Oil palm genome sequence reveals divergence of interfertile species in Old and New worlds

Rajinder Singh (), Meilina Ong-Abdullah, Eng-Ti Leslie Low, Mohamad Arif Abdul Manaf, Rozana Rosli, Rajanaidu Nookiah, Leslie Cheng-Li Ooi, Siew–Eng Ooi, Kuang-Lim Chan, Mohd Amin Halim, Norazah Azizi, Jayanthi Nagappan, Blaire Bacher, Nathan Lakey, Steven W. Smith, Dong He, Michael Hogan, Muhammad A. Budiman, Ernest K. Lee, Rob DeSalle, David Kudrna, Jose Luis Goicoechea, Rod A. Wing, Richard K. Wilson, Robert S. Fulton, Jared M. Ordway, Robert A. Martienssen () and Ravigadevi Sambanthamurthi ()
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Rajinder Singh: Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
Meilina Ong-Abdullah: Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
Eng-Ti Leslie Low: Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
Mohamad Arif Abdul Manaf: Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
Rozana Rosli: Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
Rajanaidu Nookiah: Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
Leslie Cheng-Li Ooi: Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
Siew–Eng Ooi: Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
Kuang-Lim Chan: Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
Mohd Amin Halim: Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
Norazah Azizi: Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
Jayanthi Nagappan: Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
Blaire Bacher: Orion Genomics, 4041 Forest Park Avenue
Nathan Lakey: Orion Genomics, 4041 Forest Park Avenue
Steven W. Smith: Orion Genomics, 4041 Forest Park Avenue
Dong He: Orion Genomics, 4041 Forest Park Avenue
Michael Hogan: Orion Genomics, 4041 Forest Park Avenue
Muhammad A. Budiman: Orion Genomics, 4041 Forest Park Avenue
Ernest K. Lee: Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History
Rob DeSalle: Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History
David Kudrna: Arizona Genomics Institute, University of Arizona
Jose Luis Goicoechea: Arizona Genomics Institute, University of Arizona
Rod A. Wing: Arizona Genomics Institute, University of Arizona
Richard K. Wilson: The Genome Institute at Washington University, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis
Robert S. Fulton: The Genome Institute at Washington University, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis
Jared M. Ordway: Orion Genomics, 4041 Forest Park Avenue
Robert A. Martienssen: Howard Hughes Medical Institute-Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Ravigadevi Sambanthamurthi: Malaysian Palm Oil Board, 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia

Nature, 2013, vol. 500, issue 7462, 335-339

Abstract: The genome sequence of the African oil palm, the main source of oil production, is used to predict at least 34,802 genes, including oil biosynthesis genes; comparison with the draft sequence of the South American oil palm reveals that the two species may have diverged in the New World and that segmental duplications of chromosome arms define the palaeotetraploid origin of palm trees.

Date: 2013
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