Chromosome-level haplotype-resolved genome assembly of kiwifruit (Actinidia eriantha)
Quan Jiang, Sheng Zhang, Dongmei Tang, Weiming Zhong, Qianming Zheng, Qing Liu, Yong Qi, Binbin Shi, Xiaohong Yao, Jia Zhou · 2026
Read Chromosome-level haplotype-resolved genome assembly of kiwifruit (Actinidia eriantha) by Quan Jiang, Sheng Zhang, Dongmei Tang, Weiming Zhong, Qianming Zheng, Qing Liu, Yong Qi, Binbin Shi, Xiaohong Yao, Jia Zhou (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-13365214.txt.
Description
Quan Jiang and co-authors assemble the full genome of a wild kiwifruit species, split cleanly into its two parental copies. Kiwifruit grew from wild vines to a major crop within a century. Actinidia eriantha holds traits breeders want, yet its tangled genome needed a careful read.
The team builds two haplotype assemblies, each spanning well over six hundred million bases. Nearly all of each copy anchors onto twenty-nine chromosome maps. Each copy holds about forty thousand protein-coding genes. Standard quality checks rate both copies near complete and highly accurate. With both parental versions in hand, researchers can trace which copy drives fruit size, fuzz, or hardiness. The assembly speeds gene hunting and cross design for tastier, tougher kiwifruit.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Quan Jiang, Sheng Zhang, Dongmei Tang, Weiming Zhong, Qianming Zheng, Qing Liu, Yong Qi, Binbin Shi, Xiaohong Yao, Jia Zhou |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 18 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |