Combined transcriptome, metabolome, and miRNA analysis reveals the genetic regulatory network of sweet corn pericarp thickness
Xiaming Wu, Ruixiang Liu, Meijing Zhang, Min Yang, Chenping Zhou, Ruibin Kuang, Yanping Chen, Yuerong Wei · 2025
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Description
Xiaming Wu and co-authors map what sets sweet corn skin thickness in a 2025 study. The pericarp, the kernel's outer skin, decides how tender sweet corn feels to eat. Thick and thin skins differ mainly in cell layer count, as microscope work showed. The team joined three data lenses (gene activity, small RNA, and chemistry) to find the network behind the trait.
Thousands of genes shifted between the types, along with dozens of small RNAs and over a hundred compounds. A few small RNAs stood out as likely hubs of the network. Breeders can use such maps to select for tenderness with markers instead of taste panels alone. The study shows how layered data can crack a trait that single methods leave tangled.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Xiaming Wu, Ruixiang Liu, Meijing Zhang, Min Yang, Chenping Zhou, Ruibin Kuang, Yanping Chen, Yuerong Wei |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |