KING R.

The genome assembly of allogamous perennial species can be very challenging due to the high heterozygosity and repeat content they present. In fruit trees, many important phenotypic traits of a specific genotype lie in its heterozigosity, maintained by a widespread clonal propagation. The fig tree (Ficus carica L.) has a great potential for...

Due to DNA heterozygosity and repeat content, assembly of non-model plant genomes is challenging. Herein, we report a high-quality genome reference of one of the oldest known domesticated species, fig (Ficus carica L.), using Pacific Biosciences single-molecule, real-time sequencing. The fig genome is ~333 Mbp in size, of which 80% has been...