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RNA-Seq Analysis of Cocos nucifera: Transcriptome Sequencing and De Novo for Subsequent Functional Genomics Approaches

文献类型: 外文期刊

作者: Fan, Haikuo 1 ; Xiao, Yong 2 ; Yang, Yaodong 2 ; Xia, Wei 2 ; Mason, Annaliese S. 4 ; Xia, Zhihui 6 ; Qiao, Fei 3 ; Zhao, 1 ;

作者机构: 1.Sichuan Agr Univ, Coll Hort, Yaan, Sichuang Provin, Peoples R China

2.Chinese Acad Trop Agr Sci, Hainan Key Lab Trop Oil Crops Biol, Coconut Res Inst, Wenchang, Hainan, Peoples R China

3.Chinese Acad Trop Agr Sci, Trop Corps Genet Resources Inst, Key Lab Crop Gene Resources & Germplasm Enhanceme, Danzhou, Hainan Province, Peoples R China

4.Univ Queensland, Sch Agr & Food Sci, Brisbane, Qld, Australia

5.Univ Queensland, Ctr Integrat Legume Res, Brisbane, Qld, Australia

6.Hainan Univ, Coll Agr

期刊名称:PLOS ONE ( 影响因子:3.24; 五年影响因子:3.788 )

ISSN: 1932-6203

年卷期: 2013 年 8 卷 3 期

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收录情况: SCI

摘要: Background: Cocos nucifera (coconut), a member of the Arecaceae family, is an economically important woody palm grown in tropical regions. Despite its agronomic importance, previous germplasm assessment studies have relied solely on morphological and agronomical traits. Molecular biology techniques have been scarcely used in assessment of genetic resources and for improvement of important agronomic and quality traits in Cocos nucifera, mostly due to the absence of available sequence information. Methodology/Principal Findings: To provide basic information for molecular breeding and further molecular biological analysis in Cocos nucifera, we applied RNA-seq technology and de novo assembly to gain a global overview of the Cocos nucifera transcriptome from mixed tissue samples. Using Illumina sequencing, we obtained 54.9 million short reads and conducted de novo assembly to obtain 57,304 unigenes with an average length of 752 base pairs. Sequence comparison between assembled unigenes and released cDNA sequences of Cocos nucifera and Elaeis guineensis indicated that the assembled sequences were of high quality. Approximately 99.9% of unigenes were novel compared to the released coconut EST sequences. Using BLASTX, 68.2% of unigenes were successfully annotated based on the Genbank non-redundant (Nr) protein database. The annotated unigenes were then further classified using the Gene Ontology (GO), Clusters of Orthologous Groups (COG) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) databases. Conclusions/Significance: Our study provides a large quantity of novel genetic information for Cocos nucifera. This information will act as a valuable resource for further molecular genetic studies and breeding in coconut, as well as for isolation and characterization of functional genes involved in different biochemical pathways in this important tropical crop species.

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