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The draft genome of tropical fruit durian ( Durio zibethinus )

This is part of the lab project for course Genome Analysis (1MB462) and is based on the paper the summary of which is below, as per the Lab Manual:

"Durian ( Durio zibethinus ) is a Southeast Asian tropical plant famous for the sulfury and onion-like odor of its fruits. This species is of major economic value, especially in China. Despite the importance of durian as a tropical fruit crop, there are few genetic studies about this species. This study aims to describe a draft whole-genome assembly of the D. zibethinus Musang King cultivar and characterize important genes and pathways involved in different processes in durian."

The authors of the paper are listed below:

Bin Tean Teh, Kevin Lim, Chern Han Yong, Cedric Chuan Young Ng, Sushma Ramesh Rao, Vikneswari Rajasegaran, Weng Khong Lim, Choon Kiat Ong, Ki Chan, Vincent Kin Yuen Cheng, Poh Sheng Soh, Sanjay Swarup, Steven G Rozen, Niranjan Nagarajan & Patrick Tan