Nature Communications (Apr 2019)
A high-quality apple genome assembly reveals the association of a retrotransposon and red fruit colour
- Liyi Zhang,
- Jiang Hu,
- Xiaolei Han,
- Jingjing Li,
- Yuan Gao,
- Christopher M. Richards,
- Caixia Zhang,
- Yi Tian,
- Guiming Liu,
- Hera Gul,
- Dajiang Wang,
- Yu Tian,
- Chuanxin Yang,
- Minghui Meng,
- Gaopeng Yuan,
- Guodong Kang,
- Yonglong Wu,
- Kun Wang,
- Hengtao Zhang,
- Depeng Wang,
- Peihua Cong
Affiliations
- Liyi Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science
- Jiang Hu
- Nextomics Biosciences Institute
- Xiaolei Han
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science
- Jingjing Li
- Nextomics Biosciences Institute
- Yuan Gao
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science
- Christopher M. Richards
- USDA-ARS National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation
- Caixia Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science
- Yi Tian
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science
- Guiming Liu
- Beijing Agro-Biotechnology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences
- Hera Gul
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science
- Dajiang Wang
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science
- Yu Tian
- Nextomics Biosciences Institute
- Chuanxin Yang
- Nextomics Biosciences Institute
- Minghui Meng
- Nextomics Biosciences Institute
- Gaopeng Yuan
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science
- Guodong Kang
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science
- Yonglong Wu
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science
- Kun Wang
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science
- Hengtao Zhang
- Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science
- Depeng Wang
- Nextomics Biosciences Institute
- Peihua Cong
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09518-x
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 13
Abstract
Existing apple genome assemblies all derive from Golden Delicious. Here, the authors combine different sequencing technologies to assemble a high quality genome of an anther-derived homozygous genotype HFTH1 and find the association of a retrotransposon and red fruit colour.
