The genome of Theobroma cacao.
POULAIN, Julie
Génomique métabolique [UMR 8030]
Genoscope - Centre national de séquençage [Evry] [GENOSCOPE]
Génomique métabolique [UMR 8030]
Genoscope - Centre national de séquençage [Evry] [GENOSCOPE]
DIEVART, Anne
Amélioration génétique et adaptation des plantes méditerranéennes et tropicales [UMR AGAP]
Amélioration génétique et adaptation des plantes méditerranéennes et tropicales [UMR AGAP]
GUIGNON, Valentin
Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement [Cirad]
Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement [Cirad]
RIVALLAN, Ronan
Amélioration génétique et adaptation des plantes méditerranéennes et tropicales [UMR AGAP]
Amélioration génétique et adaptation des plantes méditerranéennes et tropicales [UMR AGAP]
D'HONT, Angélique
Amélioration génétique et adaptation des plantes méditerranéennes et tropicales [UMR AGAP]
< Reduce
Amélioration génétique et adaptation des plantes méditerranéennes et tropicales [UMR AGAP]
Language
en
Article de revue
This item was published in
Nature Genetics. 2011-02, vol. 43, n° 2, p. 101-8
Nature Publishing Group
English Abstract
We sequenced and assembled the draft genome of Theobroma cacao, an economically important tropical-fruit tree crop that is the source of chocolate. This assembly corresponds to 76% of the estimated genome size and contains ...Read more >
We sequenced and assembled the draft genome of Theobroma cacao, an economically important tropical-fruit tree crop that is the source of chocolate. This assembly corresponds to 76% of the estimated genome size and contains almost all previously described genes, with 82% of these genes anchored on the 10 T. cacao chromosomes. Analysis of this sequence information highlighted specific expansion of some gene families during evolution, for example, flavonoid-related genes. It also provides a major source of candidate genes for T. cacao improvement. Based on the inferred paleohistory of the T. cacao genome, we propose an evolutionary scenario whereby the ten T. cacao chromosomes were shaped from an ancestor through eleven chromosome fusions.Read less <
Keywords
cocoa statistics
cacaoyer
English Keywords
cacao genome
Origin
Hal imported