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A high-quality apple genome assembly reveals the association of a retrotransposon and red fruit colour

Authors :
Liyi Zhang
Jiang Hu
Xiaolei Han
Jingjing Li
Yuan Gao
Christopher M. Richards
Caixia Zhang
Yi Tian
Guiming Liu
Hera Gul
Dajiang Wang
Yu Tian
Chuanxin Yang
Minghui Meng
Gaopeng Yuan
Guodong Kang
Yonglong Wu
Kun Wang
Hengtao Zhang
Depeng Wang
Peihua Cong
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2019)
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2019.

Abstract

Existing apple genome assemblies all derive from Golden Delicious. Here, the authors combine different sequencing technologies to assemble a high quality genome of an anther-derived homozygous genotype HFTH1 and find the association of a retrotransposon and red fruit colour.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
10
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.8e039f4e286b440f9a2d4a4241736078
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09518-x