Scientists Release Kiwi Fruit DNA Sequences
August 1, 2008| |
Researchers from New Zealand-based companies HortResearch and Genesis Research and Development Corporation Limited announced that they would complete the public release of the world’s most extensive collection of kiwi fruit DNA sequences. The genetic data will allow fruit breeders develop new kiwi varieties with improved diseases resistance and increased health properties.
The release comprises over 130,000 kiwi fruit DNA sequences from active genes in the plant- referred to by scientists as expressed sequenced tags (ESTs). ESTs were identified for most genes in color pathways controlling chlorophyll degradation and carotenoid biosynthesis, fruit softening and ascorbic acid synthesis. HortResearch scientist William Laing said that the kiwi fruit DNA sequences were identified over an eight year period and will be used by the company’s breeders to speed up development of new kiwi fruit varieties through Marker Assisted Selection (MAS).
For more information, read the media release at http://www.hortresearch.co.nz/index/news/508 or the paper published by BMC Genomics at http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/9/351
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