The Tomato Genome Consortium (May 2012) The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution. Nature, 485 (7400). pp. 635-41. ISSN 1476-4687 (Electronic)0028-0836 (Linking)
Abstract
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is a major crop plant and a model system for fruit development. Solanum is one of the largest angiosperm genera and includes annual and perennial plants from diverse habitats. Here we present a high-quality genome sequence of domesticated tomato, a draft sequence of its closest wild relative, Solanum pimpinellifolium, and compare them to each other and to the potato genome (Solanum tuberosum). The two tomato genomes show only 0.6% nucleotide divergence and signs of recent admixture, but show more than 8% divergence from potato, with nine large and several smaller inversions. In contrast to Arabidopsis, but similar to soybean, tomato and potato small RNAs map predominantly to gene-rich chromosomal regions, including gene promoters. The Solanum lineage has experienced two consecutive genome triplications: one that is ancient and shared with rosids, and a more recent one. These triplications set the stage for the neofunctionalization of genes controlling fruit characteristics, such as colour and fleshiness.
| Item Type: | Paper |
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| Subjects: | bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > analysis and processing bioinformatics bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > analysis and processing > Sequence Data Processing evolution organism description > plant |
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| Communities: | CSHL labs > Lippman lab CSHL labs > McCombie lab CSHL labs > Ware lab |
| Depositing User: | Matt Covey |
| Date: | 31 May 2012 |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jan 2013 20:42 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Dec 2014 14:53 |
| PMCID: | PMC3378239 |
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| URI: | https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/27037 |
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