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NATURE GENETICS
Volume 51, Issue 6, Pages 1044-+Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41588-019-0410-2
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- US National Science Foundation [IOS-1339287, IOS-1539831, IOS-1564366]
- BARD
- US-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund
- Vaadia-BARD Postdoctoral Fellowship Award [FI-508-14]
- USDA Agricultural Research Service
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Modern tomatoes have narrow genetic diversity limiting their improvement potential. We present a tomato pan-genome constructed using genome sequences of 725 phylogenetically and geographically representative accessions, revealing 4,873 genes absent from the reference genome. Presence/absence variation analyses reveal substantial gene loss and intense negative selection of genes and promoters during tomato domestication and improvement. Lost or negatively selected genes are enriched for important traits, especially disease resistance. We identify a rare allele in the TomLoxC promoter selected against during domestication. Quantitative trait locus mapping and analysis of transgenic plants reveal a role for TomLoxC in apocarotenoid production, which contributes to desirable tomato flavor. In orange-stage fruit, accessions harboring both the rare and common TomLoxC alleles (heterozygotes) have higher TomLoxC expression than those homozygous for either and are resurgent in modern tomatoes. The tomato pan-genome adds depth and completeness to the reference genome, and is useful for future biological discovery and breeding.
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