A haplotype-resolved, near telomere-to-telomere genome assembly of the desiccation-tolerant plant Vellozia tubiflora
Francine Alves Nogueira de Almeida, Nicholas A. Allsing, Marina Püpke Marone, Mariana Feitosa Cavalheiro, Lucas Eduardo Costa Canesin, Merly Escalona, Oanh Nguyen, Ruta Madhusudan Sahasrabudhe, Diego Mauricio Riaño‐Pachón, Stephen Richards, Harris A. Lewin, Paulo Arruda, Todd P. Michael, Ricardo Augusto Dante, Isabel Rodrigues Gerhardt
This paper presents a near telomere-to-telomere, haplotype-resolved genome assembly of Vellozia tubiflora, a desiccation-tolerant plant, providing genomic resources for evolutionary and comparative studies.
bioRxiv · Oct 28, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology