspecies cross (G. barbadense × G. hirsutum). At 3 d post-anthesis when fuzz fibres are initiating, expression of MYB25-like_Dt was significantly lower in fuzzless NILs than in fuzzy seeded NILs, while higher MYB25-like_Dt expression was associated with more seed fuzz across different cotton genotypes. Phenotypic and genotypic analysis of MYB25-like homoeoalleles in cottons showing different fibre phenotypes and their crossing progeny indicated that both MYB25-like_At and MYB25-like_Dt are associated with lint development, and that fuzz development is mainly determined by the expression level of MYB25-like_Dt at ~3 d post-anthesis. Expression of Gb fuzzless seeds depends on genetic background and interactions amongst the multiple loci identified. MYB25-like_Dt is one of the best candidates for N2.

SUBMITTER: Zhu QH

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6018843 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Genetic dissection of the fuzzless seed trait in Gossypium barbadense.

Zhu Qian-Hao QH Yuan Yuman Y Stiller Warwick W Jia Yinhua Y Wang Pengpeng P Pan Zhaoe Z Du Xiongming X Llewellyn Danny D Wilson Iain I

Journal of experimental botany 20180201 5

Cotton fibres are single-celled trichomes arising from the epidermal cells of the seed coat and may be either long (lint) or very short (fuzz). The dominant fuzzless N1 of Gossypium hirsutum is a defective allele of the At-subgenome homoeolog of MYB25-like, but the genetic components underlying the recessive fuzzless trait from G. barbadense (Gb) are unknown. We have identified five genetic loci, including a major contributing locus containing MYB25-like_Dt, associated with Gb fuzzless seeds bas ...[more]

PMID: 29351643

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Genetic dissection of the fuzzless seed trait in Gossypium barbadense.

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Genetic dissection of the fuzzless seed trait in Gossypium barbadense.

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