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Cracking the Papaya Code
An International Papaya Genome Consortium led by Manoa researchers has deciphered the genetic code of the disease-resistant transgenic SunUp papaya. The findings appear as the cover story in the journal Nature.
Papaya, cultivated in tropical and sub-tropical regions worldwide, ranked number one on nutritional scores among 38 common fruits. Fruit, stem, leaves and roots of papaya are used in a wide range of medical applications. This draft, which spells out more than 90 percent of the plant’s gene coding sequence, sheds new light on the evolution of flowering plants. Because it involves a genetically modified plant, the newly sequenced papaya genome offers the most detailed picture regarding the impact of particle bombardment on genome structure and function.
“Sequencing the papaya genome is the first large scale genome project done in Hawai'i with international collaboration from 22 research institutes and will benefit the papaya research community, papaya farmers and consumers for years to come” says Maqsudul Alam, Director of the Center for Advanced Studies in Genomics, Proteomics, and Bioinformatics.
The other UH members of the team are Shaobin Hou, Alexandre Dionne-Laporte, Jimmy H. Saw, Pavel Senin, Benjamin V. Ly, Kanako L. T. Lewis, Moriah Eustice, Robert E. Paull, Ricelle A. Acob, Peizhu Guan, Andrea Blas, Ching Man Wai, Ratnesh Singh, Kabi Neupane, Maya Paidi, Gernot Presting, Brad Porter and David A. Christopher.
Read the news release.