An integrated peach genome structural variation map uncovers genes associated with fruit traits

J Guo, K Cao, C Deng, Y Li, G Zhu, W Fang, C Chen… - Genome biology, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Genome structural variations (SVs) have been associated with key
traits in a wide range of agronomically important species; however, SV profiles of peach and …

Genome structure variation analyses of peach reveal population dynamics and a 1.67 Mb causal inversion for fruit shape

J Guan, Y Xu, Y Yu, J Fu, F Ren, J Guo, J Zhao, Q Jiang… - Genome Biology, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Structural variations (SVs), a major resource of genomic variation, can
have profound consequences on phenotypic variation, yet the impacts of SVs remain largely …

Genomic analyses of an extensive collection of wild and cultivated accessions provide new insights into peach breeding history

Y Li, KE Cao, G Zhu, W Fang, C Chen, X Wang, P Zhao… - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
Background Human selection has a long history of transforming crop genomes. Peach
(Prunus persica) has undergone more than 5000 years of domestication that led to …

Chromosome-level genome assemblies of five Prunus species and genome-wide association studies for key agronomic traits in peach

Q Tan, S Li, Y Zhang, M Chen, B Wen… - Horticulture …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Prunus species include many important perennial fruit crops, such as peach, plum, apricot,
and related wild species. Here, we report de novo genome assemblies for five species …

Whole-genome analysis of diversity and SNP-major gene association in peach germplasm

D Micheletti, MT Dettori, S Micali, V Aramini, I Pacheco… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Peach was domesticated in China more than four millennia ago and from there it spread
world-wide. Since the middle of the last century, peach breeding programs have been very …

New high‐quality peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch) genome assembly to analyze the molecular evolutionary mechanism of volatile compounds in peach fruits

K Cao, X Yang, Y Li, G Zhu, W Fang, C Chen… - The Plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
SUMMARY Peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch) is an economically important fruit crop
worldwide. Although a high‐quality peach genome has previously been published, Sanger …

Population-scale peach genome analyses unravel selection patterns and biochemical basis underlying fruit flavor

Y Yu, J Guan, Y Xu, F Ren, Z Zhang, J Yan, J Fu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
A narrow genetic basis in modern cultivars and strong linkage disequilibrium in peach
(Prunus persica) has restricted resolution power for association studies in this model fruit …

Genome-wide association study of 12 agronomic traits in peach

KE Cao, Z Zhou, QI Wang, J Guo, P Zhao, G Zhu… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Peach (Prunus persica L.) is a highly valuable crop species and is recognized by molecular
researchers as a model fruit for the Rosaceae family. Using whole-genome sequencing data …

The Peach v2. 0 release: high-resolution linkage mapping and deep resequencing improve chromosome-scale assembly and contiguity

I Verde, J Jenkins, L Dondini, S Micali, G Pagliarani… - BMC genomics, 2017 - Springer
Background The availability of the peach genome sequence has fostered relevant research
in peach and related Prunus species enabling the identification of genes underlying …

Comparative population genomics identified genomic regions and candidate genes associated with fruit domestication traits in peach

K Cao, Y Li, CH Deng, SE Gardiner… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Crop evolution is a long‐term process involving selection by natural evolutionary forces and
anthropogenic influences; however, the genetic mechanisms underlying the domestication …