@article{fdi:010083934,
  title = {{T}wo divergent haplotypes from a highly heterozygous lychee genome suggest independent domestication events for early and late-maturing cultivars},
  author = {{H}u, {G}. {B}. and {F}eng, {J}. {T}. and {X}iang, {X}. and {W}ang, {J}. {B}. and {S}alojarvi, {J}. and {L}iu, {C}. {M}. and {W}u, {Z}. {X}. and {Z}hang, {J}. {S}. and {L}iang, {X}. {M}. and {J}iang, {Z}. {D}. and {L}iu, {W}. and {O}u, {L}. {X}. and {L}i, {J}. {W}. and {F}an, {G}. {Y}. and {M}ai, {Y}. {X}. and {C}hen, {C}. {J}. and {Z}hang, {X}. {T}. and {Z}heng, {J}. {K}. and {Z}hang, {Y}. {Q}. and {P}eng, {H}. {X}. and {Y}ao, {L}. {X}. and {W}ai, {C}. {M}. and {L}uo, {X}. {P}. and {F}u, {J}. {X}. and {T}ang, {H}. {B}. and {L}an, {T}. {Y}. and {L}ai, {B}. {A}. and {S}un, {J}. {H}. and {W}ei, {Y}. {Z}. and {L}i, {H}. {L}. and {C}hen, {J}. {Z}. and {H}uang, {X}. {M}. and {Y}an, {Q}. and {L}iu, {X}. and {M}c{H}ale, {L}. {K}. and {R}olling, {L}. and {G}uyot, {R}omain and {S}ankoff, {D}. and {Z}heng, {C}. {F}. and {A}lbert, {V}. {A}. and {M}ing, {R}. {A}. and {C}hen, {H}. {B}. and {X}ia, {R}. and {L}i, {J}. {G}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{L}ychee is an exotic tropical fruit with a distinct flavor. {T}he genome of cultivar '{F}eizixiao' was assembled into 15 pseudochromosomes, totaling similar to 470 {M}b. {H}igh heterozygosity (2.27%) resulted in two complete haplotypic assemblies. {A} total of 13,517 allelic genes (42.4%) were differentially expressed in diverse tissues. {A}nalyses of 72 resequenced lychee accessions revealed two independent domestication events. {T}he extremely early maturing cultivars preferentially aligned to one haplotype were domesticated from a wild population in {Y}unnan, whereas the late-maturing cultivars that mapped mostly to the second haplo-type were domesticated independently from a wild population in {H}ainan. {E}arly maturing cultivars were probably developed in {G}uangdong via hybridization between extremely early maturing cultivar and late-maturing cultivar individuals. {V}ariable deletions of a 3.7 kb region encompassed by a pair of {CONSTANS}-like genes probably regulate fruit maturation differences among lychee cultivars. {T}hese genomic resources provide insights into the natural history of lychee domestication and will accelerate the improvement of lychee and related crops.},
  keywords = {{CHINE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{N}ature {G}enetics},
  volume = {54},
  numero = {},
  pages = {73--83 + [18 p.]},
  ISSN = {1061-4036},
  year = {2022},
  DOI = {10.1038/s41588-021-00971-3},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010083934},
}