Heteropogon contortus

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The assembly is allelic, and the genome is tetraploid. It has a haploid genome size of 1000 Mb, and has 20 haploid chromosomes.

Metaphase chromosomes of Heteropogon contortus root tips, scale bar 10 µm

Species herbarium records

Herbarium records of Heteropogon contortus from AuBuchon-Elder et al 2022 are plotted with black points, The sampled individual this genome was generated from is shown in a colored point. The green background shows the biogeographic ranges of all Andropogoneae species in AuBuchon-Elder et al 2022.

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Figure 1 from the main text, with Heteropogon contortus highlighted with colored points.

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Figure 2 from the main text, with Heteropogon contortus highlighted with colored points.

Dotplot of Heteropogon contortus vs. Paspalum vaginatum

Like dotplots shown in Figure 3 of the main text, this shows syntenic blocks in Heteropogon contortus along the y-axis, vs P. vaginatum on the x-axis. As Heteropogon contortus is a tetraploid with an allelic assembly, we expect 4 paths for any x-axis position.

Fractionation of Heteropogon contortus

Like plots shown in Figure 4 of the main text, this shows proportion of retained genes in Heteropogon contortus along the y-axis, vs P. vaginatum gene index on the x-axis. As Heteropogon contortus is a tetraploid with an allelic assembly, we expect 4 lines, two for each subgenome.

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Figure 5 from the main text, with Heteropogon contortus highlighted with colored points or lines.

Spatial distribution of genes and TEs

Density of genes and repeats along the longest sequence (contig, scaffold, or chromosome) of Heteropogon contortus in 1 Mb bins. Gene annotation shown is all Helixer genes.