Super-pangenome analyses highlight genomic diversity and structural variation across wild and cultivated tomato species

N Li, Q He, J Wang, B Wang, J Zhao, S Huang… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Effective utilization of wild relatives is key to overcoming challenges in genetic improvement
of cultivated tomato, which has a narrow genetic basis; however, current efforts to decipher …

Genomic analyses provide insights into the history of tomato breeding

T Lin, G Zhu, J Zhang, X Xu, Q Yu, Z Zheng, Z Zhang… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The histories of crop domestication and breeding are recorded in genomes. Although tomato
is a model species for plant biology and breeding, the nature of human selection that altered …

The tomato pan-genome uncovers new genes and a rare allele regulating fruit flavor

L Gao, I Gonda, H Sun, Q Ma, K Bao, DM Tieman… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Modern tomatoes have narrow genetic diversity limiting their improvement potential. We
present a tomato pan-genome constructed using genome sequences of 725 …

Genome of Solanum pimpinellifolium provides insights into structural variants during tomato breeding

X Wang, L Gao, C Jiao, S Stravoravdis… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Solanum pimpinellifolium (SP) is the wild progenitor of cultivated tomato. Because of its
remarkable stress tolerance and intense flavor, SP has been used as an important …

A high-continuity and annotated tomato reference genome

X Su, B Wang, X Geng, Y Du, Q Yang, B Liang, G Meng… - BMC genomics, 2021 - Springer
Background Genetic and functional genomics studies require a high-quality genome
assembly. Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), an important horticultural crop, is an ideal …

Exploring genetic variation in the tomato (Solanum section Lycopersicon) clade by whole‐genome sequencing

100 Tomato Genome Sequencing Consortium… - The Plant …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We explored genetic variation by sequencing a selection of 84 tomato accessions and
related wild species representative of the Lycopersicon, Arcanum, Eriopersicon and …

Analysis of wild tomato introgression lines elucidates the genetic basis of transcriptome and metabolome variation underlying fruit traits and pathogen response

J Szymański, S Bocobza, S Panda, P Sonawane… - Nature Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Wild tomato species represent a rich gene pool for numerous desirable traits lost during
domestication. Here, we exploited an introgression population representing wild desert …

Diversity in conserved genes in tomato

A Van Deynze, K Stoffel, CR Buell, A Kozik, J Liu… - Bmc Genomics, 2007 - Springer
Background Tomato has excellent genetic and genomic resources including a broad set of
Expressed Sequence Tag (EST) data and high-density genetic maps. In addition, emerging …

Comprehensive metabolic profiling and phenotyping of interspecific introgression lines for tomato improvement

N Schauer, Y Semel, U Roessner, A Gur, I Balbo… - Nature …, 2006 - nature.com
Tomato represents an important source of fiber and nutrients in the human diet and is a
central model for the study of fruit biology. To identify components of fruit metabolic …

Genomic variation in tomato, from wild ancestors to contemporary breeding accessions

J Blanca, J Montero-Pau, C Sauvage, G Bauchet, E Illa… - BMC genomics, 2015 - Springer
Background Domestication modifies the genomic variation of species. Quantifying this
variation provides insights into the domestication process, facilitates the management of …