How high-throughput sequencing empowers the research of polyploidy in vegetable crops

Weixuan Du, Xiaoning Wang, Xiaokun Zhao, Yun Pei, Lei Xia, Qinzheng Zhao, Chunyan Cheng, Yuhui Wang, Ji Li, Chuntao Qian, Qunfeng Lou, Rong Zhou, Carl-Otto Ottosen, Jinfeng Chen, Xiaqing Yu

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Abstract

Vegetables are not only economically important, but also essential for a healthy human diet providing fiber, minerals and essential nutrients. All flowering plants, including many vegetable crops, are polyploids, pinpointing the significance of polyploidy in plant evolution and crop breeding. In the last two decades, the fast development of sequencing has facilitated genome wide investigation of genetic and epigenetic changes that has occurred during the polyploidization process. With the achievement of more and more high-quality plant genomes, ancient polyploidization (also known as whole genome duplication, WGD) events have frequently been seen, which is vital for the understanding of domestication and differentiation history of vegetables. Moreover, advanced joint analysis of multi-omics data has been applied for efficient elucidation of underlying molecular mechanisms of complex traits in vegetables. This paper summarizes the status for the research on vegetable polyploids facilitated by high-throughput sequencing, that improve the understanding of plant evolution and support effective vegetable breeding via polyploidy.
Original languageEnglish
Article numbere006
JournalVegetable Research
Volume4
Issue4
ISSN2769-0520
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2024

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