Mutation Mechanism of Leaf Color in Plants: A Review
Color mutation is a common, easily identifiable phenomenon in higher plants. Color mutations usually affect the photosynthetic efficiency of plants, resulting in poor growth and economic losses. Therefore, leaf color mutants have been unwittingly eliminated in recent years. Recently, however, with t...
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| author | Ming-Hui Zhao Xiang Li Xin-Xin Zhang Heng Zhang Xi-Yang Zhao |
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| description | Color mutation is a common, easily identifiable phenomenon in higher plants. Color mutations usually affect the photosynthetic efficiency of plants, resulting in poor growth and economic losses. Therefore, leaf color mutants have been unwittingly eliminated in recent years. Recently, however, with the development of society, the application of leaf color mutants has become increasingly widespread. Leaf color mutants are ideal materials for studying pigment metabolism, chloroplast development and differentiation, photosynthesis and other pathways that could also provide important information for improving varietal selection. In this review, we summarize the research on leaf color mutants, such as the functions and mechanisms of leaf color mutant-related genes, which affect chlorophyll synthesis, chlorophyll degradation, chloroplast development and anthocyanin metabolism. We also summarize two common methods for mapping and cloning related leaf color mutation genes using Map-based cloning and RNA-seq, and we discuss the existing problems and propose future research directions for leaf color mutants, which provide a reference for the study and application of leaf color mutants in the future. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1c308f1d005a43e8a86b9d663ca07ed72023-11-20T09:13:41ZengMDPI AGForests1999-49072020-08-0111885110.3390/f11080851Mutation Mechanism of Leaf Color in Plants: A ReviewMing-Hui Zhao0Xiang Li1Xin-Xin Zhang2Heng Zhang3Xi-Yang Zhao4State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, ChinaColor mutation is a common, easily identifiable phenomenon in higher plants. Color mutations usually affect the photosynthetic efficiency of plants, resulting in poor growth and economic losses. Therefore, leaf color mutants have been unwittingly eliminated in recent years. Recently, however, with the development of society, the application of leaf color mutants has become increasingly widespread. Leaf color mutants are ideal materials for studying pigment metabolism, chloroplast development and differentiation, photosynthesis and other pathways that could also provide important information for improving varietal selection. In this review, we summarize the research on leaf color mutants, such as the functions and mechanisms of leaf color mutant-related genes, which affect chlorophyll synthesis, chlorophyll degradation, chloroplast development and anthocyanin metabolism. We also summarize two common methods for mapping and cloning related leaf color mutation genes using Map-based cloning and RNA-seq, and we discuss the existing problems and propose future research directions for leaf color mutants, which provide a reference for the study and application of leaf color mutants in the future.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/11/8/851color mutationpigment metabolismchlorophyllanthocyaninmutation mechanismRNA-seq |
| spellingShingle | Ming-Hui Zhao Xiang Li Xin-Xin Zhang Heng Zhang Xi-Yang Zhao Mutation Mechanism of Leaf Color in Plants: A Review Forests color mutation pigment metabolism chlorophyll anthocyanin mutation mechanism RNA-seq |
| title | Mutation Mechanism of Leaf Color in Plants: A Review |
| title_full | Mutation Mechanism of Leaf Color in Plants: A Review |
| title_fullStr | Mutation Mechanism of Leaf Color in Plants: A Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mutation Mechanism of Leaf Color in Plants: A Review |
| title_short | Mutation Mechanism of Leaf Color in Plants: A Review |
| title_sort | mutation mechanism of leaf color in plants a review |
| topic | color mutation pigment metabolism chlorophyll anthocyanin mutation mechanism RNA-seq |
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