Nature Communications (Sep 2020)

Population sequencing enhances understanding of tea plant evolution

  • Xinchao Wang,
  • Hu Feng,
  • Yuxiao Chang,
  • Chunlei Ma,
  • Liyuan Wang,
  • Xinyuan Hao,
  • A’lun Li,
  • Hao Cheng,
  • Lu Wang,
  • Peng Cui,
  • Jiqiang Jin,
  • Xiaobo Wang,
  • Kang Wei,
  • Cheng Ai,
  • Sheng Zhao,
  • Zhichao Wu,
  • Youyong Li,
  • Benying Liu,
  • Guo-Dong Wang,
  • Liang Chen,
  • Jue Ruan,
  • Yajun Yang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18228-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Tea is an important beverage crop with a large and heterozygous genome. Here, the authors assemble the genome of the cultivar Longjing 43 and conduct a population genetics study to reveal divergent selection for disease resistance and flavor between the two variety groups.