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ArticleNature communications2025

Unravelling genomic drivers of speciation in Musa through genome assemblies of wild banana ancestors.

Guillaume Martin, Benjamin Istace, Franc-Christophe Baurens, Caroline Belser, Catherine Hervouet, Karine Labadie, Corinne Cruaud, Benjamin Noel, Chantal Guiougou, Frederic Salmon and 10 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Chromosomal deletions in banana somaclonal variants reveal negative regulators of immunity underlyingProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  9. Banana breeding by genome design.Journal of integrative plant biology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Guillaume Martin *CIRAD, UMR AGAP Institut, Montpellier, France. guillaume.martin@cirad.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1801-7500
Benjamin Istace *Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Univ Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Evry, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1042-4803
Franc-Christophe BaurensCIRAD, UMR AGAP Institut, Montpellier, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5219-8771
Caroline BelserGénomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Univ Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Evry, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8108-9910
Catherine HervouetCIRAD, UMR AGAP Institut, Montpellier, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-5225-7244
Karine LabadieGenoscope, Institut François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Univ Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Evry, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7467-8509
Corinne CruaudGenoscope, Institut François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Univ Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Evry, France.
Benjamin NoelGénomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Univ Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Evry, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5830-3253
Chantal GuiougouUMR AGAP Institut, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France.
Frederic SalmonUMR AGAP Institut, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France.
Joël MahadeoUMR AGAP Institut, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France.
Fajarudin AhmadResearch Center for Applied Botany, Organization Research for Live Sciences and Environment, BRIN, Bogor, Indonesia.
Hugo A VolkaertCenter for Agricultural Biotechnology, Kasetsart University Kamphaengsaen Campus, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4569-896X
Gaëtan DrocCIRAD, UMR AGAP Institut, Montpellier, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1849-1269
Mathieu RouardUMR AGAP Institut, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0284-1885
Julie SardosUMR AGAP Institut, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France.
Patrick WinckerGénomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Univ Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Evry, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7562-3454
Nabila YahiaouiCIRAD, UMR AGAP Institut, Montpellier, France.
Jean-Marc AuryGénomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Univ Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Evry, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1718-3010
Angélique D'HontCIRAD, UMR AGAP Institut, Montpellier, France. angelique.dhont@cirad.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5318-921X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hybridization between wild Musa species and subspecies from Southeast Asia is at the origin of cultivated bananas. The genomes of these cultivars are complex mosaics involving nine genetic groups, including two previously unknown contributors. This study provides continuous genome assemblies for six wild genetic groups, one of which represents one of the unknown ancestor, identified as M.acuminata ssp. halabanensis. The second unknown ancestor partially present in a seventh assembly appears related to M. a. ssp. zebrina. These assemblies provide key resources for banana genetics and for improving cultivar assemblies, including that of the emblematic triploid Cavendish. Comparative and phylogenetic analyses reveal an ongoing speciation process within Musa, characterised by large chromosome rearrangements and centromere differentiation through the integration of different types of repeated sequences, including rDNA tandem repeats. This speciation process may have been favoured by reproductive isolation related to the particular context of climate and land connectivity fluctuations in the Southeast Asian region.

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Genetic SpeciationGenome, PlantMusaAsia, SoutheasternCentromereChromosomes, PlantGenomicsHybridization, GeneticPhylogeny

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PMCPMC11754795

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