Twenty years of plant genome sequencing: achievements and challenges

Y Sun, L Shang, QH Zhu, L Fan, L Guo - Trends in Plant Science, 2022 - cell.com
Publication of the complete genome sequence of Arabidopsis thaliana, the first plant
reference genome, in December 2000 heralded the beginning of the plant genome era …

Cucurbitaceae genome evolution, gene function, and molecular breeding

L Ma, Q Wang, Y Zheng, J Guo, S Yuan… - Horticulture …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Cucurbitaceae is one of the most genetically diverse plant families in the world. Many of
them are important vegetables or medicinal plants and are widely distributed worldwide. The …

Two divergent haplotypes from a highly heterozygous lychee genome suggest independent domestication events for early and late-maturing cultivars

G Hu, J Feng, X **ang, J Wang, J Salojärvi, C Liu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Lychee is an exotic tropical fruit with a distinct flavor. The genome of cultivar 'Feizixiao'was
assembled into 15 pseudochromosomes, totaling~ 470 Mb. High heterozygosity (2.27%) …

A telomere-to-telomere gap-free reference genome of watermelon and its mutation library provide important resources for gene discovery and breeding

Y Deng, S Liu, Y Zhang, J Tan, X Li, X Chu, B Xu… - Molecular plant, 2022 - cell.com
Watermelon, Citrullus lanatus, is the world's third largest fruit crop. Reference genomes with
gaps and a narrow genetic base hinder functional genomics and genetic improvement of …

Graph-based pan-genome reveals structural and sequence variations related to agronomic traits and domestication in cucumber

H Li, S Wang, S Chai, Z Yang, Q Zhang, H **n… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Structural variants (SVs) represent a major source of genetic diversity and are related to
numerous agronomic traits and evolutionary events; however, their comprehensive …

Green plant genomes: What we know in an era of rapidly expanding opportunities

WJ Kress, DE Soltis, PJ Kersey… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Green plants play a fundamental role in ecosystems, human health, and agriculture. As de
novo genomes are being generated for all known eukaryotic species as advocated by the …

CuGenDBv2: an updated database for cucurbit genomics

J Yu, S Wu, H Sun, X Wang, X Tang, S Guo… - Nucleic acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The Cucurbitaceae (cucurbit) family consists of about 1,000 species in 95 genera, including
many economically important and popular fruit and vegetable crops. During the past several …

Telomere-to-telomere Citrullus super-pangenome provides direction for watermelon breeding

Y Zhang, M Zhao, J Tan, M Huang, X Chu, Y Li… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
To decipher the genetic diversity within the cucurbit genus Citrullus, we generated telomere-
to-telomere (T2T) assemblies of 27 distinct genotypes, encompassing all seven Citrullus …

Identifying the causes and consequences of assembly gaps using a multiplatform genome assembly of a bird‐of‐paradise

V Peona, MPK Blom, L Xu, R Burri… - Molecular ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Genome assemblies are currently being produced at an impressive rate by consortia and
individual laboratories. The low costs and increasing efficiency of sequencing technologies …

Phylotranscriptomics in Cucurbitaceae reveal multiple whole-genome duplications and key morphological and molecular innovations

J Guo, W Xu, Y Hu, J Huang, Y Zhao, L Zhang… - Molecular Plant, 2020 - cell.com
The ability of climbing plants to grow upward along others to reach the canopy for
photosynthesis is hypothesized as a key innovation in flowering plants. Most members of the …