Lei Xue, Xiaofen Liu, Wenli Wang, Dan Huang, Chuanhong Ren, Xiaorong Huang, Xueren Yin, Kui Lin-Wang, Andrew C Allan, Kunsong Chen, Changjie Xu
Chinese bayberry (Morella rubra) is a fruit tree with a remarkable variation in fruit color, ranging from white to dark red as determined by anthocyanin content. In dark red 'Biqi' (BQ), red 'Dongkui' (DK), pink 'Fenhong' (FH), and white 'Shuijing' (SJ), we identified an anthocyanin-related MYB transcription factor-encoding gene cluster of four members, i.e., MrMYB1.1, MrMYB1.2, MrMYB1.3, and MrMYB2. Collinear analysis revealed that the MYB tandem cluster may have occurred in a highly conserved regions of many eudicot genomes...
February 6, 2024: Plant Physiology