The carnation (Dianthys caryophyllus) is a perennial flowering plant and extremely popular in horticulture. It is a flower crop that has been cultivated for over 2000 years. Carnations are grown for their diverse colors of flowers, which have a vast number of cultural and symbolic meanings. Carnations produce a number of different flavonoid pigments called anthocyanins and carotenoids, which are effective antioxidants. The carnation genome is diploid and has a size of 622 Mb.
Genome release:
https://academic.oup.com/dnaresearch/article/21/3/231/393171
Yagi, M., Kosugi, S., Hirakawa, H., Ohmiya, A., Tanase, K., Harada, T., Kishimoto, K., Nakayama, M., Ichimura, K., Onozaki, T. and Yamaguchi, H., 2013. Sequence analysis of the genome of carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.). DNA Research, 21(3), pp.231-241.
Content written by Galyna Vakulenko Summer Intern 2018
