Prunus domestica

Overview

Genus Prunus
Species domestica
Common Name Plum
Abbreviation P. domestica
Ploidy Hexaploid
Chromosome Number x=8
Genome Size 1400 Mb
Genome Assemblies 1
Cross Reference NCBI taxon: 3758

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Description

Prunus domestica is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. A deciduous tree, it includes many varieties of the fruit trees known as plums in English, though not all plums belong to this species. The greengages and damsons also belong to subspecies of P. domestica.

Its hybrid parentage was believed to be Prunus spinosa and P. cerasifera; however recent cytogenetic evidence seem to implicate 2×, 4×, 6× P. cerasifera as the sole wild stock from which the cultivated 6× P. domestica could have evolved.

Typically it forms a large shrub or a small tree. It may be somewhat thorny, with white blossom, borne in early spring. The oval or spherical fruit varies in size, but can be up to 8 centimetres (3 inches) across. The pulp is usually sweet, but some varieties are sour. Like all Prunus fruits, it contains a single large seed, usually called a stone, which is discarded when eating.

Whole Genomes

Whole Genome Sequences & Annotations for Prunus domestica

S genes

Prunus S genes Nucleotide

Prunus S genes Protein

Downloads

The Prunus S gene sequences are available in FASTA format.

CDS and Protein (FASTA file) S-gene_Prunus

Publications

Callahan AM, Zhebentyayeva TN, Humann JL, Saski CA, Galimba KD, Georgi LL, Scorza R, Main D, Dardick CD. Defining the 'HoneySweet' insertion event utilizing NextGen sequencing and a de novo genome assembly of plum (Prunus domestica). Hortic Res. 2021 Jan 1;8(1):8. doi: 10.1038/s41438-020-00438-2.

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