Near-gapless telomere-to-telomere reference nuclear genome and variable mitochondrial genome of <i>Amborella trichopoda</i>

Zhonglong Guo; Jing-Fang Guo; Zhi-Yan Wei; Ren-Gang Zhang; Scott McMahan; Shuai Nie; Xue-Mei Yan; Shan-Shan Zhou; Quan-Zheng Yun; Jia-Yi Wu; Jing Ge; Yong Yang; Jia-Yu Xue; Jian-Feng Mao

doi:10.1016/j.jgg.2025.04.016

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Near-gapless telomere-to-telomere reference nuclear genome and variable mitochondrial genome of Amborella trichopoda

doi: 10.1016/j.jgg.2025.04.016

1. Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210037, China;
2. Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China;
3. Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC), Umeå University, Umeå, SE-901 87, Sweden;
4. College of Horticulture, Bioinformatics Center, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China;
5. Yunnan Key Laboratory for Integrative Conservation of Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations / State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China;
6. Atlanta Botanical Garden, 1345 Piedmont Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, GA 30309, USA;
7. Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China;
8. Rice Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510640, China;
9. Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China;
10. State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China;
11. Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China;
12. Salver Academy of Botany, Rizhao, Shandong 262300, China;
13. College of Horticulture, Bioinformatics Center, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China;
14. Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210037, China;
15. College of Horticulture, Bioinformatics Center, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China;
16. Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, Key Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding in Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants, Ministry of Education, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China;
17. Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC), Umeå University, Umeå, SE-901 87, Sweden;
18. State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China

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We thank Yong-Hong Hu of Shanghai Chenshan Botanic Garden for his help on availability of plant materials. We thank Yilin Zhang and Yang Deng from Peking University for their suggestions on assembly assessment. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32270217, 31970205, 31770211) and the Metasequoia funding of Nanjing Forestry University to YY.

Received Date: 2025-04-03
Accepted Date: 2025-04-25
Rev Recd Date: 2025-04-22
Publish Date: 2025-05-02

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