▁& ▁Sav .) ▁ ▁V ass ob ia ▁fasc icul ata ▁( M iers ) ▁Hun z . ▁( as ▁C . ▁grand if lor um ▁K unt ze ) ▁ ▁W ither ing ia ▁str am oni ifolia ▁Kun th ▁( as ▁C . ▁str am oni if ol ium ▁( K un th ) ▁K unt ze ) ▁ ▁Gen et ics ▁Most ▁C aps icum ▁species ▁are ▁ 2 n = 2 x = 2 4 . ▁ ▁A ▁few ▁of ▁the ▁non - dom estic ated ▁species ▁are ▁ 2 n = 2 x = 3 2 . ▁All ▁are ▁dip lo id . ▁The ▁C aps icum ▁ann u um ▁and ▁C aps icum ▁ch in ense ▁genom es ▁were ▁completed ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁The ▁C aps icum ▁ann u um ▁gen ome ▁is ▁approximately ▁ 3 . 4 8 ▁G b , ▁making ▁it ▁larger ▁than ▁the ▁human ▁gen ome . ▁Over ▁ 7 5 % ▁of ▁the ▁pe pper ▁gen ome ▁is ▁composed ▁of ▁trans pos able ▁elements , ▁mostly ▁Gy ps y ▁elements , ▁distributed ▁widely ▁throughout ▁the ▁gen ome . ▁The ▁distribution ▁of ▁trans pos able ▁elements ▁is ▁in vers ely ▁correl ated ▁with ▁gene ▁density . ▁Pe pper ▁is ▁predicted ▁to ▁have ▁ 3 4 , 9 0 3 ▁gen es , ▁approximately ▁the ▁same ▁number ▁as ▁both ▁tom ato ▁and ▁pot ato , ▁two ▁related ▁species ▁within ▁the ▁family ▁Sol an aceae . ▁ ▁Bre eding ▁Many ▁types