A genetic characterization of Korean waxy maize (Zea mays L.) landraces having flowering time variation by RNA sequencing.

ABSTRACT: Maize is the second-most produced crop in the Korean peninsula and has been continuously cultivated since the middle of the 16th century, when it was originally introduced from China. Even with this extensive cultivation history, the diversity and properties of Korean landraces have not been investigated at the nucleotide sequence level. We collected 12 landraces with various flowering times and performed RNA-seq in the early vegetative stage. The transcriptomes of 12 Korean landraces have been analyzed for their genetic variations in coding sequence and genetic relationships to other maize germplasm. The Korean landraces showed specific genetic characteristics and were closely related to a Chinese inbred line. Flowering-time related gene profiles pointed to multiple causes for the variati

SUBMITTER: Yi G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6934685 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature