Chromosome-scale genomes of wild and cultivated Morinda officinalis.

ABSTRACT: Morinda officinalis is a renowned medicinal and edible plant native to southern China and northern Vietnam. Its dried roots, known as bajitian are extensively used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat various ailments. Driven by the increasing market demand, the wild populations of M. officinalis have been threatened, leading to the surge of cultivated varieties. Here, we present the chromosome-scale genome assemblies of both wild and cultivated M. officinalis, achieved through a combination of nanopore long-read sequencing and Hi-C technology, resulting in high-quality genomes for the wild (423 Mb) and cultivated (425 Mb) M. officinalis, boasting scaffold N50 values of 5.91 Mb and 10.99 Mb, respectively. Additionally, we predicted 31,308 and 29,528 protein-coding genes in wild and cul

SUBMITTER: Li R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11911396 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature