Gene Details:

• Gene ID: Zm00001eb143080
• Gene Symbol: ZmMADS69 mads69
• Gene Name: MADS-transcription factor 69
• Genome: Zm-B73-REFERENCE-NAM-5.0
• Species: Zea mays

Functional Descriptions:

• ZmMADS69 and Rap2.7 map within well-characterized QTLs of flowering time suggesting that allelic variations at these genes control part of the diversity of flowering time of temperate maize.
• ZmMADS69 functions as a flowering activator through the ZmRap2.7-ZCN8 regulatory module and contributes to maize flowering time adaptation.
• Population genetic analyses showed that ZmMADS69 was a target of selection and may have played an important role as maize spread from the tropics to temperate zones. Our findings provide important insights into the regulation and adaptation of flowering time.
• Neither ZmMADS69 nor Rap2.7 nor any other gene in the eQTLs regions within Bin 3.05 were co-expressed with ZCN8, and co-expressed transcripts were not particularly enriched in eQTLs regions.

Function-related keywords:

• flowering-time ,  flowering

Literature:

• Maize adaptation across temperate climates was obtained via expression of two florigen genes.   DOI:  10.1371/journal.pgen.1008882 ;  PMID:  32673315
• ZmMADS69 functions as a flowering activator through the ZmRap2.7-ZCN8 regulatory module and contributes to maize flowering time adaptation.   DOI:  10.1111/nph.15512 ;  PMID:  30288760

Related News:

• PLoS Genet|ZCN8和ZCN12的表达增强了玉米对温带气候的适应性

Gene Resources:

• NCBI ID: LOC100272251
• UniProt accessions: A0A804N8H2

Sequences:

Source: Genetic information comes from the article