Begin at the beginning: A BAC-end view of the passion fruit (Passiflora) genome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The passion fruit (Passiflora edulis) is a tropical crop of economic importance both for juice production and consumption as fresh fruit. The juice is also used in concentrate blends that are consumed worldwide. However, very little is known about the genome of the species. Therefore, improving our understanding of passion fruit genomics is essential and to some degree a pre-requisite if its genetic resources are to be used more efficiently. In this study, we have constructed a large-insert BAC library and provided the first view on the structure and content of the passion fruit genome, using BAC-end sequence (BES) data as a major resource.

Results

The library consisted of 82,944 clones and its levels of organellar DNA were very low. The library represents six hap

SUBMITTER: Santos AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4189760 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature