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, Y.-M. Kim, E. Seo, K.-T. Kim, M.-S. Kim, J. M. Lee, K. Cheong, H.-S. Shin, S.-B. Kim, K. Han, J. Lee, M. Park, H.-A. Lee, , D. Choi
The paper reports multiple pepper genomes and finds that retroduplication via LTR-retrotransposons drives expansion of disease resistance genes in plants.
bioRxiv · Mar 9, 2017Plant Biology