Sequencing wild and cultivated cassava and related species reveals extensive interspecific hybridization and genetic diversity
This study provide a high-quality genome assembly for cassava with improved contiguity, linkage, and completeness
Abstract
Cassava provides calories and nutrition for more than half a billion people. It was domesticated by native Amazonian peoples and is now grown in tropical regions worldwide. Here the authors provide a high-quality genome assembly for cassava with improved contiguity, linkage, and completeness; almost 97% of genes are anchored to chromosomes.
This work is part of the 鈥淣ext Generation Cassava Breeding Project鈥� which is supported by the UK Department for International Development, in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Citation
Jessen V Bredeson, Jessica B Lyons, Simon E Prochnik, G Albert Wu, Cindy M Ha, Eric Edsinger-Gonzales, Jane Grimwood, Jeremy Schmutz, Ismail Y Rabbi, Chiedozie Egesi, Poasa Nauluvula, Vincent Lebot, Joseph Ndunguru, Geoffrey Mkamilo, Rebecca S Bart, Tim L Setter, Roslyn M Gleadow, Peter Kulakow, Morag E Ferguson, Steve Rounsley & Daniel S Rokhsar. Sequencing wild and cultivated cassava and related species reveals extensive interspecific hybridization and genetic diversity. Nature Biotechnology volume 34, pages 562鈥�570 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3535