title: The genome of melon (Cucumis melo L.).
abstract: We report the genome sequence of melon, an important horticultural crop worldwide. We assembled 375 Mb of the double-haploid line DHL92, representing 83.3% of the estimated melon genome. We predicted 27,427 protein-coding genes, which we analyzed by reconstructing 22,218 phylogenetic trees, allowing mapping of the orthology and paralogy relationships of sequenced plant genomes. We observed the absence of recent whole-genome duplications in the melon lineage since the ancient eudicot triplication, and our data suggest that transposon amplification may in part explain the increased size of the melon genome compared with the close relative cucumber. A low number of nucleotide-binding site-leucine-rich repeat disease resistance genes were annotated, suggesting the existence of specific defense mechanisms in this species. The DHL92 genome was compared with that of its parental lines allowing the quantification of sequence variability in the species. The use of the genome sequence in future investigations will facilitate the understanding of evolution of cucurbits and the improvement of breeding strategies.
authors: Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries, Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries-Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona-Universitat de Barcelona, 08193 Barcelona, Spain. jordi.garcia@irta.cat
authors: Jordi
authors: J
authors: Garcia-Mas
authors: Andrej
authors: A
authors: Benjak
authors: Walter
authors: W
authors: Sanseverino
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Bourgeois
authors: Gisela
authors: G
authors: Mir
authors: Víctor M
authors: VM
authors: González
authors: Elizabeth
authors: E
authors: Hénaff
authors: Francisco
authors: F
authors: Câmara
authors: Luca
authors: L
authors: Cozzuto
authors: Ernesto
authors: E
authors: Lowy
authors: Tyler
authors: T
authors: Alioto
authors: Salvador
authors: S
authors: Capella-Gutiérrez
authors: Jose
authors: J
authors: Blanca
authors: Joaquín
authors: J
authors: Cañizares
authors: Pello
authors: P
authors: Ziarsolo
authors: Daniel
authors: D
authors: Gonzalez-Ibeas
authors: Luis
authors: L
authors: Rodríguez-Moreno
authors: Marcus
authors: M
authors: Droege
authors: Lei
authors: L
authors: Du
authors: Miguel
authors: M
authors: Alvarez-Tejado
authors: Belen
authors: B
authors: Lorente-Galdos
authors: Marta
authors: M
authors: Melé
authors: Luming
authors: L
authors: Yang
authors: Yiqun
authors: Y
authors: Weng
authors: Arcadi
authors: A
authors: Navarro
authors: Tomas
authors: T
authors: Marques-Bonet
authors: Miguel A
authors: MA
authors: Aranda
authors: Fernando
authors: F
authors: Nuez
authors: Belén
authors: B
authors: Picó
authors: Toni
authors: T
authors: Gabaldón
authors: Guglielmo
authors: G
authors: Roma
authors: Roderic
authors: R
authors: Guigó
authors: Josep M
authors: JM
authors: Casacuberta
authors: Pere
authors: P
authors: Arús
authors: Pere
authors: P
authors: Puigdomènech
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D022202:Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D028463:Cucumis melo / Q000235:genetics*; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics; D060467:Disease Resistance / Q000235:genetics; D020131:Genes, Duplicate / Q000235:genetics; D017343:Genes, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D018745:Genome, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008957:Models, Genetic; D058977:Molecular Sequence Annotation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements