Nature Communications (Feb 2021)
Genome assembly and population genomic analysis provide insights into the evolution of modern sweet corn
- Ying Hu,
- Vincent Colantonio,
- Bárbara S. F. Müller,
- Kristen A. Leach,
- Adalena Nanni,
- Christina Finegan,
- Bo Wang,
- Matheus Baseggio,
- Carter J. Newton,
- Emily M. Juhl,
- Lillian Hislop,
- Juan M. Gonzalez,
- Esteban F. Rios,
- L. Curtis Hannah,
- Kelly Swarts,
- Michael A. Gore,
- Tracie A. Hennen-Bierwagen,
- Alan M. Myers,
- A. Mark Settles,
- William F. Tracy,
- Marcio F. R. Resende
Affiliations
- Ying Hu
- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida
- Vincent Colantonio
- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida
- Bárbara S. F. Müller
- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida
- Kristen A. Leach
- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida
- Adalena Nanni
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida
- Christina Finegan
- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida
- Bo Wang
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, One Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor
- Matheus Baseggio
- Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University
- Carter J. Newton
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University
- Emily M. Juhl
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University
- Lillian Hislop
- Department of Agronomy, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Juan M. Gonzalez
- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida
- Esteban F. Rios
- Agronomy Department, University of Florida
- L. Curtis Hannah
- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida
- Kelly Swarts
- Gregor Mendel Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna BioCenter
- Michael A. Gore
- Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University
- Tracie A. Hennen-Bierwagen
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University
- Alan M. Myers
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University
- A. Mark Settles
- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida
- William F. Tracy
- Department of Agronomy, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Marcio F. R. Resende
- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21380-4
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 13
Abstract
Sweet corn is one of the most important vegetables in North America and has undergone different selection pressures than non-sweet cultivars. Here, the authors report its genome assembly and reveal the evolutionary history of modern sweet corn through population genomic analyses.
