Novel assembly strategy cracks open the mysteries of walnut genome evolution

Abstract High quality chromosome-scale assemblies from an interspecific hybrid between walnut and a wild relative reveal the persistence of asymmetric fractionation between the sub-genomes and suggest a late-Miocene origin for the genus Juglans.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: G. Albert Wu, Fred G. Gmitter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-04-01
Series:Horticulture Research
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41438-019-0143-5