Graph pangenome reveals structural variation dynamics during cucumber breeding
Xuebo Zhao, Jingyin Yu, Jie Zhang, Honghe Sun, Shan Wu, Jiantao Zhao, Yao Zhou, Sue A. Hammar, Ying-Chen Lin, Zhonghua Zhang, Sanwen Huang, Ronald Dymerski, Feifan Chen, Yiqun Weng, Rebecca Grumet, , Zhangjun Fei
The paper constructs a cucumber pangenome to analyze structural variant dynamics during domestication and breeding, finding SVs are purged more than SNPs and improving genomic prediction accuracy.
Nature Genetics · Feb 10, 2026Peer-reviewedPlant Biology