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Cucumber Pangenome with 37 Assemblies Loaded

16:37 16 February 2026 in Data sets, General News, Web Version

With help from Dr. Zhangjun Fei (Cornell University, cucumberdb.com), we uploaded the dataset containing 37 annotated cucumber (Cucumis sativus) assemblies described in the paper Graph-based pangenome reveals structural variation dynamics during cucumber breeding | Nature Genetics.

All 37 genomes have been interlinked via orthologous gene pairs, enabling users to align the maps and entire genomes.

Two chromosomes (4) from 9110gt and PI 183967 cucumber varieties are aligned by orthologous gene pairs.

The Synteny matrix in parallel layout visualizes the alignment for all chromosomes of two genomes:

In Persephone’s Multimap mode, you can quickly find and align syntenic maps. The interface draws ribbon connectors between matching regions to present a simplified, easy‑to‑inspect view.

We also uploaded 2.3 billion SNPs for 446 genotypes. You can navigate to the variants via Variant Explorer or open the map set WI7633 and add the variation track from the context menu. Here is an example of the Variants track with 50 samples sorted by distance from the reference:

Genotypes most divergent from the reference appear at the top of the track.

The full list of assemblies:

OrganismMap set with Persephone URL#Maps
Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii (cucumber)Cucumber PI 1796788
Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii (cucumber)Cucumber PI 2155898
Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii (cucumber)Cucumber PI 2141558
Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii (cucumber)Cucumber PI 4623698
Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii (cucumber)Cucumber PI 531313A8
Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii (cucumber)Cucumber PI 1839678
Cucumis sativus var. sativus (cucumber)Cucumber 9110gt8
Cucumis sativus var. sativus (cucumber)Cucumber Chinese Long 9930 v4152
Cucumis sativus var. sativus (cucumber)Cucumber WI27578
Cucumis sativus var. sativus (cucumber)Cucumber WI70128
Cucumis sativus var. sativus (cucumber)Cucumber WI70378
Cucumis sativus var. sativus (cucumber)Cucumber True Lemon8
Cucumis sativus var. sativus (cucumber)Cucumber WI71508
Cucumis sativus var. sativus (cucumber)Cucumber WI72048
Cucumis sativus var. sativus (cucumber)Cucumber Poinsett 768
Cucumis sativus var. sativus (cucumber)Cucumber Marketmore 768
Cucumis sativus var. sativus (cucumber)Cucumber PI 1970888
Cucumis sativus var. sativus (cucumber)Cucumber PI 2495618
Cucumis sativus var. sativus (cucumber)Cucumber PI 3306288
Cucumis sativus var. sativus (cucumber)Cucumber WI55518
Cucumis sativus var. sativus (cucumber)Cucumber PI 1094838
Cucumis sativus var. sativus (cucumber)Cucumber WI74398
Cucumis sativus var. sativus (cucumber)Cucumber WI77248
Cucumis sativus var. sativus (cucumber)Cucumber WI76468
Cucumis sativus var. sativus (cucumber)Cucumber WI76338
Cucumis sativus var. sativus (cucumber)Cucumber WI77738
Cucumis sativus var. sativus (cucumber)Cucumber PI 6189178
Cucumis sativus var. sativus (cucumber)Cucumber CG66638
Cucumis sativus var. sativus (cucumber)Cucumber PI 2214408
Cucumis sativus var. sativus (cucumber)Cucumber PI 5003618
Cucumis sativus var. sativus (cucumber)Cucumber PI 1751208
Cucumis sativus var. sativus (cucumber)Cucumber Cu28
Cucumis sativus var. xishuangbannanesis (cucumber)Cucumber WI71678
Cucumis sativus var. xishuangbannanesis (cucumber)Cucumber WI71808
Cucumis sativus var. xishuangbannanesis (cucumber)Cucumber WI76518
Cucumis sativus var. xishuangbannanesis (cucumber)Cucumber WI76988
Cucumis sativus var. xishuangbannanesis (cucumber)Cucumber CG91928