Nature Communications (Oct 2020)
Chromosome-level genome assembly of a parent species of widely cultivated azaleas
- Fu-Sheng Yang,
- Shuai Nie,
- Hui Liu,
- Tian-Le Shi,
- Xue-Chan Tian,
- Shan-Shan Zhou,
- Yu-Tao Bao,
- Kai-Hua Jia,
- Jing-Fang Guo,
- Wei Zhao,
- Na An,
- Ren-Gang Zhang,
- Quan-Zheng Yun,
- Xin-Zhu Wang,
- Chanaka Mannapperuma,
- Ilga Porth,
- Yousry Aly El-Kassaby,
- Nathaniel Robert Street,
- Xiao-Ru Wang,
- Yves Van de Peer,
- Jian-Feng Mao
Affiliations
- Fu-Sheng Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shuai Nie
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University
- Hui Liu
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University
- Tian-Le Shi
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University
- Xue-Chan Tian
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University
- Shan-Shan Zhou
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University
- Yu-Tao Bao
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University
- Kai-Hua Jia
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University
- Jing-Fang Guo
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University
- Wei Zhao
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University
- Na An
- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Ren-Gang Zhang
- Beijing Ori-Gene Science and Technology Co. Ltd
- Quan-Zheng Yun
- Beijing Ori-Gene Science and Technology Co. Ltd
- Xin-Zhu Wang
- Beijing Ori-Gene Science and Technology Co. Ltd
- Chanaka Mannapperuma
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University
- Ilga Porth
- Département des Sciences du Bois et de la Forêt, Faculté de Foresterie, de Géographie et Géomatique, Université Laval Québec
- Yousry Aly El-Kassaby
- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia
- Nathaniel Robert Street
- Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University
- Xiao-Ru Wang
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University
- Yves Van de Peer
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics and VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University
- Jian-Feng Mao
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18771-4
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 13
Abstract
Azaleas are one of the most diverse ornamental plants and have cultural and economic importance. Here, the authors report a chromosome-scale genome assembly for the primary ancestor of the azalea cultivar Rhododendro simsi and identify transcription factors that may function in flower coloration at different stages.
