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A pangenome reference of wild and cultivated rice.
Nature - 1 Jun 2025
Guo Dongling, Li Yan, Lu Hengyun, Zhao Yan, Kurata Nori, Wei Xinghua, Wang Ahong, Wang Yongchun, Zhan Qilin, Fan Danlin, Zhou Congcong, Lu Yiqi, Tian Qilin, Weng Qijun, Feng Qi, Huang Tao, Zhang Lei, Gu Zhoulin, Wang Changsheng, Wang Ziqun, Wang Zixuan, Huang Xuehui, Zhao Qiang, Han Bin
Abstract excerpt
Oryza rufipogon, the wild progenitor of Asian cultivated rice Oryza sativa, is an important resource for rice breeding1. Here we present a wild-cultivated rice pangenome based on 145 chromosome-level assemblies, comprising 129 genetically diverse O. rufipogon accessions and 16 diverse varieties of O. sativa. This pangenome contains 3.87 Gb of sequences that are absent from the O. sativa ssp. japonica cv....
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