Genome analyses reveal the hybrid origin of the staple crop white Guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata).

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Genome analyses reveal the hybrid origin of the staple crop white Guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata).

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Dec 2020

Sugihara Yu, Darkwa Kwabena, Yaegashi Hiroki, Natsume Satoshi, Shimizu Motoki, Abe Akira, Hirabuchi Akiko, Ito Kazue, Oikawa Kaori, Tamiru-Oli Muluneh, Ohta Atsushi, Matsumoto Ryo, Agre Paterne, De Koeyer David, Pachakkil Babil, Yamanaka Shinsuke, Muranaka Satoru, Takagi Hiroko, White Ben, Asiedu Robert, Innan Hideki, Asfaw Asrat, Adebola Patrick, Terauchi Ryohei

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White Guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata) is an important staple tuber crop in West Africa. However, its origin remains unclear. In this study, we resequenced 336 accessions of white Guinea yam and compared them with the sequences of wild Dioscorea species using an improved reference genome sequence of D. rotundata In contrast to a previous study suggesting that D. rotundata originated from a subgroup of Dioscorea...

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PMID: 33268496
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2015830117
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