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Draft genome sequence of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) provides a resource for trait improvement

author(s) Varshney, R K - Song, C - Saxena, R K - Azam, S - Yu, S - Sharpe, A G - Cannon, S - Baek, J - Rosen, B D - Tar'an, B - Millan, T - Zhang, X - Ramsay, L D - Iwata, A - Wang, Y - Nelson, W - Farmer, A D - Gaur, P M - Soderlund, C - Penmetsa, R V - Xu, C - Bharathi, A K - He, W - Winter, P - Zhao, S - Hane, J K - Carrasquilla-Garcia, N - Condie, J A - Upadhyaya, H D - Luo, M - Thudi, M - Gowda, C L L - Singh, N P - Lichtenzveig, J - Gali, K K - Rubio, J - Nadarajan, N - Dolezel, J - Bansal, K C - Xu, X - Edwards, D - Zhang, G - Kahl, G - Gil, J - Singh, K B - Datta, S K - Jackson, S A - Wang, J - Cook, D R
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Varshney, R K and Song, C and Saxena, R K and Azam, S and Yu, S and Sharpe, A G and Cannon, S and Baek, J and Rosen, B D and Tar'an, B and Millan, T and Zhang, X and Ramsay, L D and Iwata, A and Wang, Y and Nelson, W and Farmer, A D and Gaur, P M and Soderlund, C and Penmetsa, R V and Xu, C and Bharathi, A K and He, W and Winter, P and Zhao, S and Hane, J K and Carrasquilla-Garcia, N and Condie, J A and Upadhyaya, H D and Luo, M and Thudi, M and Gowda, C L L and Singh, N P and Lichtenzveig, J and Gali, K K and Rubio, J and Nadarajan, N and Dolezel, J and Bansal, K C and Xu, X and Edwards, D. and Zhang, G and Kahl, G and Gil, J and Singh, K B and Datta, S K and Jackson, S A and Wang, J and Cook, D R (2013) Draft genome sequence of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) provides a resource for trait improvement. Nature Biotechnology, 31. pp. 240-246. ISSN 1546-1696
Draft genome sequence of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) provides a resource for trait improvement

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Abstract

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) is the second most widely grown legume crop after soybean, accounting for a substantial proportion of human dietary nitrogen intake and playing a crucial role in food security in developing countries. We report the ~738-Mb draft whole genome shotgun sequence of CDC Frontier, a kabuli chickpea variety, which contains an estimated 28,269 genes. Resequencing and analysis of 90 cultivated and wild genotypes from ten countries identifies targets of both breeding-associated genetic sweeps and breeding-associated balancing selection. Candidate genes for disease resistance and agronomic traits are highlighted, including traits that distinguish the two main market classes of cultivated chickpea—desi and kabuli. These data comprise a resource for chickpea improvement through molecular breeding and provide insights into both genome diversity and domestication

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