Ann E. Holtz-Morris

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a whole genome shotgun approach relying on next generation sequence generated from a single haploid seed megagametophyte from a loblolly pine tree, 20-1010, that has been used in industrial forest tree breeding.

TL;DR: This work employed novel strategies that allowed it to determine the loblolly pine reference genome sequence, the largest genome assembled to date, and implemented additional scaffolding methods utilizing independent genome and transcriptome assemblies to improve the contiguity and biological utility of the genome sequence.

TL;DR: New markers and gene annotation are described that are both tightly linked to Cr1 in a mapping population, and associated withCr1 in unrelated sugar pine individuals sampled throughout the species’ range, creating a solid foundation for future mapping.

TL;DR: Two sets of loblolly pine genomic sequence, 103 previously assembled BACs and 90,954 newly sequenced and assembled fosmid scaffolds, were analyzed and a combination of homology and de novo methodologies were applied to identify both conserved and novel repeats.