A chromosome-anchored eggplant genome sequence reveals key events in Solanaceae evolution

Abstract With approximately 450 species, spiny Solanum species constitute the largest monophyletic group in the Solanaceae family, but a high-quality genome assembly from this group is presently missing. We obtained a chromosome-anchored genome assembly of eggplant (Solanum melongena), containing 34...

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Main Authors: Lorenzo Barchi, Marco Pietrella, Luca Venturini, Andrea Minio, Laura Toppino, Alberto Acquadro, Giuseppe Andolfo, Giuseppe Aprea, Carla Avanzato, Laura Bassolino, Cinzia Comino, Alessandra Dal Molin, Alberto Ferrarini, Louise Chappell Maor, Ezio Portis, Sebastian Reyes-Chin-Wo, Riccardo Rinaldi, Tea Sala, Davide Scaglione, Prashant Sonawane, Paola Tononi, Efrat Almekias-Siegl, Elisa Zago, Maria Raffaella Ercolano, Asaph Aharoni, Massimo Delledonne, Giovanni Giuliano, Sergio Lanteri, Giuseppe Leonardo Rotino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47985-w