High-quality genome and methylomes illustrate features underlying evolutionary success of oaks

Victoria L. Sork; Shawn J. Cokus; Sorel T. Fitz-Gibbon; Aleksey V. Zimin; Daniela Puiu; Jesse A. Garcia; Paul F. Gugger; Claudia L. Henriquez; Ying Zhen; Kirk E. Lohmueller; Matteo Pellegrini; Steven L. Salzberg

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29584-y

Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

High-quality genome and methylomes illustrate features underlying evolutionary success of oaks

Victoria L. Sork,
Shawn J. Cokus,
Sorel T. Fitz-Gibbon,
Aleksey V. Zimin,
Daniela Puiu,
Jesse A. Garcia,
Paul F. Gugger,
Claudia L. Henriquez,
Ying Zhen,
Kirk E. Lohmueller,
Matteo Pellegrini,
Steven L. Salzberg

Affiliations

Victoria L. Sork: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California
Shawn J. Cokus: Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California
Sorel T. Fitz-Gibbon: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California
Aleksey V. Zimin: Center for Computational Biology, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Daniela Puiu: Center for Computational Biology, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Jesse A. Garcia: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California
Paul F. Gugger: Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Claudia L. Henriquez: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California
Ying Zhen: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California
Kirk E. Lohmueller: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California
Matteo Pellegrini: Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California
Steven L. Salzberg: Center for Computational Biology, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29584-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The genus Quercus (oaks) has diversified into over 450 species which often play dominant roles in the ecosystems in which they occur. Here the authors present a genome and methylome for a California endemic oak, Quercus lobata, and describe features relevant to its evolutionary success.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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