Zooming in on a quantitative trait for tomato yield using interspecific introgressions
Zooming in on a quantitative trait for tomato yield using interspecific introgressions
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DOI:
10.1126/science.1101666
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发表时间:
2004-09-17
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56.9
通讯作者:
Zamir, D
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作者:
Fridman, E;Carrari, F;Zamir, D
To explore natural biodiversity we developed and examined introgression lines (ILs) containing chromosome segments of wild species (Solanum pennellii) in the background of the cultivated tomato (S. lycopersicum). We identified Brix9-2-5, which is a S. pennellii quantitative trait locus (QTL) that increases sugar yield of tomatoes and was mapped within a flower- and fruit-specific invertase (LIN5). QTL analysis representing five different tomato species delimited the functional polymorphism of Brix-9-2-5 to an amino acid near the catalytic site of the invertase crystal, affecting enzyme kinetics and fruit sink strength. These results underline the power of diverse ILs for high-resolution perspectives on complex phenotypes.