A chromosome-scale assembly reveals chromosomal aberrations and exchanges generating genetic diversity in Coffea arabica germplasm

Autor: Simone Scalabrin, Gabriele Magris, Mario Liva, Nicola Vitulo, Michele Vidotto, Davide Scaglione, Lorenzo Del Terra, Manuela Rosanna Ruosi, Luciano Navarini, Gloria Pellegrino, Jorge Carlos Berny Mier y Teran, Lucile Toniutti, Furio Suggi Liverani, Mario Cerutti, Gabriele Di Gaspero, Michele Morgante
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44449-8
Popis: Abstract In order to better understand the mechanisms generating genetic diversity in the recent allotetraploid species Coffea arabica, here we present a chromosome-level assembly obtained with long read technology. Two genomic compartments with different structural and functional properties are identified in the two homoeologous genomes. The resequencing data from a large set of accessions reveals low intraspecific diversity in the center of origin of the species. Across a limited number of genomic regions, diversity increases in some cultivated genotypes to levels similar to those observed within one of the progenitor species, Coffea canephora, presumably as a consequence of introgressions deriving from the so-called Timor hybrid. It also reveals that, in addition to few, early-occurring exchanges between homoeologous chromosomes, there are numerous recent chromosomal aberrations including aneuploidies, deletions, duplications and exchanges. These events are still polymorphic in the germplasm and could represent a fundamental source of genetic variation in such a lowly variable species.
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