Single-molecule sequencing and optical mapping yields an improved genome of woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca) with chromosome-scale contiguity
Author(s) -
Patrick P. Edger,
Robert VanBuren,
Marivi Colle,
Thomas J. Poorten,
Ching Man Wai,
Chad E. Niederhuth,
Elizabeth I. Alger,
Shujun Ou,
Charlotte B. Acharya,
Jie Wang,
Pete Callow,
Michael R. McKain,
Jinghua Shi,
Chad C. Collier,
Zhiyong Xiong,
Jeffrey P. Mower,
Janet P. Slovin,
Timo Hytönen,
Ning Jiang,
Kevin L. Childs,
Steven J. Knapp
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
gigascience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.947
H-Index - 54
ISSN - 2047-217X
DOI - 10.1093/gigascience/gix124
Subject(s) - fragaria , contiguity , woodland , genome , scale (ratio) , biology , computational biology , chromosome , genetics , botany , gene , ecology , geography , cartography
Although draft genomes are available for most agronomically important plant species, the majority are incomplete, highly fragmented, and often riddled with assembly and scaffolding errors. These assembly issues hinder advances in tool development for functional genomics and systems biology.
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