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21623354

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-6-9
pubmed:abstractText
Date palm is one of the most economically important woody crops cultivated in the Middle East and North Africa and is a good candidate for improving agricultural yields in arid environments. Nonetheless, long generation times (5-8 years) and dioecy (separate male and female trees) have complicated its cultivation and genetic analysis. To address these issues, we assembled a draft genome for a Khalas variety female date palm, the first publicly available resource of its type for a member of the order Arecales. The ?380 Mb sequence, spanning mainly gene-rich regions, includes >25,000 gene models and is predicted to cover ?90% of genes and ?60% of the genome. Sequencing of eight other cultivars, including females of the Deglet Noor and Medjool varieties and their backcrossed males, identified >3.5 million polymorphic sites, including >10,000 genic copy number variations. A small subset of these polymorphisms can distinguish multiple varieties. We identified a region of the genome linked to gender and found evidence that date palm employs an XY system of gender inheritance.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1546-1696
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
521-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
De novo genome sequencing and comparative genomics of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera).
pubmed:affiliation
Genomics Core, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Doha, Qatar.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't