Unravelling Genomic Differences in Galapagos Tomatoes

Galapagos tomatoes (Solanum cheesmanii and Solanum galapagense) are species of tomato endemic to the Galapagos Island that had adapted to the coastal habitat. Tomatoes grown around the island would have to endure high level of salinity level making them interesting candidate for genomic characterisation. In our current work, we aim to understand and unravel the genomic basis of adaptation to high salinity conditions in Galapagos tomatoes using Next Generation Sequencing, plant phenotyping and bioinformatics approaches.