Project name: Genome and transcriptome sequencing of Macadamia Integrifolia

Description: The large southern plant family Proteaceae is an early-diverging eudicot lineage renowned for its morphological, taxonomic and ecological diversity. Macadamia is the most economically important Proteaceae crop and represents an ancient rainforest-restricted lineage. The family is a focus for studies of adaptive radiation due to the remarkable proliferation of species in mediterranean-climate biodiversity hotspots, and numerous evolutionary transitions between closed forest and open vegetation. Despite a long history of research, comparative analyses in the Proteaceae and macadamia breeding programs are restricted by a paucity of genetic information, and the composition of the Proteaceae genome is unknown. To address this we sequenced the genome and transcriptome of the widely grown Macadamia integrifolia cultivar 741.

Data type: Genome sequencing

Sample scope: Monoisolate

Last updated: 2016-08-22