A telomere-to-telomere genome of Manilkara zapota (Chiku) reveals the repeat-mediated genome evolution
Manilkara zapota (Chiku) is a tropical fruit tree in the Sapotaceae family. In this study, we assembled the first Telomere-to-telomere (T2T) genome assembly of M. zapota, spanning 1.6 Gb with high contiguity (N50 = 134 Mb). Comparative analysis revealed a very recent divergence and a shared WGD among Sapotaceae members...