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Chromosome-level genome assembly and annotation of Petunia hybrida.

Ali Saei, Donald Hunter, Elena Hilario, Charles David, Hilary Ireland, Azadeh Esfandiari, Ian King, Ella Grierson, Lei Wang, Murray Boase and 5 more

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15 authors.

Ali SaeiThe New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited (Plant & Food Research), Palmerston North, New Zealand. Ali.saei@plantandfood.co.nz.
Donald HunterThe New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited (Plant & Food Research), Palmerston North, New Zealand. Donald.Hunter@plantandfood.co.nz.ORCID 0000-0002-5570-6460
Elena HilarioPlant & Food Research, Auckland, New Zealand.
Charles DavidPlant & Food Research, Lincoln, New Zealand.
Hilary IrelandPlant & Food Research, Auckland, New Zealand.
Azadeh EsfandiariThe New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited (Plant & Food Research), Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Ian KingThe New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited (Plant & Food Research), Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Ella GriersonThe New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited (Plant & Food Research), Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Lei WangThe New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited (Plant & Food Research), Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Murray BoaseThe New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited (Plant & Food Research), Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Matthew KramerBall Horticultural Company, West Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Shankar ShakyaBall Horticultural Company, West Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Megan BowmanBall Horticultural Company, West Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Christopher BarbeyBall Horticultural Company, West Chicago, Illinois, USA.
David ChagnéThe New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited (Plant & Food Research), Palmerston North, New Zealand. David.Chagne@plantandfood.co.nz.

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Abstract

Petunia hybrida is the world's most popular garden plant and is regarded as a supermodel for studying the biology associated with the Asterid clade, the largest of the two major groups of flowering plants. Unlike other Solanaceae, petunia has a base chromosome number of seven, not 12. This along with recombination suppression has previously hindered efforts to assemble its genome to chromosome level. Here we achieve a chromosome-level assembly for P. hybrida using a combination of short-read and long-read sequencing, optical mapping (Bionano) and Hi-C technologies. The resulting assembly spans 1253.6 Mb with a BUSCO score of 99.8%. A total of 35,089 genes were predicted and of those 29,655 were functionally annotated. Syntenic regions between petunia, tomato and pepper were identified, highlighting rearrangements that have occurred since their divergence indicating that the 12 chromosomes of Solanaceae did not originate from whole genome duplication of an ancestral species with seven chromosomes like petunia. This assembly will enhance trait mapping efficiency and serve as a valuable resource for functional genomic studies.

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Chromosomes, PlantGenome, PlantPetuniaMolecular Sequence AnnotationSynteny

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PMID40681566
PMCPMC12274638

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