TY - JOUR
T1 - The genome of melon (Cucumis melo L.)
AU - Garcia-Mas, Jordi
AU - Benjak, Andrej
AU - Sanseverino, Walter
AU - Bourgeois, Michael
AU - Mir, Gisela
AU - Gonźalez, Víctor M.
AU - Heńaff, Elizabeth
AU - Cam̂ara, Francisco
AU - Cozzuto, Luca
AU - Lowy, Ernesto
AU - Alioto, Tyler
AU - Capella-Gutieŕrez, Salvador
AU - Blancae, Jose
AU - Cañizares, Joaquín
AU - Ziarsolo, Pello
AU - Gonzalez-Ibeas, Daniel
AU - Rodriǵuez-Moreno, Luis
AU - Droege, Marcus
AU - Du, Lei
AU - Alvarez-Tejado, Miguel
AU - Lorente-Galdos, Belen
AU - Meleć, Marta
AU - Yang, Luming
AU - Weng, Yiqun
AU - Navarro, Arcadi
AU - Marques-Bonet, Tomas
AU - Aranda, Miguel A.
AU - Nuez, Fernando
AU - Picó, Belén
AU - Gabaldoń, Toni
AU - Roma, Guglielmo
AU - Guigoć, Roderic
AU - Casacuberta, Josep M.
AU - Aruś, Pere
AU - Puigdomeǹech, Pere
PY - 2012/7/17
Y1 - 2012/7/17
N2 - We report the genome sequence of melon, an important horticultural crop worldwide. We assembled 375 Mb of the double-haploid line DHL92, representing 83.3% of the estimatedmelon genome.We predicted 27,427 protein-coding genes, which we analyzed by reconstructing 22,218 phylogenetic trees, allowing mapping of the orthology and paralogy relationships of sequenced plant genomes. We observed the absence of recent whole-genome duplications in the melon lineage since the ancient eudicot triplication, and our data suggest that transposon amplification may in part explain the increased size of the melon genome compared with the close relative cucumber. A low number of nucleotide-binding site-leucine-rich repeat disease resistance genes were annotated, suggesting the existence of specific defense mechanisms in this species. The DHL92 genome was compared with that of its parental lines allowing the quantification of sequence variability in the species. The use of the genome sequence in future investigations will facilitate the understanding of evolution of cucurbits and the improvement of breeding strategies.
AB - We report the genome sequence of melon, an important horticultural crop worldwide. We assembled 375 Mb of the double-haploid line DHL92, representing 83.3% of the estimatedmelon genome.We predicted 27,427 protein-coding genes, which we analyzed by reconstructing 22,218 phylogenetic trees, allowing mapping of the orthology and paralogy relationships of sequenced plant genomes. We observed the absence of recent whole-genome duplications in the melon lineage since the ancient eudicot triplication, and our data suggest that transposon amplification may in part explain the increased size of the melon genome compared with the close relative cucumber. A low number of nucleotide-binding site-leucine-rich repeat disease resistance genes were annotated, suggesting the existence of specific defense mechanisms in this species. The DHL92 genome was compared with that of its parental lines allowing the quantification of sequence variability in the species. The use of the genome sequence in future investigations will facilitate the understanding of evolution of cucurbits and the improvement of breeding strategies.
KW - De novo genome sequence
KW - Phylome
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U2 - 10.1073/pnas.1205415109
DO - 10.1073/pnas.1205415109
M3 - Article
C2 - 22753475
AN - SCOPUS:84863888434
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 109
SP - 11872
EP - 11877
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 29
ER -