Plant BiologybioRxiv
Multiple reference genome sequences of hot pepper reveal the massive evolution of plant disease resistance genes by retroduplication
S. Kim, J. Park, S.-I. Yeom…·D. Choi
The paper reports multiple pepper genomes and finds that retroduplication via LTR-retrotransposons drives expansion of disease resistance genes in plants.
DOI 10.1186/s13059-017-1341-9