High-quality genome and methylomes illustrate features underlying evolutionary success of oaks

oleh: Victoria L. Sork, Shawn J. Cokus, Sorel T. Fitz-Gibbon, Aleksey V. Zimin, Daniela Puiu, Jesse A. Garcia, Paul F. Gugger, Claudia L. Henriquez, Ying Zhen, Kirk E. Lohmueller, Matteo Pellegrini, Steven L. Salzberg

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-04-01

Deskripsi

The genus Quercus (oaks) has diversified into over 450 species which often play dominant roles in the ecosystems in which they occur. Here the authors present a genome and methylome for a California endemic oak, Quercus lobata, and describe features relevant to its evolutionary success.