A de novo long-read genome assembly of the sacred datura plant (Datura wrightii) reveals a role of tandem gene duplications in the evolution of herbivore-defense response.

"raw transcriptome data will be available on ncbi genbank (bioproject: prjna966699). availability of data and materials assembly and raw hifi reads can be found on ncbi (bioproject: prjna966699"

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateNo collections were undertaken in protected regions or of protected species, thus no permits were required for fieldwork. In lieu of voucher specimens, observations of the initial plant, alongside the users who identified it, from which seeds were collected in 2016 can be found on iNaturalist (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156947070). All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant institutional, national, and international guidelines and legislation. Consent to publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding Funding was provided by an NSF postdoctoral research fellowship in biology to JKG (#2010772)."