Gapless genome assembly and population genomics highlights diversity of mango germplasms

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by Major Special Projects and Key R&D Projects in Yunnan Province (202102AE090054), the Major Science and Technology Special Project in Yunnan Province (202402AE090008), the Agricultural Joint Special Project in Yunnan Province (202401BD070001-090), the Hainan Province Science and Technology Special Fund (ZDYF2024XDNY235), and the Central Public-Interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund (1630032022005).

Author contributions

P.W. and Q.L. conceived and designed the study. C.Z., X.Y., J.F., X.G., and P.W. performed bioinformatics analysis. H.Y., T.B., and Y.C.Y.L. performed chemical analysis. C.Z., H.Y., D.X., Z.N., and X.L. collected and prepared samples. P.W. and Q.L. wrote and revised the manuscript. All authors approved the final manuscript.

Data availability

Raw data, genome assembly and annotation data are available under National Center for Biotechnology Information studies ID PRJNA1112139 (HiFi, ONT, HiC, RNASeq, Illumina sequencing data, genome assembly and annotation) and PRJNA1117965 (genome resequencing).

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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