Julia Voelker on the Tea Tree Genome
Channel: GigaScience Press
Date: 10/08/2021

Julia Voelker from Southern Cross University in Australia talks about her new GigaByte publication presenting the reference genome of the tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia). This reference providing a new platform for evolutionary genomics of these myrtaceous species that produce terpene-rich essential oils with therapeutic and cosmetic uses around the world.


Read more in GigaByte:


Julia Voelker, Mervyn Shepherd, Ramil Mauleon, A high-quality draft genome for Melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree): a new platform for evolutionary genomics of myrtaceous terpene-rich species, Gigabyte, 1, 2021 https://doi.org/10.46471/gigabyte.28