Researchers complete genome sequencing of the Jujube tree
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 - 09:00
in Biology & Nature
BGI Tech and Hebei Agricultural University jointly announced the complete, high quality sequencing of the Jujube genome. Jujube is the most economically important member of the Rhamnaceae family, and the Jujube genome is particularly difficult to sequence due the high level of heterozygosity and other complicating factors. It is the first time that a genome in the Rhamnaceae (Buckthorn) family has been sequenced. This study has been recently published in Nature Communications.