Chromosome-Scale Assembly of the Bread Wheat Genome Reveals Thousands of Additional Gene Copies

• Published in: Genetics (Austin) Vol. 216; no. 2; pp. 599 - 608
• Main Authors: Alonge, Michael, Shumate, Alaina, Puiu, Daniela, Zimin, Aleksey V, Salzberg, Steven L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Oxford University Press 01.10.2020; Genetics Society of America
• Subjects: Agricultural research; Annotations; Assembly; Bread; Chromosomes; Chromosomes, Plant - genetics; Contig Mapping - methods; Contig Mapping - standards; Domestication; Flow cytometry; Gene Dosage; Genes; Genetics; Genome, Plant; Genomes; Genomics; Genomics - methods; Genomics - standards; Goat grass; Investigations; Reference Standards; Triticum; Triticum - genetics; Wheat; wheat; scaffolding; gene annotation; gene duplication; genome assembly

Abstract Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) is a major food crop and an important plant system for agricultural genetics research. However, due to the complexity and size of its allohexaploid genome, genomic resources are limited compared to other major crops. The IWGSC recently published a reference g...