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MaizeGP: An open graph-based maize pangenome platform for integrative multi-scale exploration of structural variation

Nianhua Jia1†, Xianyan Kuang2†, Yueli Wang1, Wei Song3, Yan Du1, Yuhang Guo1, Yuanhao Guo1, Chungen Yi4, Zeyang Ma1, Shaojiang Chen1*, Junjie Fu5*, Wenxin Liu1*   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Maize Bio-breeding, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China;
    2. Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Alabama A&M University, Normal, AL 35762-7500, USA;
    3. Institute of Cereal and Oil Crops, Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050035, China;
    4. Beijing Geneway Technology Co., Ltd, Beijing 100193, China;
    5. Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
    †These authors contributed equally to this work.
    *Correspondences: Wenxin Liu (wenxinliu@cau.edu.cn, Dr. Liu is fully responsible for the distribution of all materials associated with this article); Junjie Fu (fujunjie@caas.cn); Shaojiang Chen (chen368@126.com)
  • Received:2026-05-11 Revised:2026-10-13 Accepted:2026-10-13 Online:2026-11-09
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    This research was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2022YFD1200802) and the Science and Technology Innovation Team of Maize Modern Seed Industry in Hebei (21326319D). We thank the VRPG developers for making the software available. We gratefully acknowledge Yuqing Li for assistance with molecular experiments, particularly the PCR validation of structural variants.
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