The avocado genome informs deep angiosperm phylogeny, highlights introgressive hybridization, and reveals pathogen-influenced gene space adaptation

• Main Authors: Rendón-Anaya, Martha, Ibarra-Laclette, Enrique, Méndez-Bravo, Alfonso, Lan, Tianying, Zheng, Chunfang, Carretero-Paulet, Lorenzo, Perez-Torres, Claudia Anahí, Chacón-López, Alejandra, Hernandez-Guzmán, Gustavo, Chang, Tien-Hao, Farr, Kimberly M, Barbazuk, W Brad, Chamala, Srikar, Mutwil, Marek, Shivhare, Devendra, Alvarez-Ponce, David, Mitter, Neena, Hayward, Alice, Fletcher, Stephen, Rozas, Julio, Sánchez Gracia, Alejandro, Kuhn, David, Barrientos-Priego, Alejandro F, Salojärvi, Jarkko, Librado, Pablo, Sankoff, David, Herrera-Estrella, Alfredo, Albert, Victor A, Herrera-Estrella, Luis
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences; Avocado Genome; Angiosperm Phylogeny
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/148808
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The avocado, Persea americana, is a fruit crop of immense importance to Mexican agriculture with an increasing demand worldwide. Avocado lies in the anciently diverged magnoliid clade of angiosperms, which has a controversial phylogenetic position relative to eudicots and monocots. We sequenced the...