DOI: 10.1038/ng.654

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The genome of the domesticated apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.)

Riccardo Velasco,Andrey Zharkikh,Jason P. Affourtit,Amit Dhingra,Alessandro Cestaro,Ananth Kalyanaraman,Paolo Fontana,S. K. Bhatnagar,Michela Troggio,Dmitry Pruss,Silvio Salvi,Massimo Pindo,Paolo Baldi,Sara Castelletti,Marina Cavaiuolo,G. Coppola,Fabrizio Costa,V. Cova,A. Dal Rì,Vadim V. Goremykin,M. Komjanc,Sara Longhi,P. Magnago,G. Malacarne,Mickaël Malnoy,Diego Micheletti,Marco Moretto,Michele Perazzolli,Azeddine Si‐Ammour,S. Vezzulli,E. Zini,Glenn Eldredge,Lisa M. Fitzgerald,Natalia Gutin,Jerry S. Lanchbury,Teresita Macalma,Jeff T. Mitchell,Julia Reid,Bryan Wardell,Chinnappa D. Kodira,Zhoutao Chen,Brian Desany,Faheem Niazi,Melinda Palmer,Tyson Koepke,Derick Jiwan,Scott Schaeffer,Vandhana Krishnan,Changjun Wu,Vu T. Chu,Stephen T. King,Jessica Vick,Quanzhou Tao,Amy Mraz,Aimee Stormo,Keith Stormo,Robert Bogden,Davide Ederle,Alessandra Stella,Alberto Vecchietti,Martin M. Kater,Simona Masiero,Pauline Lasserre,Yves Lespinasse,Andrew C. Allan,Vincent G. M. Bus,David Chagné,Ross Crowhurst,Andrew P. Gleave,Enrico Lavezzo,Jeffrey A. Fawcett,Sebastian Proost,Pierre Rouzé,Lieven Sterck,Stefano Toppo,Barbara Lazzari,Roger P. Hellens,Charles Eric Durel,Alexander Gutin,Roger E. Bumgarner,Susan E. Gardiner,Mark H. Skolnick,Michael Egholm,Yves Van de Peer,Francesco Salamini,Roberto Viola

Biology

Malus

Rosaceae

2010

We report a high-quality draft genome sequence of the domesticated apple (Malus × domestica). We show that a relatively recent (>50 million years ago) genome-wide duplication (GWD) has resulted in the transition from nine ancestral chromosomes to 17 chromosomes in the Pyreae. Traces of older GWDs partly support the monophyly of the ancestral paleohexaploidy of eudicots. Phylogenetic reconstruction of Pyreae and the genus Malus, relative to major Rosaceae taxa, identified the progenitor of the cultivated apple as M. sieversii. Expansion of gene families reported to be involved in fruit development may explain formation of the pome, a Pyreae-specific false fruit that develops by proliferation of the basal part of the sepals, the receptacle. In apple, a subclade of MADS-box genes, normally involved in flower and fruit development, is expanded to include 15 members, as are other gene families involved in Rosaceae-specific metabolism, such as transport and assimilation of sorbitol.

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“The genome of the domesticated apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.)” is a paper by Riccardo Velasco Andrey Zharkikh Jason P. Affourtit Amit Dhingra Alessandro Cestaro Ananth Kalyanaraman Paolo Fontana S. K. Bhatnagar Michela Troggio Dmitry Pruss Silvio Salvi Massimo Pindo Paolo Baldi Sara Castelletti Marina Cavaiuolo G. Coppola Fabrizio Costa V. Cova A. Dal Rì Vadim V. Goremykin M. Komjanc Sara Longhi P. Magnago G. Malacarne Mickaël Malnoy Diego Micheletti Marco Moretto Michele Perazzolli Azeddine Si‐Ammour S. Vezzulli E. Zini Glenn Eldredge Lisa M. Fitzgerald Natalia Gutin Jerry S. Lanchbury Teresita Macalma Jeff T. Mitchell Julia Reid Bryan Wardell Chinnappa D. Kodira Zhoutao Chen Brian Desany Faheem Niazi Melinda Palmer Tyson Koepke Derick Jiwan Scott Schaeffer Vandhana Krishnan Changjun Wu Vu T. Chu Stephen T. King Jessica Vick Quanzhou Tao Amy Mraz Aimee Stormo Keith Stormo Robert Bogden Davide Ederle Alessandra Stella Alberto Vecchietti Martin M. Kater Simona Masiero Pauline Lasserre Yves Lespinasse Andrew C. Allan Vincent G. M. Bus David Chagné Ross Crowhurst Andrew P. Gleave Enrico Lavezzo Jeffrey A. Fawcett Sebastian Proost Pierre Rouzé Lieven Sterck Stefano Toppo Barbara Lazzari Roger P. Hellens Charles Eric Durel Alexander Gutin Roger E. Bumgarner Susan E. Gardiner Mark H. Skolnick Michael Egholm Yves Van de Peer Francesco Salamini Roberto Viola published in 2010. It has an Open Access status of “bronze”. You can read and download a PDF Full Text of this paper here.