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Chromosome-level genome assembly and population genomic resource to accelerate orphan crop lablab breeding.
Nat. Commun. 14:1915 (2023)
Under-utilised orphan crops hold the key to diversified and climate-resilient food systems. Here, we report on orphan crop genomics using the case of Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet (lablab) - a legume native to Africa and cultivated throughout the tropics for food and forage. Our Africa-led plant genome collaboration produces a high-quality chromosome-scale assembly of the lablab genome. Our assembly highlights the genome organisation of the trypsin inhibitor genes - an important anti-nutritional factor in lablab. We also re-sequence cultivated and wild lablab accessions from Africa confirming two domestication events. Finally, we examine the genetic and phenotypic diversity in a comprehensive lablab germplasm collection and identify genomic loci underlying variation of important agronomic traits in lablab. The genomic data generated here provide a valuable resource for lablab improvement. Our inclusive collaborative approach also presents an example that can be explored by other researchers sequencing indigenous crops, particularly from low and middle-income countries (LMIC).
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Purpureus L. Sweet; Read Alignment; Web Server; Hi-c; Sequence; Tool; Diversity; Protein; Transcriptome; Domestication
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englisch
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2023
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2023
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2041-1723
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2041-1723
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Band: 14,
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Nature Publishing Group
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London
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Peer reviewed
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30202 - Environmental Health
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Environmental Sciences
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G-503500-002
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Bioinformatics Community of Practice training grant from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
SoCoBio DTP (BBSRC, UK)
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (De.NBI)
Royal Society FLAIR award
CGIAR Fund Donors
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2023-10-06