Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

Chromosome-scale assembly and analysis of biomass crop Miscanthus lutarioriparius genome

  • Jiashun Miao,
  • Qi Feng,
  • Yan Li,
  • Qiang Zhao,
  • Congcong Zhou,
  • Hengyun Lu,
  • Danlin Fan,
  • Juan Yan,
  • Yiqi Lu,
  • Qilin Tian,
  • Wenjun Li,
  • Qijun Weng,
  • Lei Zhang,
  • Yan Zhao,
  • Tao Huang,
  • Laigeng Li,
  • Xuehui Huang,
  • Tao Sang,
  • Bin Han

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22738-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The genus Miscanthus has great potential for bio-energy production due to its high biomass yield and strong stress resistance. Here, the authors report the genome assembly of the diploid M. lutarioriparius, showing it has an allotetraploid origin and an expanded number of genes in families related to stress resistance.