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Yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) genome provides new insights into convergent evolution of caffeine...

Yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) genome provides new insights into convergent evolution of caffeine...

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Yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) genome provides new insights into convergent evolution of caffeine biosynthesis

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Yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) genome provides new insights into convergent evolution of caffeine biosynthesis

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England: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd

Journal title

eLife, 2025-01, Vol.14

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English

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England: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd

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Contents

Yerba mate (YM,
Ilex paraguariensis
) is an economically important crop marketed for the elaboration of mate, the third-most widely consumed caffeine-containing infusion worldwide. Here, we report the first genome assembly of this species, which has a total length of 1.06 Gb and contains 53,390 protein-coding genes. Comparative analyses revea...

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Yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) genome provides new insights into convergent evolution of caffeine biosynthesis

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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_ec1bc2f305ce428aae7a47345a15f9e5

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_ec1bc2f305ce428aae7a47345a15f9e5

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2050-084X

E-ISSN

2050-084X

DOI

10.7554/eLife.104759

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