@article{fdi:010053103, title = {{T}he genome of {T}heobroma cacao}, author = {{A}rgout, {X}. and {S}alse, {J}. and {A}ury, {J}. {M}. and {G}uiltinan, {M}. {J}. and {D}roc, {G}. and {G}ouzy, {J}. and {A}llegre, {M}. and {C}haparro, {C}. and {L}egavre, {T}. and {M}aximova, {S}. {N}. and {A}brouk, {M}. and {M}urat, {F}. and {F}ouet, {O}. and {P}oulain, {J}. and {R}uiz, {M}. and {R}oguet, {Y}. and {R}odier-{G}oud, {M}. and {B}arbosa-{N}eto, {J}. {F}. and {S}abot, {F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {K}udrna, {D}. and {A}mmiraju, {J}. {S}. {S}. and {S}chuster, {S}. {C}. and {C}arlson, {J}. {E}. and {S}allet, {E}. and {S}chiex, {T}. and {D}ievart, {A}. and {K}ramer, {M}. and {G}elley, {L}. and {S}hi, {Z}. and {B}erard, {A}. and {V}iot, {C}. and {B}occara, {M}. and {R}isterucci, {A}. {M}. and {G}uignon, {V}. and {S}abau, {X}. and {A}xtell, {M}. {J}. and {M}a, {Z}. {R}. and {Z}hang, {Y}. {F}. and {B}rown, {S}. and {B}ourge, {M}. and {G}olser, {W}. and {S}ong, {X}. {A}. and {C}lement, {D}. and {R}ivallan, {R}. and {T}ahi, {M}. and {A}kaza, {J}. {M}. and {P}itollat, {B}. and {G}ramacho, {K}. and {D}'{H}ont, {A}. and {B}runel, {D}. and {I}nfante, {D}. and {K}ebe, {I}. and {C}ostet, {P}. and {W}ing, {R}. and {M}c{C}ombie, {W}. {R}. and {G}uiderdoni, {E}. and {Q}uetier, {F}. and {P}anaud, {O}. and {W}incker, {P}. and {B}ocs, {S}. and {L}anaud, {C}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{W}e sequenced and assembled the draft genome of {T}heobroma cacao, an economically important tropical-fruit tree crop that is the source of chocolate. {T}his assembly corresponds to 76% of the estimated genome size and contains almost all previously described genes, with 82% of these genes anchored on the 10 {T}. cacao chromosomes. {A}nalysis of this sequence information highlighted specific expansion of some gene families during evolution, for example, flavonoid-related genes. {I}t also provides a major source of candidate genes for {T}. cacao improvement. {B}ased on the inferred paleohistory of the {T}. cacao genome, we propose an evolutionary scenario whereby the ten {T}. cacao chromosomes were shaped from an ancestor through eleven chromosome fusions.}, keywords = {}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{N}ature {G}enetics}, volume = {43}, numero = {2}, pages = {101--108}, ISSN = {1061-4036}, year = {2011}, DOI = {10.1038/ng.736}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010053103}, }