Three New Genome Assemblies Support a Rapid Radiation in Musa acuminata (Wild Banana).

ABSTRACT: Edible bananas result from interspecific hybridization between Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana, as well as among subspecies in M. acuminata. Four particular M. acuminata subspecies have been proposed as the main contributors of edible bananas, all of which radiated in a short period of time in southeastern Asia. Clarifying the evolution of these lineages at a whole-genome scale is therefore an important step toward understanding the domestication and diversification of this crop. This study reports the de novo genome assembly and gene annotation of a representative genotype from three different subspecies of M. acuminata. These data are combined with the previously published genome of the fourth subspecies to investigate phylogenetic relationships. Analyses of shared and unique gene fam

SUBMITTER: Rouard M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6282646 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature