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Papaya Genome and Genomics

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Papaya is a major fruit crop of the tropics with minor production in the subtropics. The papaya genome is small (372 Mbp) and has evolutionarily primitive sex chromosomes. These characters justify papaya genomics programs. Recently, a draft of the papaya genome has been sequenced, and the male-specific region of the Y chromosome (MSY) and its corresponding region of the X chromosome have been fully sequenced. Sequencing the papaya genome and the MSY will enhance our capacity to explore the origin and evolution of dioecy in the family of Caricaceae, expand our knowledge on genome evolution by serving as an outgroup for the intensively studied family Brassicaceae, identify candidate genes for target traits, and provide genome-wide DNA markers for papaya improvement.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank the following agencies and programs for funding relevant parts of the research: NSF Plant Genome Research Program, USDA-ARS Cooperative Agreements with the Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, USDA T-STAR program through the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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  1. Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1201 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA

    Ray Ming Ph.D.

  2. Texas Agrilife Research Center, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, Weslaco, TX, 78596, USA

    Qingyi Yu Ph.D.

  3. Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, 100, Kunia, HI, 96759, USA

    Paul H. Moore Ph.D.

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Ming, R., Yu, Q., Moore, P.H. (2012). Papaya Genome and Genomics. In: Schnell, R., Priyadarshan, P. (eds) Genomics of Tree Crops. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0920-5_8

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