Chromosome-level genome assembly of the autotetraploid yellow pitaya provides novel insights into evolution of trait patterning in pitaya species with different ploidy

Abstract Background Yellow pitaya (Selenicereus megalanthus, 2n = 4x = 44) breeding remains severely hindered due to the lack of a reference genome. Results Here, we present a high-quality chromosome-level genome assembly of yellow pitaya using PacBio HiFi sequencing and Hi-C scaffolding technologie...

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Published in:	Genome Biology
Main Authors:	Qamar U. Zaman, Ali Raza, Liu Hui, Mian Faisal Nazir, Vanika Garg, Muhammad Ikram, Guoqing Wang, Wei Lv, Darya Khan, Aamir Ali Khokhar, Zhang You, Annapurna Chitikineni, Babar Usman, Cui Jianpeng, Xulong Yang, Shiyou Zuo, Peifeng Liu, Sunjeet Kumar, Mengqi Guo, Zhi-Xin Zhu, Girish Dwivedi, Yong-Hua Qin, Rajeev K. Varshney, Hua-Feng Wang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2025-08-01
Subjects:	Genome assembly S. undatus S. megalanthus Genome compartmentalization TADs Diploid pitaya
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-025-03695-3