Nature Communications (May 2021)

The tepary bean genome provides insight into evolution and domestication under heat stress

  • Samira Mafi Moghaddam,
  • Atena Oladzad,
  • Chushin Koh,
  • Larissa Ramsay,
  • John P. Hart,
  • Sujan Mamidi,
  • Genevieve Hoopes,
  • Avinash Sreedasyam,
  • Andrew Wiersma,
  • Dongyan Zhao,
  • Jane Grimwood,
  • John P. Hamilton,
  • Jerry Jenkins,
  • Brieanne Vaillancourt,
  • Joshua C. Wood,
  • Jeremy Schmutz,
  • Sateesh Kagale,
  • Timothy Porch,
  • Kirstin E. Bett,
  • C. Robin Buell,
  • Phillip E. McClean

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22858-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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In contrast to common bean, tepary bean is highly adapted to heat and drought. Here, the authors assemble the genomes of tepary bean landrace and wild accession, discuss the possible mechanism for resilience to heat stress, and reveal a reduced disease resistance gene repertoire.