CSHL and global collaborators map Solanum pan-genome

CSHL冷泉港实验室和全球合作者绘制了茄属植物全基因组图谱

关键词：

来源：

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

来源地址：

https://www.cshl.edu/cshl-and-global-collaborators-map-solanum-pan-genome/

资源所属：

马铃薯基因组设计育种

类型：

前沿资讯

语种：

英语

原文发布日期：

2025-03-05

摘要：

CSHL researchers and colleagues around the globe have sequenced dozens of complete genomes for the plant genus that includes tomatoes, potatoes, and eggplants. In a process they deem “pan-genetics,” the biologists use their new, high-quality pan-genome to map the genes behind specific traits of agricultural significance across the genus, and target those genes to create desirable mutations. Their research reveals the importance of understanding the evolution of paralog genes—those that arise through gene duplication—in predicting genome editing outcomes. Importantly, their biggest breakthroughs didn’t come from plants in Lippman’s backyard. Instead, it was African eggplant. A tomato relative indigenous to the sub-Saharan region, African eggplant varies highly in fruit shape, color, and size.