Draft genomes of two Artocarpus plants, Jackfruit (A. heterophyllus) and Breadfruit (A. altilis)

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Draft genomes of two Artocarpus plants, Jackfruit (A. heterophyllus) and Breadfruit (A. altilis). / Sahu, Sunil Kumar; Liu, Min; Yssel, Anna; Kariba, Robert; Muthemba, Samuel; Jiang, Sanjie; Song, Bo; Hendre, Prasad S.; Muchugi, Alice; Jamnadass, Ramni; Kao, Shu-Min; Featherston, Jonathan; Zerega, Nyree J. C.; Xu, Xun; Yang, Huanming; Van Deynze, Allen; Van de Peer, Yves; Liu, Xin; Liu, Huan.

In: Genes, Vol. 11, No. 1, 27, 2020.

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Sahu, SK, Liu, M, Yssel, A, Kariba, R, Muthemba, S, Jiang, S, Song, B, Hendre, PS, Muchugi, A, Jamnadass, R, Kao, S-M, Featherston, J, Zerega, NJC, Xu, X, Yang, H, Van Deynze, A, Van de Peer, Y, Liu, X & Liu, H 2020, 'Draft genomes of two Artocarpus plants, Jackfruit (A. heterophyllus) and Breadfruit (A. altilis)', Genes, vol. 11, no. 1, 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11010027

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Sahu, S. K., Liu, M., Yssel, A., Kariba, R., Muthemba, S., Jiang, S., Song, B., Hendre, P. S., Muchugi, A., Jamnadass, R., Kao, S-M., Featherston, J., Zerega, N. J. C., Xu, X., Yang, H., Van Deynze, A., Van de Peer, Y., Liu, X., & Liu, H. (2020). Draft genomes of two Artocarpus plants, Jackfruit (A. heterophyllus) and Breadfruit (A. altilis). Genes, 11(1), [27]. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11010027

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Sahu SK, Liu M, Yssel A, Kariba R, Muthemba S, Jiang S et al. Draft genomes of two Artocarpus plants, Jackfruit (A. heterophyllus) and Breadfruit (A. altilis). Genes. 2020;11(1). 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11010027

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Sahu, Sunil Kumar ; Liu, Min ; Yssel, Anna ; Kariba, Robert ; Muthemba, Samuel ; Jiang, Sanjie ; Song, Bo ; Hendre, Prasad S. ; Muchugi, Alice ; Jamnadass, Ramni ; Kao, Shu-Min ; Featherston, Jonathan ; Zerega, Nyree J. C. ; Xu, Xun ; Yang, Huanming ; Van Deynze, Allen ; Van de Peer, Yves ; Liu, Xin ; Liu, Huan. / Draft genomes of two Artocarpus plants, Jackfruit (A. heterophyllus) and Breadfruit (A. altilis). In: Genes. 2020 ; Vol. 11, No. 1.

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@article{36b6d97863b34fcbb777a7cc52b51e17,
title = "Draft genomes of two Artocarpus plants, Jackfruit (A. heterophyllus) and Breadfruit (A. altilis)",
abstract = "Two of the most economically important plants in the Artocarpus genus are jackfruit (A. heterophyllus Lam.) and breadfruit (A. altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg). Both species are long-lived trees that have been cultivated for thousands of years in their native regions. Today they are grown throughout tropical to subtropical areas as an important source of starch and other valuable nutrients. There are hundreds of breadfruit varieties that are native to Oceania, of which the most commonly distributed types are seedless triploids. Jackfruit is likely native to the Western Ghats of India and produces one of the largest tree-borne fruit structures (reaching up to 45 kg). To-date, there is limited genomic information for these two economically important species. Here, we generated 273 Gb and 227 Gb of raw data from jackfruit and breadfruit, respectively. The high-quality reads from jackfruit were assembled into 162,440 scaffolds totaling 982 Mb with 35,858 genes. Similarly, the breadfruit reads were assembled into 180,971 scaffolds totaling 833 Mb with 34,010 genes. A total of 2822 and 2034 expanded gene families were found in jackfruit and breadfruit, respectively, enriched in pathways including starch and sucrose metabolism, photosynthesis, and others. The copy number of several starch synthesis-related genes were found to be increased in jackfruit and breadfruit compared to closely-related species, and the tissue-specific expression might imply their sugar-rich and starch-rich characteristics. Overall, the publication of high-quality genomes for jackfruit and breadfruit provides information about their specific composition and the underlying genes involved in sugar and starch metabolism.",
keywords = "A. Altilis, A. Heterophyllus, Breadfruit, Jackfruit, Starch synthesis",
author = "Sahu, {Sunil Kumar} and Min Liu and Anna Yssel and Robert Kariba and Samuel Muthemba and Sanjie Jiang and Bo Song and Hendre, {Prasad S.} and Alice Muchugi and Ramni Jamnadass and Shu-Min Kao and Jonathan Featherston and Zerega, {Nyree J. C.} and Xun Xu and Huanming Yang and {Van Deynze}, Allen and {Van de Peer}, Yves and Xin Liu and Huan Liu",
year = "2020",
doi = "10.3390/genes11010027",
language = "English",
volume = "11",
journal = "Genes",
issn = "2073-4425",
publisher = "M D P I AG",
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T1 - Draft genomes of two Artocarpus plants, Jackfruit (A. heterophyllus) and Breadfruit (A. altilis)

AU - Sahu, Sunil Kumar

AU - Liu, Min

AU - Yssel, Anna

AU - Kariba, Robert

AU - Muthemba, Samuel

AU - Jiang, Sanjie

AU - Song, Bo

AU - Hendre, Prasad S.

AU - Muchugi, Alice

AU - Jamnadass, Ramni

AU - Kao, Shu-Min

AU - Featherston, Jonathan

AU - Zerega, Nyree J. C.

AU - Xu, Xun

AU - Yang, Huanming

AU - Van Deynze, Allen

AU - Van de Peer, Yves

AU - Liu, Xin

AU - Liu, Huan

PY - 2020

Y1 - 2020

N2 - Two of the most economically important plants in the Artocarpus genus are jackfruit (A. heterophyllus Lam.) and breadfruit (A. altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg). Both species are long-lived trees that have been cultivated for thousands of years in their native regions. Today they are grown throughout tropical to subtropical areas as an important source of starch and other valuable nutrients. There are hundreds of breadfruit varieties that are native to Oceania, of which the most commonly distributed types are seedless triploids. Jackfruit is likely native to the Western Ghats of India and produces one of the largest tree-borne fruit structures (reaching up to 45 kg). To-date, there is limited genomic information for these two economically important species. Here, we generated 273 Gb and 227 Gb of raw data from jackfruit and breadfruit, respectively. The high-quality reads from jackfruit were assembled into 162,440 scaffolds totaling 982 Mb with 35,858 genes. Similarly, the breadfruit reads were assembled into 180,971 scaffolds totaling 833 Mb with 34,010 genes. A total of 2822 and 2034 expanded gene families were found in jackfruit and breadfruit, respectively, enriched in pathways including starch and sucrose metabolism, photosynthesis, and others. The copy number of several starch synthesis-related genes were found to be increased in jackfruit and breadfruit compared to closely-related species, and the tissue-specific expression might imply their sugar-rich and starch-rich characteristics. Overall, the publication of high-quality genomes for jackfruit and breadfruit provides information about their specific composition and the underlying genes involved in sugar and starch metabolism.

AB - Two of the most economically important plants in the Artocarpus genus are jackfruit (A. heterophyllus Lam.) and breadfruit (A. altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg). Both species are long-lived trees that have been cultivated for thousands of years in their native regions. Today they are grown throughout tropical to subtropical areas as an important source of starch and other valuable nutrients. There are hundreds of breadfruit varieties that are native to Oceania, of which the most commonly distributed types are seedless triploids. Jackfruit is likely native to the Western Ghats of India and produces one of the largest tree-borne fruit structures (reaching up to 45 kg). To-date, there is limited genomic information for these two economically important species. Here, we generated 273 Gb and 227 Gb of raw data from jackfruit and breadfruit, respectively. The high-quality reads from jackfruit were assembled into 162,440 scaffolds totaling 982 Mb with 35,858 genes. Similarly, the breadfruit reads were assembled into 180,971 scaffolds totaling 833 Mb with 34,010 genes. A total of 2822 and 2034 expanded gene families were found in jackfruit and breadfruit, respectively, enriched in pathways including starch and sucrose metabolism, photosynthesis, and others. The copy number of several starch synthesis-related genes were found to be increased in jackfruit and breadfruit compared to closely-related species, and the tissue-specific expression might imply their sugar-rich and starch-rich characteristics. Overall, the publication of high-quality genomes for jackfruit and breadfruit provides information about their specific composition and the underlying genes involved in sugar and starch metabolism.

KW - A. Altilis

KW - A. Heterophyllus

KW - Breadfruit

KW - Jackfruit

KW - Starch synthesis

U2 - 10.3390/genes11010027

DO - 10.3390/genes11010027

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 31878322

AN - SCOPUS:85077262117

VL - 11

JO - Genes

JF - Genes

SN - 2073-4425

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ER -

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