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Harvesting the apple genome

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The genome sequence of the domesticated apple has been assembled and compared to previously sequenced plant genomes. The genetic sequence of the 17 apple chromosomes shows evidence of a recent genome duplication that may have spawned the additional gene family members needed for the evolution and development of the unique fruit structure of the apple termed the pome.

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Figure 1: The evolution of the cultivated apple genome.

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  1. James Giovannoni is at the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service and the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.,

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Giovannoni, J. Harvesting the apple genome. Nat Genet 42, 822–823 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng1010-822

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