Avocado Genome Assemblies
Avocado (Persea americana) comprises three major ecological races: Mexican (P. americana var. drymifolia), Guatemalan (P. americana var. guatemalensis), and West Indian (P. americana var. americana).
AvoBase features the primary available genome assemblies selected for their quality, completeness, and relevance.
Sequence and annotation data are fully accessible in the Downloads section.
cv. Hass
A hybrid of Guatemalan and Mexican ecological races. It is the most widely produced variety in the world.
Nath et al. 2022
View Publicationcv. Gwen
A high-yielding descendant of 'Hass' with predominantly Guatemalan race characteristics. Key resource for comparative agronomic genomics.
Solares et al. 2023
View PublicationWest Indian
A high-quality Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) reference genome representing the West indian ecological race (P. americana var. americana).
Yang et al. 2024
View PublicationGenome Statistics
| Metrics / Assembly | UQ Hass Nath et al. 2022 |
Gwen Solares et al. 2023 |
West Indian Yang et al. 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of sequences | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Assembly size (Mb) | 873.91 | 703.00 | 841.60 |
| Longest sequence (Mb) | 103.19 | 17.08 | 105.00 |
| N50 length (Mb) | 26.00 | 61.89 | 78.80 |
| N50 index (sequences) | - | 5 | 5 |
| BUSCO completeness (%) | 99.60 | 99.60 | 99.60 |
