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Disentangling a polyploid genome

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The sequencing and draft assembly of the sweet potato genome has resolved much of its complex genetic redundancies, allowing a better inference of the botanical origin of the staple crop.

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Fig. 1: Genome assembly and haplotype phasing of a diploid with two haplotypes (left) and a hexaploid with six haplotypes (right).

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Tang, H. Disentangling a polyploid genome. Nature Plants 3, 688–689 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-017-0001-0

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