RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 European Flint reference sequences complement the maize pan-genome
JF bioRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SP 103747
DO 10.1101/103747
A1 Sandra Unterseer
A1 Michael A. Seidel
A1 Eva Bauer
A1 Georg Haberer
A1 Frank Hochholdinger
A1 Nina Opitz
A1 Caroline Marcon
A1 Kobi Baruch
A1 Manuel Spannagl
A1 Klaus F.X. Mayer
A1 Chris-Carolin Schön
YR 2017
UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/01/27/103747.abstract
AB The genomic diversity of maize is reflected by a large number of SNPs and substantial structural variation. Here, we report the de novo assembly of two European Flint maize lines to remedy the scarcity of sequence resources for the Flint pool. EP1 and F7 are important founder lines of European hybrid breeding programs. The lines were sequenced on an Illumina platform at 320X and 225X coverage. Using NRGene´s DeNovoMAGIC 2.0 technology, pseudochromosomes were assembled encompassing a total of 2,463 Mb for EP1 and 2,405 Mb for F7. Structural and functional annotation of the two genomes is currently in progress. The two high-quality de novo assemblies complement the existing maize pan-genome and will pave the way for future functional and comparative studies.