pan-genome of strawberry

Strawberry is a very popular fruit. The strawberry genus (Fragaria) has emerged as a model system for various fundamental and applied research in recent years. Here, by using new sequencing technologies, we provide five de novo whole genome sequence of wild strawberry species and genome re-sequencing data for 128 additional accessions of key species. Our analyses obtained robust estimates of the evolutionary history for most diploid strawberry species. We also constructed a pan-genome for strawberry and examined the evolutionary dynamics of gene families associated with important agronomic traits. This study provides a powerful genomic platform and resource for future studies in strawberry.