Deciphering the genome structure and paleohistory of Theobroma cacao

Authors and Affiliations

1. UMR 5096 CNRS-IRD-UPVD, Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, Université de Perpignan, 52 Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France

   Cristian Chaparro, Olivier Panaud, Jose Fernandes Barbosa-Neto & Francois Sabot

2. Institut National de la Recherché Agronomique UMR 1095, 63100 Clermont-Ferrand, France

   Florent Murat, Jerome Salse & Michael Abrouk

3. Penn State University, The School of Forest Resources and the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, University Park, PA 16802, USA and The Department of Bioenergy Science and Technology (WCU), Chonnam National University, 333 Yongbongro, Buk-Gu, Gwangju https://www.nature.com/nature

   John Carlson

4. CIRAD - Biological Systems Department – UMR DAP TA A 96/03- 34398, Montpellier, cedex 5- France https://www.nature.com/nature

   Valentin Guignon, Emmanuel Guiderdoni, Thierry Legavre, Olivier Fouet, Xavier Sabau, Bertrand Pitollat, Manuel Ruiz, Anne Dievart, Yolande Roguet, Angélique D’Hont, Stephanie Sidibe-Bocs, Claire Lanaud, Xavier Argout, Maguy Rodier-Goud, Christopher Viot, Gaetan Droc, Michel Boccara, Didier Clement, Ange Marie Risterucci, Ronan Rivalan & Mathilde Allegre

5. Centre national de la recherche agronomique (CNRA), B.P. 808, Divo, Côte d’Ivoire https://www.nature.com/nature

   Mathias Tahi, Joseph Moroh Akaza & Ismael Kebe

6. INRA-CNRS LIPM Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Micro-organismes, BP 52627, 31326 Castanet Tolosan Cedex, France

   Erika Sallet & Jerome Gouzy

7. Département de Biologie, Université d’Evry Val d'Essonne, 25 boulevard François Mitterrand, 91025 Evry, France

   Francis Quetier

8. Penn State University, Department of Horticulture and the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, University Park, PA 16802, USA

   Mark Guiltinan & Siela Maximova

9. Genoscope (CEA) and UMR 8030 CNRS-Genoscope-Université d’Evry, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, BP5706, 91057 Evry, France

   Julie Poulain, Patrick Wincker & Jean Marc Aury

10. Unité de Biométrie et d’Intelligence Artificielle (UBIA), UR875 INRA, F-31320 Castanet Tolosan France https://www.nature.com/nature

    Schiex T.

11. Penn State University, Bioinformatics and Genomics Ph.D. Program &Department of Biology, University Park, PA 16802, USA

    Michael Axtell & Zhaorong Ma

12. CEPLAC, Km 22 Rod. Ilheus Itabuna, Cx. postal 07, Itabuna 45600-00, Bahia, Brazil

    Karina Gramacho

13. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, 11723, USA

    Melissa Kramer, Laura Gelley & W. Richard McCombie

14. Penn State University, Plant Biology Graduate Program and the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, University Park, PA, 16802, USA

    Yufan Zhang & Zi Sh

15. Institut des Sciences du Végétal, UPR 2355, CNRS, 91198 Gif-Sur-Ivette, France

    Spencer Brown & Mickael Bourge

16. INRA, UR 1279 Etude du Polymorphisme des Génomes Végétaux, CEA Institut de Génomique, Centre National de Génotypage, 2, rue Gaston Crémieux, CP5724, 91057 Evry, France

    Dominique Brunel & Aurélie Bérard

17. Centro Nacional de Biotecnología Agrícola, Instituto de Estudios Avanzados, Caracas, 1015-A, Venezuela

    Diogenes Infante

18. Arizona Genomics Institute and School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ 85721, USA

    Wolfgang Golser, Xiang Song, Dave Kudrna, Jetty Siva Ammiraju & Rod Wing

19. Chocolaterie VALRHONA, 8, quai du général de Gaulle, 26600 Tain l’Hermitage, France

    Pierre Costet

20. Penn State University, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University Park, PA, 16802, USA

    Stephan Schuster

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