Lactuca super-pangenome reduces bias towards reference genes in lettuce research
D.-J. M. van Workum, S. L. Mehrem, B. L. Snoek, M. C. Alderkamp, D. Lapin, F. F. M. Mulder, G. Van den Ackerveken, D. de Ridder, M. E. Schranz, S. Smit
This study constructs a lettuce super-pangenome to reduce bias in reference genes, identifying novel QTLs for disease resistance and origins of non-reference resistance loci from wild relatives.
bioRxiv · Jun 20, 2024Plant Biology