A draft genome sequence of the rose black spot fungus Diplocarpon rosae reveals a high degree of genome duplication.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Black spot is one of the most severe and damaging diseases of garden roses. We present the draft genome sequence of its causative agent Diplocarpon rosae as a working tool to generate molecular markers and to analyze functional and structural characteristics of this fungus.

Results

The isolate DortE4 was sequenced with 191x coverage of different read types which were assembled into 2457 scaffolds. By evidence supported genome annotation with the MAKER pipeline 14,004 gene models were predicted and transcriptomic data indicated that 88.5% of them are expressed during the early stages of infection. Analyses of k-mer distributions resulted in unexpectedly large genome size estimations between 72.5 and 91.4 Mb, which cannot be attributed to its repeat structure and co

SUBMITTER: Neu E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5628827 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature