The tobacco genome sequence and its comparison with those of tomato and potato

Nicolas Sierro, James N.D. Battey, Sonia Ouadi, Nicolas Bakaher, Lucien Bovet, Adrian Willig, Simon Goepfert, Manuel C. Peitsch and Nikolai V. Ivanov ()
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Nicolas Sierro: Philip Morris International R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A.
James N.D. Battey: Philip Morris International R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A.
Sonia Ouadi: Philip Morris International R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A.
Nicolas Bakaher: Philip Morris International R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A.
Lucien Bovet: Philip Morris International R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A.
Adrian Willig: Philip Morris International R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A.
Simon Goepfert: Philip Morris International R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A.
Manuel C. Peitsch: Philip Morris International R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A.
Nikolai V. Ivanov: Philip Morris International R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A.

Nature Communications, 2014, vol. 5, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract The allotetraploid plant Nicotiana tabacum (common tobacco) is a major crop species and a model organism, for which only very fragmented genomic sequences are currently available. Here we report high-quality draft genomes for three main tobacco varieties. These genomes show both the low divergence of tobacco from its ancestors and microsynteny with other Solanaceae species. We identify over 90,000 gene models and determine the ancestral origin of tobacco mosaic virus and potyvirus disease resistance in tobacco. We anticipate that the draft genomes will strengthen the use of N. tabacum as a versatile model organism for functional genomics and biotechnology applications.

Date: 2014
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