Medicago super-pangenome reveals adaptive advantages and evolutionary constraints in autotetraploid alfalfa

F Fan Zhang C Chunxue Wei X Xiaoya Shi (National Key Laboratory of Tropical Crop Breeding, Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences) S Shuo Cao X Xiaodong Xu Z Zhiyao Ma Y Yanling Peng (National Key Laboratory of Tropical Crop Breeding, Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences) R Rida Arshad H Hui Xue Z Zhen Zhang W Wei Zhang Y Yanshuai Xu Y Yang Dong (State Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Power Sources, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter (Ministry of Education), Engineering Center on High-efficiency Energy Storage (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry) L Lianzhu Zhou X Xuejing Cao M Mengrui Du X Xu Wang Z Zhiwu Zhang R Ruicai Long J Junmei Kang Y Yongfeng Zhou Q Qingchuan Yang

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Volume / Issue Vol. 17, Issue 1
Published December 15, 2025
ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher Nature Portfolio

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Nature Communications

Nature Portfolio

ISSN: 2041-1723 Open Access Life Sciences

Authors (22)

F

Fan Zhang

C

Chunxue Wei

X

Xiaoya Shi

National Key Laboratory of Tropical Crop Breeding, Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

S

Shuo Cao

X

Xiaodong Xu

Z

Zhiyao Ma

Y

Yanling Peng

National Key Laboratory of Tropical Crop Breeding, Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

R

Rida Arshad

H

Hui Xue

Z

Zhen Zhang

W

Wei Zhang

Y

Yanshuai Xu

Y

Yang Dong

State Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Power Sources, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter (Ministry of Education), Engineering Center on High-efficiency Energy Storage (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry

L

Lianzhu Zhou

X

Xuejing Cao

M

Mengrui Du

X

Xu Wang

Z

Zhiwu Zhang

R

Ruicai Long

J

Junmei Kang

Y

Yongfeng Zhou

Q

Qingchuan Yang