A haplotype-resolved genome assembly and gene expression map of Cushion willow

Abstract Salix brachista, commonly known as Cushion willow, is a common component of subnival alpine assemblages and a dioecious or monoecious plant with a creeping stem and numerous lateral branches. Cushion willow takes cuttings more easier and has a specific sex system, making it a suitable syste...

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Main Authors: Jindan Wang, Kaiyun Chen, Rengang Zhang, Yuan Huang, Jiahui Chen
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-05-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05132-3
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description Abstract Salix brachista, commonly known as Cushion willow, is a common component of subnival alpine assemblages and a dioecious or monoecious plant with a creeping stem and numerous lateral branches. Cushion willow takes cuttings more easier and has a specific sex system, making it a suitable system for studying the evolution of plant sex determination, adaptive evolution of alpine plants, and mining stress resistance gene resource that cope with the hostile alpine environment. Therefore, Cushion willow has potential value in genetic improvements for willows used as bioenergy crops, in gardening, and as ornamental plants. However, the genome of Cushion willow still contains some un-assembled repetitive sequences, and there is limited availability of a gene expression atlas, which hinders its potential use for the aforementioned purposes. Here, we updated the genome of Cushion willow to be haplotype-resolved and near telomere-to-telomere, and obtained a high-quality transcriptomic map. Our research provides a potential model species for alpine adaptive research, sex determination evolution studies, and improving willow crops.
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spelling doaj-art-12430cd54bf14d118935168dfdb42a822025-08-20T02:32:00ZengNature PortfolioScientific Data2052-44632025-05-0112111210.1038/s41597-025-05132-3A haplotype-resolved genome assembly and gene expression map of Cushion willowJindan Wang0Kaiyun Chen1Rengang Zhang2Yuan Huang3Jiahui Chen4CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of SciencesCAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of SciencesCAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of SciencesSchool of Life Sciences, Yunnan Normal UniversityCAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of SciencesAbstract Salix brachista, commonly known as Cushion willow, is a common component of subnival alpine assemblages and a dioecious or monoecious plant with a creeping stem and numerous lateral branches. Cushion willow takes cuttings more easier and has a specific sex system, making it a suitable system for studying the evolution of plant sex determination, adaptive evolution of alpine plants, and mining stress resistance gene resource that cope with the hostile alpine environment. Therefore, Cushion willow has potential value in genetic improvements for willows used as bioenergy crops, in gardening, and as ornamental plants. However, the genome of Cushion willow still contains some un-assembled repetitive sequences, and there is limited availability of a gene expression atlas, which hinders its potential use for the aforementioned purposes. Here, we updated the genome of Cushion willow to be haplotype-resolved and near telomere-to-telomere, and obtained a high-quality transcriptomic map. Our research provides a potential model species for alpine adaptive research, sex determination evolution studies, and improving willow crops.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05132-3
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title_short A haplotype-resolved genome assembly and gene expression map of Cushion willow
title_sort haplotype resolved genome assembly and gene expression map of cushion willow
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