Sequence variation of vernalization gene BrFLC in turnip rapes (Brassica rapa L.)
To better understand the variations related to winter and spring of Brassica rapa,4 BrFLCs genes from 5 turnip rape cultivars (different in temperature sensitivity and cold hardiness) were investigated by nested and semi nested PCR.Primers were designed between the sequence of exon 4 to exon 7 in BrFLCs.Results showed that BrFLC1,BrFLC2 and BrFLC3 were amplified except BrFLC5.Sequence alignment analysis found some variations in the regions from exon 4 to 7 of the 3 BrFLCs.The main allelic variations were SNPs and Indels.Combining with their temperature sensitivity,variations in BrFLC1 had little correlation to winterness,and those from BrFLC2 and BrFLC3 might have higher correlations.1 Indel and 5 SNPs in BrFLC2,and 1 Indel and 16 SNPs in BrFLC3 might be associated with winterness.