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Development of seven SNP molecular markers based on the key genes related to red colour of fruit skin in Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
Fruit color is an important factor that affects its quality. The red-skinned cultivars of Japanese apricot (Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc.) have high medicinal economic benefits and are mainly used for deep-processed...
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Genome-wide analysis and expression profiling of YUCCA gene family associated with plant vigor in Japanese apricot (prunus mume Sieb. Et zucc)
Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) is an important plant hormone required for various plant growth and developmental activities. YUCCA proteins are the enzymes for IAA synthesis that catalyze the rate-limiting step. H...
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Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the frigida domain gene family in Prunus mume (Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc.)
Frigida genes play a key role in regulating flowering time in plants. In this study, we identified 12 PmFRL genes and named them according to their chromosomal positions. These genes are unevenly distributed on f...
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Origin and Evolution of Prunus mume
Prunus mume (P. mume Sieb. et Zucc., 2n = 2x = 16) is a popular ornamental plant widely cultivated in East Asia, where it was domesticated over 3000 years ago. As an important member of the genus Prunus, it plays...
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Taxonomy and Germplasm of Prunus mume
In this chapter, the standard and basis for Prunus mume taxonomy are being discussed. According to its morphological characteristics and distribution, P. mume can be classified into two ecological categories: hig...
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Small RNAs in Prunus mume
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc) is an important economic fruit crop in China and Japan, with more than 200 cultivars in China. It is one of the most valuable materials used in the food and winemaking...
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Prunus mume Transcriptomics
Large-scale transcriptome analysis using next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies has proven extremely useful to obtain candidates for such unidentified genes. The NGS technologies are capable of generati...
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Production and Academic Importance of Prunus mume
Prunus mume has a great ornamental and nutritional value. The species is considered as an important fruit crop due to its special values. It is distributed throughout Eastern Asia, while the largest production re...
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Systems Biology in Japanese Apricot
‘Omics’ research approaches have produced copious data for living systems, required for the development of systems biology to integrate multidimensional biological information into networks and models. The app...
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The Chloroplast Genome of Prunus mume
The chloroplast genome of Prunus mume exhibits a circular DNA molecule of 157,712 bp, with a typical quadripartite structure. It consists of two inverted repeat regions (IRa and IRb) of 26,394 bp, separated by la...
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Molecular and Developmental Biology: Pistil Abortion
To understand the role of miRNAs and genes in pistil development, high-throughput sequencing was used to identify pistil-development-related miRNAs and transcripts in Japanese apricot. A combination of two-dim...
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Molecular Map** and Gene Cloning of QTLs in Prunus mume
Prunus is an economically important fruit tree genus and includes many stone fruit trees such as peach (Prunus persica Batsch), apricot, Japanese apricot (Prunus mume), sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.), European pl...
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Reconstruction of Ancestral Chromosomes of the Family Rosaceae
Genome research in Rosaceae plants is of great significance for improving fruit quality and production through various breeding and genetic engineering programmes. The reconstruction of the ancestral chromosom...
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Botanical Description of Prunus mume
Prunus mume is a small deciduous arbour tree species with a weak trunk and a shallow and broad root system. The flower buds of P. mume are covered with scales, and usually, one bud has only one flower. Branching ...
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Sequence Analysis of New S-RNase and SFB alleles in Japanese Apricot (Prunus mume)
As with other self-incompatible Prunus species, cultivars of Japanese apricot (Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc.) display the S-RNase-based gametophytic self-incompatibility system. In this study, S-genotypes of ten Jap...