Chromosome-level genome assembly of a parent species of widely cultivated azaleas

Azaleas are one of the most diverse ornamental plants and have cultural and economic importance. Here, the authors report a chromosome-scale genome assembly for the primary ancestor of the azalea cultivar Rhododendro simsi and identify transcription factors that may function in flower coloration at...

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Main Authors: Fu-Sheng Yang, Shuai Nie, Hui Liu, Tian-Le Shi, Xue-Chan Tian, Shan-Shan Zhou, Yu-Tao Bao, Kai-Hua Jia, Jing-Fang Guo, Wei Zhao, Na An, Ren-Gang Zhang, Quan-Zheng Yun, Xin-Zhu Wang, Chanaka Mannapperuma, Ilga Porth, Yousry Aly El-Kassaby, Nathaniel Robert Street, Xiao-Ru Wang, Yves Van de Peer, Jian-Feng Mao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18771-4