The tobacco genome sequence and its comparison with those of tomato and potato Peer-Reviewed Publications peerreviewedpublications Systems ToxicologyTobacco or Plant Biologysystemstoxicologytobaccoorplantbiology May 8, 2014 20140508 Nature Communications /content/dam/pmiscience/default-fallback-thumbnails/publication/pmi-science-papers-default-thumbnail.png Nature Communications
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      The tobacco genome sequence and its comparison with those of tomato and potato

      Sierro, N.; Battey, J. N. D.; Ouadi, S.; Bakaher, N.; Bovet, L.; Willig, A.; Goepfert, S.; Peitsch, M. C.; Ivanov, N. V.
      Published
      May 8, 2014
      DOI
      10.1038/ncomms4833
      PMID
      24807620
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      Summary

      The allotetraploid plant Nicotiana tabacum (common tobacco) is a major crop species and a model organism, for which only very fragmented genomic sequences are currently available. Here we report high-quality draft genomes for three main tobacco varieties. These genomes show both the low divergence of tobacco from its ancestors and microsynteny with other Solanaceae species. We identify over 90,000 gene models and determine the ancestral origin of tobacco mosaic virus and potyvirus disease resistance in tobacco. We anticipate that the draft genomes will strengthen the use of N. tabacum as a versatile model organism for functional genomics and biotechnology applications.

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