Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Comprehensive genomic resources related to domestication and crop improvement traits in Lima bean

  • Tatiana Garcia,
  • Jorge Duitama,
  • Stephanie Smolenski Zullo,
  • Juanita Gil,
  • Andrea Ariani,
  • Sarah Dohle,
  • Antonia Palkovic,
  • Paola Skeen,
  • Clara Isabel Bermudez-Santana,
  • Daniel G. Debouck,
  • Jaime Martínez-Castillo,
  • Paul Gepts,
  • Maria Isabel Chacón-Sánchez

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-20921-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Lima bean is an important crop for improving food security in Latin America and elsewhere. Here, the authors assemble its genome, conduct population genomics analysis using genotyping-by-sequencing data, and identify differentially expressed genes between two pod developmental stages.