Organic chemistry

Hevea

Biology

Gene

Domestication

Genome

Natural rubber

Chemistry

Reference genome

Hevea brasiliensis

Genetics

Molecular Plant

This study reports a chromosome-based genome for rubber tree and provides novel insight into the spurge chromosome evolution. Moreover, it is found that genes is associated with the rubber biosynthesis relevant to latex production are significantly expanded in rubber tree. A number of candidate domestication genes are also identified, some of which are associated with rubber biosynthesis in cultivated rubber trees.

The Chromosome-Based Rubber Tree Genome Provides New Insights into Spurge Genome Evolution and Rubber Biosynthesis