A gap-free telomere-to-telomere genome of the purple-pericarp rice landrace Mojiang ZN65 resolves transposon-associated structural variation at the pericarp-pigmentation loci

Pigmented rice landraces are prized for their anthocyanin-accumulating pericarp, yet the repeat-rich regulatory alleles that govern pigmentation are poorly resolved in draft assemblies.

Pigmented rice landraces are prized for their anthocyanin-accumulating pericarp, yet the repeat-rich regulatory alleles that govern pigmentation are poorly resolved in draft assemblies. Here we report a gap-free, telomere-to-telomere (T2T) genome of Mojiang purple rice (ZN65), a…