High-resolution silkworm pan-genome provides genetic insights into artificial selection and ecological adaptation
Tong et al. describe a super pangenome assembled from long-read sequences of 545 wild and domesticated silkworms. Naturally selected (diapause, aposemantic coloration) or artificially selected (silk yield and fineness) sets of genes are delineated.
Main Authors: | Xiaoling Tong, Min-Jin Han, Kunpeng Lu, Shuaishuai Tai, Shubo Liang, Yucheng Liu, Hai Hu, Jianghong Shen, Anxing Long, Chengyu Zhan, Xin Ding, Shuo Liu, Qiang Gao, Bili Zhang, Linli Zhou, Duan Tan, Yajie Yuan, Nangkuo Guo, Yan-Hong Li, Zhangyan Wu, Lulu Liu, Chunlin Li, Yaru Lu, Tingting Gai, Yahui Zhang, Renkui Yang, Heying Qian, Yanqun Liu, Jiangwen Luo, Lu Zheng, Jinghou Lou, Yunwu Peng, Weidong Zuo, Jiangbo Song, Songzhen He, Songyuan Wu, Yunlong Zou, Lei Zhou, Lan Cheng, Yuxia Tang, Guotao Cheng, Lianwei Yuan, Weiming He, Jiabao Xu, Tao Fu, Yang Xiao, Ting Lei, Anying Xu, Ye Yin, Jian Wang, Antónia Monteiro, Eric Westhof, Cheng Lu, Zhixi Tian, Wen Wang, Zhonghuai Xiang, Fangyin Dai |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2022-09-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33366-x |
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