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Genomic structural variants constrain and facilitate adaptation in natural populations of Theobroma cacao, the chocolate tree.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 31 Aug 2021
Hämälä Tuomas, Wafula Eric K, Guiltinan Mark J, Ralph Paula E, dePamphilis Claude W, Tiffin Peter
Abstract excerpt
Genomic structural variants (SVs) can play important roles in adaptation and speciation. Yet the overall fitness effects of SVs are poorly understood, partly because accurate population-level identification of SVs requires multiple high-quality genome assemblies. Here, we use 31 chromosome-scale, haplotype-resolved genome assemblies of Theobroma cacao-an outcrossing, long-lived tree species that is the source of...
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