First major 1001 Genomes paper out in Nature Genetics

We just published its first major phase, based on 80 accessions representing much of the native range of the species.

Finally — after several previous papers in which we developed the tools and vision for the A. thaliana 1001 Genomes project, we just published its first major phase, based on 80 accessions representing much of the native range of the species. Among the major findings are that regions differ substantially in the numbers of sequence variants and deleterious mutations. In addition, we find that the mutation spectrum in the wild differs the more from the one in the laboratory, the older the mutations are. Find out more here.

This paper complements the publicaton of whole-genome assemblies by others and by us.