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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology
The genome of Theobroma cacao
Nature Genetics, Volume 43, No. 2, Year 2011
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We sequenced and assembled the draft genome of Theobroma cacao, an economically important tropical-fruit tree crop that is the source of chocolate. This assembly corresponds to 76% of the estimated genome size and contains almost all previously described genes, with 82% of these genes anchored on the 10 T. cacao chromosomes. Analysis of this sequence information highlighted specific expansion of some gene families during evolution, for example, flavonoid-related genes. It also provides a major source of candidate genes for T. cacao improvement. Based on the inferred paleohistory of the T. cacao genome, we propose an evolutionary scenario whereby the ten T. cacao chromosomes were shaped from an ancestor through eleven chromosome fusions. © 2011 Nature America, Inc. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Argout, Xavier
France, Paris
Cirad
Salse, Jérôme
France, Saint-genes-champanelle
Centre Clermont-auvergne-rhône-alpes
Aury, Jean Marc
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Commissariat a L'energie Atomique et Aux Energies Alternatives
France, Paris
Cnrs Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
France, Evry
Université D'evry Val D'essonne
Guiltinan, Mark J.
United States, University Park
Pennsylvania State University
United States, University Park
Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
Droc, Gaëtan
France, Paris
Cirad
Gouzy, Jérõme
France, Castanet-tolosan
Inrae Occitanie-toulouse Centre
Allegre, Mathilde
France, Paris
Cirad
Chaparro, Cristian
France, Perpignan
Université de Perpignan Via Domitia
Legavre, Thierry
France, Paris
Cirad
Maximova, Siela N.
United States, University Park
Pennsylvania State University
Abrouk, Michaël
France, Saint-genes-champanelle
Centre Clermont-auvergne-rhône-alpes
Murat, Florent
France, Saint-genes-champanelle
Centre Clermont-auvergne-rhône-alpes
Fouet, Olivier
France, Paris
Cirad
Poulain, Julie
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Commissariat a L'energie Atomique et Aux Energies Alternatives
France, Paris
Cnrs Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
France, Evry
Université D'evry Val D'essonne
Ruiz, Manuel
France, Paris
Cirad
Roguet, Yolande
France, Paris
Cirad
Rodier-Goud, Marguerite
France, Paris
Cirad
Barbosa-Neto, José Fernandes
France, Perpignan
Université de Perpignan Via Domitia
Sabot, François
France, Perpignan
Université de Perpignan Via Domitia
Kudrna, Dave A.
United States, Tucson
The University of Arizona
Ammiraju, Jetty Siva S.
United States, Tucson
The University of Arizona
Schuster, Stephan C.
United States, University Park
Pennsylvania State University
Carlson, John E.
United States, University Park
Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
South Korea, Gwangju
Chonnam National University
Sallet, Erika
France, Castanet-tolosan
Inrae Occitanie-toulouse Centre
Schiex, Thomas
France, Castanet-tolosan
Inrae Occitanie-toulouse Centre
Dievart, Anne
France, Paris
Cirad
Kramer, Melissa R.
United States, Cold Spring Harbor
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Gelley, Laura
United States, Cold Spring Harbor
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Shi, Zi
United States, University Park
Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
Bérard, Aurélie
France, Evry
Etude du Polymorphisme Des Génomes Végétaux
Viot, Christopher
France, Paris
Cirad
Boccara, Michel
France, Paris
Cirad
Risterucci, Ange Marie
France, Paris
Cirad
Guignon, Valentin
France, Paris
Cirad
Sabau, Xavier
France, Paris
Cirad
Axtell, Michael J.
United States, University Park
Pennsylvania State University
Ma, Zhaorong
United States, University Park
Pennsylvania State University
Zhang, Yufan
United States, University Park
Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
United States, Cold Spring Harbor
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Brown, Spencer C.
France, Paris
Cnrs Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Bourge, Mickael
France, Paris
Cnrs Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Golser, Wolfgang
United States, Tucson
The University of Arizona
Song, Xiang
United States, Tucson
The University of Arizona
Clément, Didier Pierre Louis
France, Paris
Cirad
Rivallan, Ronan
France, Paris
Cirad
Tahi, Mathias Gnion
Cote D'ivoire, Abidjan
Centre National de Recherche Agronomique Abidjan
Akaza, Joseph Moroh
Cote D'ivoire, Abidjan
Centre National de Recherche Agronomique Abidjan
Pitollat, Bertrand
France, Paris
Cirad
Peres Gramacho, Karina
Brazil, Itabuna
Comissão Executiva de Planejamento da Lavoura Cacaueira Ceplac
D'Hont, Angélique
France, Paris
Cirad
Brunel, Dominique
France, Evry
Etude du Polymorphisme Des Génomes Végétaux
Infante, Diogenes
Venezuela, Caracas
Fundacion Instituto de Estudios Avanzados Idea
Kebe, Ismael
France, Paris
Cnrs Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Costet, Pierre
France, Tain L'hermitage
Valrhona
Wing, Rod A.
United States, Tucson
The University of Arizona
McCombie, W. Richard
United States, Cold Spring Harbor
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Guiderdoni, Emmanuel
France, Paris
Cirad
Quétier, Francis
France, Evry
Université D'evry Val D'essonne
Panaud, Olivier
France, Perpignan
Université de Perpignan Via Domitia
Wincker, Patrick
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Commissariat a L'energie Atomique et Aux Energies Alternatives
France, Paris
Cnrs Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
France, Evry
Université D'evry Val D'essonne
Bocs, Stéphanie
France, Paris
Cirad
Lanaud, Claire
France, Paris
Cirad
Statistics
Citations: 643
Authors: 61
Affiliations: 17
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1038/ng.736
ISSN:
10614036
e-ISSN:
15461718
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics