Pangenome

  • Scientists have recently created the first-ever rice pangenome by assembling genetic material from 144 cultivated and wild rice varieties across Asia.
  • Unlike a single reference genome, the pangenome captures both common and unique genes across rice varieties, offering a fuller picture of rice’s genetic diversity.
  • This milestone helps researchers identify traits for disease tolerance and climate resilience, vital as climate change impacts rice yields and arsenic uptake.
  • The study used high-precision ‘PacBio HiFi’ sequencing to uncover 3.87 billion new base pairs and a total of 69,531 genes—28,907 core and 13,728 wild-rice-specific.
  • This pangenome enhances understanding of rice evolution, domestication, and ....
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