About Prunus avium

Sweet cherry (Prunus avium) is a fruit tree of the Rosaceae family thought to have originated south of the Caucasian mountains and around the Caspian and Black Seas. Prunus avium is a diploid (2n=2x=16) with an estimated genome size of 352.9 Mb. The genome sequence of variety Satonishiki was produced by Kazusa DNA Research Institute.

Taxonomy ID 42229

Data source Kazusa DNA Research Institute

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