Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Chromosome-level genome assembly of bunching onion illuminates genome evolution and flavor formation in Allium crops

  • Nanqiao Liao,
  • Zhongyuan Hu,
  • Jinshan Miao,
  • Xiaodi Hu,
  • Xiaolong Lyu,
  • Haitian Fang,
  • Yi-Mei Zhou,
  • Ahmed Mahmoud,
  • Guancong Deng,
  • Yi-Qing Meng,
  • Kejia Zhang,
  • Yu-Yuan Ma,
  • Yuelin Xia,
  • Meng Zhao,
  • Haiyang Yang,
  • Yong Zhao,
  • Ling Kang,
  • Yiming Wang,
  • Jing-Hua Yang,
  • Yan-Hong Zhou,
  • Ming-Fang Zhang,
  • Jing-Quan Yu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34491-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Genome evolution of Allium genus and genomic basis underlying the pungency flavor formation remain poorly understood. Here, the authors assemble the genome of bunching onion and conduct population genetics analyses to reveal Allium genome evolution, flavor formation and domestication history.