title: Quantitative trait loci mapping of flag-leaf ligule length in rice and alignment with ZmLG1 gene.
abstract: A doubled haploid (DH) population, which consists of 120 lines derived from anther culture of a typical indica and japonica hybrid ‘CJ06’/‘TN1’, was used in this study. Ligule lengths of flag leaf were investigated for quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping using the DH population. Five QTLs (qLL-2, qLL-4, qLL-6, qLL-10 and qLL-12) controlling the ligule length (LL) were detected on chromosomes 2, 4, 6, 10 and 12, with the variances explained 11.4%, 13.6%, 27.8%, 22.1% and 11.0%, respectively. Using four known genes of ZmGL1, ZmGL2, ZmGL3 and ZmGL4 in maize from the MaizeGDB, their homologs in rice were aligned and integrated into the existing simple sequence repeats linkage map by in silico mapping. A ZmLG1 homolog gene, OsLG1 encoding a squamosa promoter binding protein, was located between the markers RM255 and RM280, which is just identical to the interval of qLL-4 on the long arm of chromosome 4. The results are beneficial to dissection of the ligule molecular mechanism and the study of cereal evolution.
authors: State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China.
authors: Dali
authors: D
authors: Zeng
authors: Jiang
authors: J
authors: Hu
authors: Guojun
authors: G
authors: Dong
authors: Jian
authors: J
authors: Liu
authors: Longjun
authors: L
authors: Zeng
authors: Guangheng
authors: G
authors: Zhang
authors: Longbiao
authors: L
authors: Guo
authors: Yihua
authors: Y
authors: Zhou
authors: Qian
authors: Q
authors: Qian
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D032461:Chromosomes, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D019295:Computational Biology; D017343:Genes, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D056426:Genetic Loci / Q000235:genetics; D006238:Haploidy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012275:Oryza / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000235:genetics*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000235:genetics*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D003313:Zea mays / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins