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The Pear Genome

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Several closely related species of commercial importance in the genus Pyrus are cultivated throughout the world. In eastern Asia, specifically in China, Japan, and Korea, the East Asian pear, including the Chinese white pear (P. pyrifolia white pear group, also referred to as P. × bretschneideri), the Chinese sand pear (P. pyrifolia), the Japanese pear (P. pyrifolia), the Ussurian pear (P. ussuriensis), and the Xingiang pear (P. sinkiangensis), is cultivated, while in the rest of the world, the European pear (P. communis) is more commonly grown. Whole-genome sequences have been released for both P. × bretschneideri cv. Dangshansuli (also known to belong to P. pyrifolia white pear group) and P. communis cv. Bartlett. As a result of these draft pear genome sequences, major advances have been made in pursuing functional genomics studies in pear.

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Bai, S., Teng, Y. (2019). Functional Genomics. In: Korban, S. (eds) The Pear Genome. Compendium of Plant Genomes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11048-2_14

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