Understanding the Origin and Evolution of Tea (Camellia sinensis [L.]): Genomic Advances in Tea
Zai-Bao Zhang1, Tao Xiong2, Jia-Hui Chen3
1College of Life Science, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang, 464000, China. zaibaozhang79@163.com.
Abstract:
Tea, which is processed by the tender shoots or leaves of tea plant (Camellia sinensis), is one of the most popular nonalcoholic beverages in the world and has numerous health benefits for humans. Along with new progress in biotechnologies, the refined chromosome-scale reference tea genomes have been achieved, which facilitates great promise for the understanding of fundamental genomic architecture and evolution of the tea plants. Here, we summarize recent achievements in genome sequencing in tea plants and review the new progress in origin and evolution of tea plants by population sequencing analysis. Understanding the genomic characterization of tea plants is import to improve tea quality and accelerate breeding in tea plants.
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