Zea mays Raw sequence reads

Maize is a widely cultivated crop plant and exhibit a wide range of heterosis traits including crop yield. Heterosis is the phenotype that F1 hybrid progenies may show superior properties relative to their parents, which have been utilized in crop improvement worldwide.Our transcriptome analysis revealed that there are diverse transcriptome discrimination between B73 and Mo17 inbred lines, which may provide the genetic basis for heterosis traits. Lower expression of leaf senescence associated genes and higher expression of photosynthetic genes and starch synthesis genes in hybrid plant may also contribute to heterotic phenotypes.