Nature Communications (Jul 2018)

A mosaic monoploid reference sequence for the highly complex genome of sugarcane

  • Olivier Garsmeur,
  • Gaetan Droc,
  • Rudie Antonise,
  • Jane Grimwood,
  • Bernard Potier,
  • Karen Aitken,
  • Jerry Jenkins,
  • Guillaume Martin,
  • Carine Charron,
  • Catherine Hervouet,
  • Laurent Costet,
  • Nabila Yahiaoui,
  • Adam Healey,
  • David Sims,
  • Yesesri Cherukuri,
  • Avinash Sreedasyam,
  • Andrzej Kilian,
  • Agnes Chan,
  • Marie-Anne Van Sluys,
  • Kankshita Swaminathan,
  • Christopher Town,
  • Hélène Bergès,
  • Blake Simmons,
  • Jean Christophe Glaszmann,
  • Edwin van der Vossen,
  • Robert Henry,
  • Jeremy Schmutz,
  • Angélique D’Hont

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05051-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) is a crop of major economic significance but has complex genome structure. Here, the authors generate a BAC-based monoploid sugarcane reference sequence.