Synteny conservation between two distantly-related Rosaceae genomes: Prunus (the stone fruits) and Fragaria (the strawberry).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Rosaceae encompass a large number of economically-important diploid and polyploid fruit and ornamental species in many different genera. The basic chromosome numbers of these genera are x = 7, 8 and 9 and all have compact and relatively similar genome sizes. Comparative mapping between distantly-related genera has been performed to a limited extent in the Rosaceae including a comparison between Malus (subfamily Maloideae) and Prunus (subfamily Prunoideae); however no data has been published to date comparing Malus or Prunus to a member of the subfamily Rosoideae. In this paper we compare the genome of Fragaria, a member of the Rosoideae, to Prunus, a member of the Prunoideae.

Results

The diploid genomes of Prunus (2n = 2x = 16) and Fragaria (2n = 2x = 14) were

SUBMITTER: Vilanova S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2442709 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature