Fruit growth and development in apple: a molecular, genomics and epigenetics perspective
Fruit growth and development are physiological processes controlled by several internal and external factors. This complex regulatory mechanism comprises a series of events occurring in a chronological order over a growing season. Understanding the underlying mechanism of fruit development events, h...
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| description | Fruit growth and development are physiological processes controlled by several internal and external factors. This complex regulatory mechanism comprises a series of events occurring in a chronological order over a growing season. Understanding the underlying mechanism of fruit development events, however, requires consideration of the events occurring prior to fruit development such as flowering, pollination, fertilization, and fruit set. Such events are interrelated and occur in a sequential order. Recent advances in high-throughput sequencing technology in conjunction with improved statistical and computational methods have empowered science to identify some of the major molecular components and mechanisms involved in the regulation of fruit growth and have supplied encouraging successes in associating genotypic differentiation with phenotypic observations. As a result, multiple approaches have been developed to dissect such complex regulatory machinery and understand the genetic basis controlling these processes. These methods include transcriptomic analysis, quantitative trait loci (QTLs) mapping, whole-genome approach, and epigenetics analyses. This review offers a comprehensive overview of the molecular, genomic and epigenetics perspective of apple fruit growth and development that defines the final fruit size and provides a detailed analysis of the mechanisms by which fruit growth and development are controlled. Though the main emphasis of this article is on the molecular, genomic and epigenetics aspects of fruit growth and development, we will also deliver a brief overview on events occurring prior to fruit growth. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e021f87e1608439d99e00e1ab9eeb7182023-04-12T04:42:36ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Plant Science1664-462X2023-04-011410.3389/fpls.2023.11223971122397Fruit growth and development in apple: a molecular, genomics and epigenetics perspectiveKhalil R. JahedPeter M. HirstFruit growth and development are physiological processes controlled by several internal and external factors. This complex regulatory mechanism comprises a series of events occurring in a chronological order over a growing season. Understanding the underlying mechanism of fruit development events, however, requires consideration of the events occurring prior to fruit development such as flowering, pollination, fertilization, and fruit set. Such events are interrelated and occur in a sequential order. Recent advances in high-throughput sequencing technology in conjunction with improved statistical and computational methods have empowered science to identify some of the major molecular components and mechanisms involved in the regulation of fruit growth and have supplied encouraging successes in associating genotypic differentiation with phenotypic observations. As a result, multiple approaches have been developed to dissect such complex regulatory machinery and understand the genetic basis controlling these processes. These methods include transcriptomic analysis, quantitative trait loci (QTLs) mapping, whole-genome approach, and epigenetics analyses. This review offers a comprehensive overview of the molecular, genomic and epigenetics perspective of apple fruit growth and development that defines the final fruit size and provides a detailed analysis of the mechanisms by which fruit growth and development are controlled. Though the main emphasis of this article is on the molecular, genomic and epigenetics aspects of fruit growth and development, we will also deliver a brief overview on events occurring prior to fruit growth.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2023.1122397/fullMdCNRquantitative trait locifruit growth regulationpollinationdouble fertilizationepigenetics |
| spellingShingle | Khalil R. Jahed Peter M. Hirst Fruit growth and development in apple: a molecular, genomics and epigenetics perspective Frontiers in Plant Science MdCNR quantitative trait loci fruit growth regulation pollination double fertilization epigenetics |
| title | Fruit growth and development in apple: a molecular, genomics and epigenetics perspective |
| title_full | Fruit growth and development in apple: a molecular, genomics and epigenetics perspective |
| title_fullStr | Fruit growth and development in apple: a molecular, genomics and epigenetics perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fruit growth and development in apple: a molecular, genomics and epigenetics perspective |
| title_short | Fruit growth and development in apple: a molecular, genomics and epigenetics perspective |
| title_sort | fruit growth and development in apple a molecular genomics and epigenetics perspective |
| topic | MdCNR quantitative trait loci fruit growth regulation pollination double fertilization epigenetics |
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