From genome to phenome and back in tomato

Yasunori Ichihashi; Neelima R Sinha

doi:10.1016/j.pbi.2013.12.004

From genome to phenome and back in tomato

Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2014 Apr:18:9-15. doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2013.12.004. Epub 2014 Jan 17.

Authors

Yasunori Ichihashi¹, Neelima R Sinha²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plant Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA; Center for Sustainable Resource Science, RIKEN, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan.
² Department of Plant Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA. Electronic address: nrsinha@ucdavis.edu.

PMID: 24440917
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2013.12.004

Abstract

The tomato is an ideal plant species for genomic and evolutionary studies. Thanks to recent technical advances, a plethora of information relating to tomato genomics has been generated. In addition, various phenotypes related to morphology, physiology and yield have been investigated in tomato and its wild relatives. In this review, we summarize recent key findings in tomato genomics that used both developmental and evolutionary approaches to link the genome to phenome. Combined, these perspectives allow us to look at the trends in tomato evolution in addition to providing insight into the future direction of research that can utilize this unique model species.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Review

MeSH terms

Biological Evolution
Gene Duplication
Genome, Plant / genetics*
Phenotype
Selection, Genetic
Solanum lycopersicum / genetics*