Solanum lycopersicum Heinz1706 Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Solanum lycopersicum

The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is a plant whose fruit is an edible berry that is eaten as a vegetable. The tomato is a member of the nightshade family that includes tobacco, potato, and chili peppers. It originated from western South America, and may have been domesticated there or in Mexico. It was introduced to the Old World by the Spanish in the Columbian exchange in the 16th century.

Assembly

The assembly presented here has been imported from INSDC and is linked to the assembly accession [GCA_000188115.5].

The total length of the assembly is 827361276 bp contained within 3064 scaffolds. The scaffold N50 value is 66723567, the scaffold L50 value is 6. The GC% content of the assembly is 34.0%.

Annotation

The annotation presented is derived from genes imported from the community GFF3 with the assembly accession GCA_000188115.5.

Genomic annotation was deposited along with initial assembly submission by "Solanaceae Genomics Project".

Small RNA features, protein features, BLAST hits and cross-references have been computed by Ensembl Plants.

References

• The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution. Tomato Genome Consortium. 2012. Nature. 485:635-641.

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