Journal article
The genome of Eucalyptus grandis
AA Myburg, D Grattapaglia, GA Tuskan, U Hellsten, RD Hayes, J Grimwood, J Jenkins, E Lindquist, H Tice, D Bauer, DM Goodstein, I Dubchak, A Poliakov, E Mizrachi, ARK Kullan, SG Hussey, D Pinard, K Van Der Merwe, P Singh, I Van Jaarsveld Show all
Nature | Published : 2014
DOI: 10.1038/nature13308
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Abstract
Eucalypts are the world's most widely planted hardwood trees. Their outstanding diversity, adaptability and growth have made them a global renewable resource of fibre and energy. We sequenced and assembled >94% of the 640-megabase genome of Eucalyptus grandis. Of 36,376 predicted protein-coding genes, 34% occur in tandem duplications, the largest proportion thus far in plant genomes. Eucalyptus also shows the highest diversity of genes for specialized metabolites such as terpenes that act as chemical defence and provide unique pharmaceutical oils. Genome sequencing of the E. grandis sister species E. globulus and a set of inbred E. grandis tree genomes reveals dynamic genome evolution and ho..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The work conducted by the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute is supported by the Office of Science of the US Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. The research and writing of the manuscript was supported, in part, by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research in the US Department of Energy Office of Science under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 as part of the US DOE Bioenergy Center. Funding for additional components of the study was provided by the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI) through its research funding agencies (CNPq and FINEP), the Brazilian Federal District Research Foundation (FAP-DF), the public-private Genolyptus network of Brazilian forestry companies, the Tree Biosafety and Genomics Research Cooperative (TBGRC, Oregon State University), South African forestry companies Sappi and Mondi, the Technology and Human Resources for Industry Programme (THRIP, UID 80118), the South African Department of Science and Technology (DST) and National Research Foundation (NRF, UID 18312 and 86936), the Laboratoire d'Excellence (LABEX TULIP ANR-10-LABX-41), the Agence Nationale pour la Recherche (Project Tree For Joules ANR-2010-KBBE-007-01; Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT, P-KBBE/AGR_GPL/0001/2010), the Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), the University Paul Sabatier Toulouse III (UPS). Part of this work was carried out using the Stevin Supercomputer Infrastructure at Ghent University, funded by Ghent University, the Hercules Foundation, and the Flemish Government-department EWI. We also acknowledge S. Oda and E. Gonzalez of Suzano Paper and Pulp for providing genetic material of E. grandis genotypes BRASUZ1, G7J1, M35D2 and their progeny used for genome sequencing and resequencing, Forestal Mininco (Chile) for genetic material of X46, the E. globulus genotype used for genome resequencing, M. Hinchee and W. Rottmann of ArborGen for EST sequences used to support gene annotation, Sappi (South Africa) for genetic material of the population used for genetic linkage mapping, and Sappi and Mondi (South Africa) for E. grandis tissues used for RNA sequencing. We acknowledge M. O'Neill of the University of Pretoria for technical assistance with E. grandis RNA sequencing.