Two divergent haplotypes from a highly heterozygous lychee genome suggest independent domestication events for early and late-maturing cultivars
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DOI: 10.1038/s41588-021-00971-3
Abstract: Lychee is an exotic tropical fruit with a distinct flavor. The genome of cultivar ‘Feizixiao’ was assembled into 15 pseudochromosomes, totaling ~470 Mb. High heterozygosity (2.27%) resulted in two complete haplotypic assemblies. A total of 13,517… read more here.
Keywords: independent domestication; maturing cultivars; late maturing; domestication ... See more keywords