Rachel L. Skelton

TL;DR: Papaya offers numerous advantages as a system for fruit-tree functional genomics, and this draft genome sequence provides the foundation for revealing the basis of Carica’s distinguishing morpho-physiological, medicinal and nutritional properties.

TL;DR: A BAC-based physical map of papaya was constructed and integrated with the genetic map and genome sequence, and is a valuable resource for comparative genomics and map-based cloning of agronomically and economically important genes and for sex chromosome research.

TL;DR: This work investigated the chromosomal location of papaya’s small male specific region of the hermaphrodite Y (Yh) chromosome (MSY) and its genomic features, which resulted in the largest collection of contiguous genomic DNA sequences of a Y chromosome in flowering plants.

TL;DR: A high-density sequence-tagged genetic map of papaya was constructed using microsatellite markers derived from BAC end sequences and whole-genome shot gun sequences that validates the suppression of recombination at the male-specific region of the Y chromosome mapped on LG 1 and at potential centromeric regions of other LGs.

TL;DR: Analysis of 4.7% of the papaya genome based on BAC end sequences representing 17 million high-quality bases supports recent observations of frequent genome rearrangements in the Arabidopsis lineage and suggests that the poplar genome sequence may be more useful for elucidating the Papaya and other rosid genomes.