Construction of pseudomolecule sequences of Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis inbred line CT001 and analysis of spontaneous mutations derived via sexual propagation

PLoS One. 2019 Sep 9;14(9):e0222283. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222283. eCollection 2019.

Abstract

Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis) is a major crop that is widely cultivated, especially in Korea, Japan, and China. With the advent of next generation sequencing technology, the cost and time required for sequencing have decreased and the development of genome research accelerated. Genome sequencing of Chinese cabbage was completed in 2011 using the variety Chiifu-401-42, and since then the genome has been continuously updated. In the present study, we conducted whole-genome sequencing of Chinese cabbage inbred line CT001, a line widely used in traditional or molecular breeding, to improve the accuracy of genetic polymorphism analysis. The constructed CT001 pseudomolecule represented 85.4% (219.8 Mb) of the Chiifu reference genome, and a total of 38,567 gene models were annotated using RNA-Seq analysis. In addition, the spontaneous mutation rate of CT001 was estimated by resequencing DNA obtained from individual plants after sexual propagation for six generations to estimate the naturally occurring variations. The CT001 pseudomolecule constructed in this study will provide valuable resources for genomic studies on Chinese cabbage.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Brassica rapa / genetics*
  • Brassica rapa / metabolism
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Plant*
  • Genome, Plant
  • Mutation*
  • Plant Proteins / genetics*
  • Plant Proteins / metabolism

Substances

  • Plant Proteins

Grants and funding

This work was carried out with the support of "Cooperative Research Program for Agriculture Science and Technology Development (Project No. PJ01324601)" Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.