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The carrot genome sequence brings colors out of the dark

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The genome sequence of carrot (Daucus carota L.) is the first completed for an Apiaceae species, furthering knowledge of the evolution of the important euasterid II clade. Analyzing the whole-genome sequence allowed for the identification of a gene that may regulate the accumulation of carotenoids in the root.

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Figure 1: Phylogenetic tree displaying the species with an available genome sequence from the euasterid II clade: carrot, sunflower, horseweed, artichoke and lettuce.

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  1. Jordi Garcia-Mas and Manuel Rodriguez-Concepcion are at the Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Barcelona, Spain, and,

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  2. Jordi Garcia-Mas is also at the Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries, Barcelona, Spain.,

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Garcia-Mas, J., Rodriguez-Concepcion, M. The carrot genome sequence brings colors out of the dark. Nat Genet 48, 589–590 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3574

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