GENOME RELEASES TRACKS MERCH BROWSE NOW
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The Pan-Genome Consortium Presents

CHENOPODIUM

WORLD GENOME TOUR
2024

★ Headliner ★

C. QUINOA

"Quinoa" — The Andes • 1.49 Gbp • 16,168 genes • 6 chromosomes

★ Special Guest ★

C. NUTTALLIAE

"Huazontle" — Puebla, Mexico • 1.38 Gbp • 15,204 genes • 9 chromosomes

★ Opening Act ★

C. PALLIDICAULE

"Cañihua" — The Andes • 1.02 Gbp • 11,847 genes • 8 chromosomes

Three genomes. One genus. The heaviest triple-bill in functional genomics history. Explore the complete Chenopodium reference genomes — from Andean superfoods to Mexican heritage crops.

BROWSE GENOMES VIEW RELEASES
C. QUINOA
1.49 Gbp
16,168 genes
N50: 1.84 Mbp
C. NUTTALLIAE
1.38 Gbp
15,204 genes
N50: 1.62 Mbp
C. PALLIDICAULE
1.02 Gbp
11,847 genes
N50: 1.21 Mbp

The Assembly

THE REFERENCE GENOMES

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Headliner

C. QUINOA

"Quinoa" — The Andes

The global superfood. Domesticated in the Andean highlands over 7,000 years ago, C. quinoa boasts a complete amino acid profile, exceptional drought tolerance, and the heaviest genome in the genus. Our v2.0 chromosome-level assembly spans all 6 pseudomolecules.

1.49 Gbp 16,168 genes BUSCO 97.2%
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Special Guest

C. NUTTALLIAE

"Huazontle" — Puebla, Mexico

Mexico's heritage vegetable. Grown for its tender inflorescences and nutritious seeds, C. nuttalliae (huazontle) has been a staple in Puebla and central Mexico for millennia. This first chromosome-level assembly reveals the genomic basis of its unique branched-ear morphology.

1.38 Gbp 15,204 genes 9 chromosomes
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Opening Act

C. PALLIDICAULE

"Cañihua" — The Andes

The high-altitude survivor. Thriving at 3,800–4,200 m, C. pallidicaule (cañihua) is the most cold-tolerant grain in the genus. Its compact genome encodes frost resistance mechanisms that could transform high-altitude agriculture worldwide.

1.02 Gbp 11,847 genes 8 chromosomes

CHROMOSOME IDEOGRAMS

0 Mbp Scale →
Live Releases

RELEASE DATES

Every assembly drop — from all three acts, from the archives to the main stage

DATE
SPECIES
VERSION
DESCRIPTION
STATUS
2024-03
C. QUINOA
v2.0
Chromosome-level HiFi assembly
NEW
2024-03
C. NUTTALLIAE
v1.0
First chromosome-level assembly
NEW
2024-03
C. PALLIDICAULE
v1.0
Reference assembly, HiFi + Hi-C
NEW
2022-08
C. QUINOA
v1.5
Gap-filled scaffold improvement
STD
2020-01
C. QUINOA
v1.0
Initial reference draft assembly
ARC
2017-06
C. QUINOA
v0.9β
Pre-release contig assembly
ARC
2016-02
C. QUINOA
v0.1α
Jarvis et al. pilot assembly
LEG
NEW — Latest Release STD — Standard ARC — Archived LEG — Legacy

Setlist

DATA TRACKS

Every track, every layer — the full genomic setlist

GENE ANNOTATIONS

16,168 protein-coding genes with functional annotation from InterPro, GO, and KEGG databases.

GFF3 BED12

REPEAT MASKER

Full transposable element annotation — LTR retrotransposons, DNA transposons, and satellite repeats.

OUT BED

RNA-SEQ COVERAGE

Expression coverage tracks across 12 tissue types. Multi-tissue normalized BigWig signals.

BW TPM

VARIANTS

SNP and indel calls across 200+ accessions from the Global Quinoa Diversity Panel.

VCF BCF

HIC CONTACT MAP

Hi-C chromatin interaction matrices at 10kb resolution for scaffold validation.

COOL MCOOL

EPIGENOMICS

ATAC-seq peaks, bisulfite methylation, and histone modification ChIP-seq tracks.

BIGBED BW

Resources

MERCH TABLE

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Quinoa
Headliner

C. QUINOA FASTA

1.49 Gbp genome sequence

Huazontle
Special Guest

C. NUTTALLIAE FASTA

1.38 Gbp genome sequence

Canihua
Opening Act

C. PALLIDICAULE FASTA

1.02 Gbp genome sequence

Annotations

GFF3 ANNOTATIONS

All three species

Variants

VCF VARIANTS

Diversity panel calls

Publication

PUBLICATION

Cite our work

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The Main Stage

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Navigate all three Chenopodium genomes with our interactive JBrowse instance. Search genes, visualize tracks, explore syntenic blocks between species, and download data — all in real time.

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