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The genome sequence of black currant, Ribes nigrum L. (Saxifragales: Grossulariaceae).
- 1Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England, UK.
- 2Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
Abstract
We present a genome assembly of Ribes nigrum (black currant; Streptophyta; Magnoliopsida; Saxifragales; Grossulariaceae). The assembly consists of two haplotypes with total lengths of 894.28 megabases and 883.57 megabases. Most of the haplotype 1 assembly (96.1%) was scaffolded into eight chromosomal pseudomolecules. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome assembly has a length of 450.22 kilobases and the plastid genome assembly has a length of 157.45 kilobases. This assembly was generated as part of the Darwin Tree of Life project, which produces reference genomes for eukaryotic species found in Britain and Ireland.
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BibTeX
@article{christenhusz2026genome,
title = {{The genome sequence of black currant, Ribes nigrum L. (Saxifragales: Grossulariaceae).}},
author = {Maarten J M Christenhusz and Ilia J Leitch and Michael F Fay and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Genome Acquisition Lab and Plant Genome Sizing Collective and Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective and Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team and Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations and Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team and Tree of Life Core Informatics collective and Darwin Tree of Life Consortium},
journal = {Wellcome open research},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.12688/wellcomeopenres.28122.1},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42968715},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - The genome sequence of black currant, Ribes nigrum L. (Saxifragales: Grossulariaceae).
AU - Maarten J M Christenhusz
AU - Ilia J Leitch
AU - Michael F Fay
AU - Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Genome Acquisition Lab
AU - Plant Genome Sizing Collective
AU - Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective
AU - Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory team
AU - Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations
AU - Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team
AU - Tree of Life Core Informatics collective
AU - Darwin Tree of Life Consortium
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/13
JO - Wellcome open research
DO - 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.28122.1
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42968715
AB - We present a genome assembly of Ribes nigrum (black currant; Streptophyta; Magnoliopsida; Saxifragales; Grossulariaceae). The assembly consists of two haplotypes with total lengths of 894.28 megabases and 883.57 megabases. Most of the haplotype 1 assembly (96.1%) was scaffolded into eight chromosomal pseudomolecules. Haplotype 2 was assembled to scaffold level. The mitochondrial genome assembly has a length of 450.22 kilobases and the plastid genome assembly has a length of 157.45 kilobases. This assembly was generated as part of the Darwin Tree of Life project, which produces reference genomes for eukaryotic species found in Britain and Ireland.
SN - 2398-502X
ER -