@article{860877851daa49e98eea77f0cbfa9daf,
title = "Long-read genome assembly and genetic architecture of fruit shape in the bottle gourd",
abstract = "The bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria, Cucurbitaceae) is an important horticultural crop exhibiting tremendous diversity in fruit shape. The genetic architecture of fruit shape variation in this species remains unknown. We assembled a long-read-based, high-quality reference genome (ZAAS_Lsic_2.0) with a contig N50 value over 390-fold greater than the existing reference genomes. We then focused on dissection of fruit shape using a one-step geometric morphometrics-based functional mapping approach. We identified 11 quantitative trait loci (QTLs) responsible for fruit shape (fsQTLs), reconstructed their visible effects and revealed syntenic relationships of bottle gourd fsQTLs with 12 fsQTLs previously reported in cucumber, melon or watermelon. Homologs of several well-known and newly identified fruit shape genes, including SUN, OFP, AP2 and auxin transporters, were comapped with bottle gourd QTLs.",
author = "Pei Xu and Ying Wang and Fengshuo Sun and Rongling Wu and Huilong Du and Yuhong Wang and Libo Jiang and Xiaohua Wu and Xinyi Wu and Liming Yang and Nailin Xing and Yaowen Hu and Baogen Wang and Yunping Huang and Ye Tao and Qiang Gao and Chengzhi Liang and Yanwei Li and Zhongfu Lu and Guojing Li",
note = "Funding Information: This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31801865), the National Program for Support of Top‐notch Young Professionals (P.X.) and the Key Science Project of Vegetable Breeding in Zhejiang (14th Five‐Year Plan). The authors thank Liang Zeng for computational technique support. Funding Information: This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31801865), the National Program for Support of Top-notch Young Professionals (P.X.) and the Key Science Project of Vegetable Breeding in Zhejiang (14th Five-Year Plan). The authors thank Liang Zeng for computational technique support. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 Society for Experimental Biology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd",
year = "2021",
month = aug,
doi = "10.1111/tpj.15358",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "107",
pages = "956--968",
journal = "Plant Journal",
issn = "0960-7412",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "3",
}