Pointed tips from the pointed tip accessions and the corresponding pericarp from the non-pointed tip accessions were collected from the distal end of the fruit and were immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen. Total RNA was extracted using TRIzol reagent (RN0102, Aidlab, China). First-strand cDNA was synthesized using HiScript II 1st Strand cDNA Synthesis Kit (+gDNA wiper) (R212-01, Vazyme, China), as recommended by the manufacturer. Gene expression analysis was quantified using quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR), which was conducted using QuantStudioTM 6 Flex System (ABI, USA). The tomato actin gene (Solyc11g008430) was used as an internal control. Primer sequences (designed using Primer Premier 5) are listed in Supplementary Data 7.
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