Chromosome‐scale reference genome of Pectocarya recurvata, the species with the smallest reported genome size in Boraginaceae

• Published in: Applications in plant sciences Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. e70008 - n/a
• Main Authors: Northing, Poppy C., Pelosi, Jessie A., Venable, D. Lawrence, Dlugosch, Katrina M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.05.2025; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Biogeography; Boraginaceae; Chromosomes; Cold; cytotype variation; Deserts; Flow cytometry; Genomes; Pectocarya recurvata; Physiology; Precipitation; reference genome assembly; Resource; Seeds; small genome size; Sonoran Desert winter annual plant; Mexico; Sonoran Desert; California; United States > US; Arizona; cytotype variation; small genome size; Sonoran Desert winter annual plant; reference genome assembly; Pectocarya recurvata; Boraginaceae

Premise Pectocarya recurvata (Boraginaceae, subfamily Cynoglossoideae), a species native to the Sonoran Desert (North America), has served as a model system for a suite of ecological and evolutionary studies. However, no reference genomes are currently available in Cynoglossoideae. A high‐quality re...