Nature Communications (Apr 2017)

Genome assembly with in vitro proximity ligation data and whole-genome triplication in lettuce

  • Sebastian Reyes-Chin-Wo,
  • Zhiwen Wang,
  • Xinhua Yang,
  • Alexander Kozik,
  • Siwaret Arikit,
  • Chi Song,
  • Liangfeng Xia,
  • Lutz Froenicke,
  • Dean O. Lavelle,
  • María-José Truco,
  • Rui Xia,
  • Shilin Zhu,
  • Chunyan Xu,
  • Huaqin Xu,
  • Xun Xu,
  • Kyle Cox,
  • Ian Korf,
  • Blake C. Meyers,
  • Richard W. Michelmore

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14953
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Genome assembly for many plant species can be challenging due to large size and high repeat content. Here, the authors usein vitroproximity ligation to assemble the genome of lettuce, revealing a family-specific triplication event and providing a comprehensive reference genome for a member of the Compositae.