Claim · model-written summary
The C. maxima assembly showed discrepancies with the new assemblies.
- Taxon
- C. maxima
Citrus maximae0 - Outcome
- discrepanciese0
- Comparator
- the C. maxima assemblye0
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Verbatim
e0“while discrepancies are observed with the C. maxima assembly”
Title
Gaetan Droc; Delphine Giraud; Caroline Belser; et al. Plant Biotechnology Journal 2026. doi:10.1111/pbi.70553
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Method / resource A citrus super-pangenome was established using assemblies of four ancestral taxa.
- Observation Half of each citrus genome comprised transposable elements or DNA satellites.
- Observation New genome assemblies showed strong synteny and collinearity.
- Observation Diagnostic SNPs revealed interspecific introgressions in representative C. reticulata accessions.
- Observation Diagnostic SNPs revealed interspecific introgressions in representative C. maxima accessions.
- Observation Diagnostic SNPs revealed interspecific introgressions in representative C. medica accessions.
- Observation PAV analysis found a gene with presence or absence specific to one ancestral taxon.
- Observation Diagnostic PAV analysis found a large chloroplastic introgression in C. medica chromosome 4.
- Observation Functional enrichment analysis revealed distinct functional specialisations.
- Method / resource A Genome Hub was established for ongoing genomic research.