Communications Biology (Jun 2021)

Wolfberry genomes and the evolution of Lycium (Solanaceae)

  • You-Long Cao,
  • Yan-long Li,
  • Yun-Fang Fan,
  • Zhen Li,
  • Kouki Yoshida,
  • Jie-Yu Wang,
  • Xiao-Kai Ma,
  • Ning Wang,
  • Nobutaka Mitsuda,
  • Toshihisa Kotake,
  • Takeshi Ishimizu,
  • Kun-Chan Tsai,
  • Shan-Ce Niu,
  • Diyang Zhang,
  • Wei-Hong Sun,
  • Qing Luo,
  • Jian-Hua Zhao,
  • Yue Yin,
  • Bo Zhang,
  • Jun-Yi Wang,
  • Ken Qin,
  • Wei An,
  • Jun He,
  • Guo-Li Dai,
  • Ya-Jun Wang,
  • Zhi-Gang Shi,
  • En-Ning Jiao,
  • Peng-Ju Wu,
  • Xuedie Liu,
  • Bin Liu,
  • Xing-Yu Liao,
  • Yu-Ting Jiang,
  • Xia Yu,
  • Yang Hao,
  • Xin-Yu Xu,
  • Shuang-Quan Zou,
  • Ming-He Li,
  • Yu-Yun Hsiao,
  • Yu-Fu Lin,
  • Chieh-Kai Liang,
  • You-Yi Chen,
  • Wan-Lin Wu,
  • Hsiang-Chai Lu,
  • Si-Ren Lan,
  • Zhi-Wen Wang,
  • Xiang Zhao,
  • Wen-Ying Zhong,
  • Chuan-Ming Yeh,
  • Wen-Chieh Tsai,
  • Yves Van de Peer,
  • Zhong-Jian Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02152-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Cao, Li, et al. sequence 13 perennial woody plant species of Lycium, and specifically provide a draft assembly of L. ruthenicum and a chromosome-level assembly of L. barbarum, the wolfberry or Goji berry. From a phylogenetic tree the authors identify an ancient hexaploidization event, and report the evolution of gene families including fruit ripening, fruit coloration, polysaccharide synthesis and self-incompatibility within Solanaceae and the general biogeography of L. barbarum.