Jan and mini-Jan, a model system for potato functional genomics.

ABSTRACT: Potato (Solanum tuberosum) is the third most important food crop in the world. Although the potato genome has been fully sequenced, functional genomics research of potato lags relative to other major food crops due primarily to the lack of a model experimental potato line. Here, we present a diploid potato line, 'Jan', which possesses all essential characteristics for facile functional genomics studies. Jan has a high level of homozygosity after seven generations of self-pollination. Jan is vigorous and highly fertile with outstanding tuber traits, high regeneration rates, and excellent transformation efficiencies. We generated a chromosome-scale genome assembly for Jan, annotated genes, and identified syntelogs relative to the potato reference genome assembly DMv6.1 to facilitate f

SUBMITTER: Xin H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11661178 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature