transcriptome analysis of Fuji apple

Apple is one of the most popular fruit in the world. Apple skin color is an important appearance quality that determines its commodity value. Large numbers of apple skin color mutants have been developed from bud sports, which bear fruits with different coloration from the rest of apples of the same tree. In this paper, we reported a skin color mutant of Fuji apple, the transcriptome analysis, and comparisons between theoriginal Fuji apple and this mutant. Samples from the mutant and normal apples of the same tree were taken at different time after bag removal during which the skin color develops.