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ArticleNature communications2025

Exceptionally low genomic diversity in the underutilised legume Kersting's groundnut.

Tsz-Yan Cheung, Konoutan M Kafoutchoni, Eric E Agoyi, Ting-Fung Chan, Mark A Chapman

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Tsz-Yan CheungSchool of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-7121-681X
Konoutan M KafoutchoniNon-Timber Forest Product and Orphan Crop Species Unit, Laboratory of Applied Ecology, Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9153-4272
Eric E AgoyiNon-Timber Forest Product and Orphan Crop Species Unit, Laboratory of Applied Ecology, Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin.
Ting-Fung ChanSchool of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0489-3884
Mark A ChapmanSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. m.chapman@soton.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7151-723X

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National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) N_CUHK488/22RCUK | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) BB/X512035/1Royal Society KTP\R1\211008Royal Society KTP\R1\231030
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Abstract

Identifying crops with novel and climate resilience traits is imperative to ensure food security. Without a basic understanding of the genomes and genomic diversity of these crops they will remain underutilised or could even become lost. Kersting's groundnut [Macrotyloma geocarpum (Harms) Maréchal & Baudet] is one such crop, regarded as a useful, drought tolerant and sometimes valuable legume. Here, we present the assembly and annotation of the genome of Kersting's groundnut and an analysis of genomic diversity across a diversity panel. Accessions are grouped by geography and seed coat colour, one of the key traits used to describe the accessions. Four candidate genes involved in pathways relating to pigments or flavonoids are revealed. One of the important findings is that Kersting's groundnut retains very low diversity, about 85-95% less than two other legumes, suggesting a pressing need to conserve the existing diversity of Kersting's groundnut.

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FabaceaeGenetic VariationGenome, PlantCrops, AgriculturalGenomicsPhylogenySeeds

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