Whole Genome Profiling Physical Map and Ancestral Annotation of Tobacco Hicks Broadleaf

Nicolas Sierroa, Jan van Oeverenb, Michiel J.T. van Eijkb, Florian Martina, Keith E. Stormoc,

Manuel C. Peitscha, and Nikolai V. Ivanova,1

a Biological System Research, Philip Morris International R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A.,

Neuchatel, Switzerland

b Keygene N.V., Agro Business Park 90, 6708 PW, Wageningen, The Netherlands

c Amplicon Express Inc., 2345 NE Hopkins Ct., Pullman, WA 99163, USA

1Corresponding author: Nikolai V. Ivanov, Biological System Research, Philip Morris

International R&D, Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, Switzerland. Tel. +41 (58) 242

2651. Fax +41 (58) 242 2811. E-mail: Nikolai.Ivanov@pmi.com