1. The pangenome of an agronomically important crop plant Brassica oleracea
- Author
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Golicz, AA, Bayer, PE, Barker, GC, Edger, PP, Kim, H, Martinez, PA, Chan, CKK, Severn-Ellis, A, McCombie, WR, Parkin, IAP, Paterson, AH, Pires, JC, Sharpe, AG, Tang, H, Teakle, GR, Town, CD, Batley, J, Edwards, D, Golicz, AA, Bayer, PE, Barker, GC, Edger, PP, Kim, H, Martinez, PA, Chan, CKK, Severn-Ellis, A, McCombie, WR, Parkin, IAP, Paterson, AH, Pires, JC, Sharpe, AG, Tang, H, Teakle, GR, Town, CD, Batley, J, and Edwards, D
- Abstract
There is an increasing awareness that as a result of structural variation, a reference sequence representing a genome of a single individual is unable to capture all of the gene repertoire found in the species. A large number of genes affected by presence/absence and copy number variation suggest that it may contribute to phenotypic and agronomic trait diversity. Here we show by analysis of the Brassica oleracea pangenome that nearly 20% of genes are affected by presence/absence variation. Several genes displaying presence/absence variation are annotated with functions related to major agronomic traits, including disease resistance, flowering time, glucosinolate metabolism and vitamin biosynthesis.
- Published
- 2016