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European maize genomes highlight intraspecies variation in repeat and gene content.
Nature genetics - 1 Sept 2020
Haberer Georg, Kamal Nadia, Bauer Eva, Gundlach Heidrun, Fischer Iris, Seidel Michael A, Spannagl Manuel, Marcon Caroline, Ruban Alevtina, Urbany Claude, Nemri Adnane, Hochholdinger Frank, Ouzunova Milena, Houben Andreas, Schön Chris-Carolin, Mayer Klaus F X
Abstract excerpt
The diversity of maize (Zea mays) is the backbone of modern heterotic patterns and hybrid breeding. Historically, US farmers exploited this variability to establish today's highly productive Corn Belt inbred lines from blends of dent and flint germplasm pools. Here, we report de novo genome sequences of four European flint lines assembled to pseudomolecules with scaffold N50 ranging from 6.1 to 10.4 Mb....
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