Recent pan-genome and population resequencing studies on potato over the past decade were integrated to systematically sort out the evolutionary history of potato from wild species to cultivated varieties.
Key Findings:
Hybridization and polyploidization act as core driving forces of potato genome evolution.
Evolutionary signatures of genes related to tuber development and disease resistance under artificial selection during domestication were summarized.
Future applications of pan-genomics in hybrid potato breeding were prospected.