The pangenome of an agronomically important crop plant Brassica oleracea.
basic_science · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 27834372.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/ncomms13390 and PMC identifier 5114598.
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Abstract
There is an increasing awareness that as a result of structural variation, a reference sequence representing a genome of a single individual is unable to capture all of the gene repertoire found in the species. A large number of genes affected by presence/absence and copy number variation suggest that it may contribute to phenotypic and agronomic trait diversity. Here we show by analysis of the Brassica oleracea pangenome that nearly 20% of genes are affected by presence/absence variation. Several genes displaying presence/absence variation are annotated with functions related to major agronomic traits, including disease resistance, flowering time, glucosinolate metabolism and vitamin biosynthesis.
Medical subject headings
- Brassica
- Crops, Agricultural
- Genome, Plant