The rice pangenome branches out
The power of genome-enabled research depends not only on the quality of individual genome assemblies,but also the extent to which they collectively represent the natural variation of a study system.In a recent Cell Research paper,Shang et al.make an important advance in our understanding of rice genomes with the release of the first rice'super-pangenome',which encompasses the pangenome of domesticated Asian rice plus three closely related species.
This year marks two decades since the first draft genome of any crop species was released.The 2002 publication of the japonica1 and indica2 rice draft genomes was a seminal event in plant biology,setting the stage for the first completed rice reference genome3 and an explosion in studies in fields ranging from rice genetics and breeding to genome evolution and phylogenetics of the grass family.As a diploid species with a relatively small genome size,the rice reference genome also provided a critical foundation for tackling more complicated plant genomes,including the polyploid genomes that characterize many crop species.
rice、branches、pangenome
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