Assembly and Phasing of Complex Genomes in Plant
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 December 2022) | Viewed by 3130
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bioinformatics; genomics; plant breeding
Interests: bioinformatics; plant genomics; evolution
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Interests: genomics, transcriptomics and plant breeding
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The journal Plants is going to publish a Special Issue of “Assembly and phasing of complex genomes in Plant”. Most genome sequencing projects have released mosaic assemblies with a mix of alleles from different parents. Nevertheless, genomes of organisms are phased in the nucleus, and traditional assembly strategies fail to take into account allelic variation, which is crucial and leads to phenotypic outcomes. Plant genome studies have shown the importance of haplotype-resolved genome assembly for tackling complex biological questions including mechanisms of genome evolution, heterosis, and phenotypic variation. We intend to cover a wide range of haplotype-resolved genome assemblies in this special issue. This special issue will also highlight new technologies or methods in this area.
Prof. Dr. Xingtan Zhang
Prof. Dr. Xuepeng Sun
Prof. Dr. Won C. Yim
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- haplotype-resolved genome assembly
- haplotype phasing
- allelic variation
- heterozygous diploid genome
- polyploid gnome
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