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DESCRIPTION:PhD Oral Defence of Maria Kyriakidou\, Plant Science\n\nThe com
 mon potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is an important staple crop\, with a hig
 hly complex\, heterozygous\, tetraploid genome. It has its origins in Sout
 h America\, where potato has a large secondary gene pool consisting of wil
 d relatives of diverse ploidy levels. Significant efforts have previously 
 been made to sequence and construct a double monoploid (S. tuberosum Group
  Phureja – DM1-3) and two wild (S. commersonii and S. chacoense clone M6) 
 reference genomes. However\, it is uncertain how well the potato genome di
 versity is captured in these three genomes\, as the genetic riches of the 
 S. America taxa are not represented. This work focuses on the genomic anal
 yses of 12 native S. American potato genomes (ten taxa) of various ploidy 
 (2n – 5n). Their comparisons with two reference genomes (DM1-3\, M6) unrav
 eled a great number of copy number variation (CNV) impacted genes\, includ
 ing disease resistance genes. Additionally\, these genomes have been assem
 bled de novo. The diploid potato genomes along with the three reference ge
 nomes have been used for the construction of a diploid potato pan-genome. 
 Within the pan-genome\, there are self-incompatibility and other genes tha
 t are absent from the DM1-3 genome. This work reflects only a part of the 
 tremendous variability of the S. American potato taxa.\n\nEveryone in the 
 McGill community is welcome to attend a PhD Oral Defence. Please join us i
 n celebrating the accomplishments of our PhD candidates.\n
DTSTART:20200219T181500Z
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LOCATION:MS2-022\, Macdonald-Stewart Building\, CA\, QC\, St Anne de Bellev
 ue\, H9X 3V9\, 21111 Lakeshore Road
SUMMARY:PhD Oral Defence: Genome assembly and discovery of structural varia
 tion in cultivated potato taxa
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/macdonald/channels/event/phd-oral-defence-genome-
 assembly-and-discovery-structural-variation-cultivated-potato-taxa-310916
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