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Challenging case-studies:
Telomere-to-telomere assembly: Fu, A. et al. (2023) ‘Telomere-to-telomere genome assembly of bitter melon (Momordica charantia L. var. abbreviata Ser.) reveals fruit development, composition and ripening genetic characteristics’, Horticulture Research, 10(1). doi: 10.1093/HR/UHAC228.
Haplotype assembly: Hu, W. et al. (2021) ‘Allele-defined genome reveals biallelic differentiation during cassava evolution’, Molecular Plant, 14(6), pp. 851–854. doi: 10.1016/j.molp.2021.04.009.
Giant genome assembly: Yuan, J. et al. (2022) ‘Genomic basis of the giga-chromosomes and giga-genome of tree peony Paeonia ostii’, Nature Communications 2022 13:1, 13(1), pp. 1–16. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35063-1.
Polyploid genome assembly: Zhang, Q. et al. (2022) ‘Genomic insights into the recent chromosome reduction of autopolyploid sugarcane Saccharum spontaneum’, Nature Genetics 2022 54:6, 54(6), pp. 885–896. doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01084-1.