Nature Communications (Dec 2021)

Genomic analyses provide insights into spinach domestication and the genetic basis of agronomic traits

  • Xiaofeng Cai,
  • Xuepeng Sun,
  • Chenxi Xu,
  • Honghe Sun,
  • Xiaoli Wang,
  • Chenhui Ge,
  • Zhonghua Zhang,
  • Quanxi Wang,
  • Zhangjun Fei,
  • Chen Jiao,
  • Quanhua Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27432-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Spinach is a nutritious leafy vegetable growing worldwide. Here, the authors report a high-quality chromosome-scale reference genome assembly of spinach and genome resequencing of 305 accessions, and provide insights into spinach domestication and the genetic basis of agronomic traits.