Plant genomes reduce in size following a whole‐genome duplication event, and one gene
in a duplicate gene pair can lose function in absence of selective pressure to maintain …

Abstract In the subtribe Maydeae, Tripsacum and Zea are closely related genera. Tripsacum
is a horticultural crop widely used as pasture forage. Previous studies suggested that …

The direct progenitor of maize, teosinte, is indigenous to a relatively small range of tropical
and sub-tropical latitudes. In contrast, domesticated maize thrives in temperate climates …

Grasses of the genus Panicum grow in natural and agricultural ecosystems worldwide and
include about 450 species distributed throughout tropical and temperate regions. Most …

Abstract Background Structural variants (SVs) significantly drive genome diversity and
environmental adaptation for diverse species. Unlike the prevalent small SVs (< kilobase …

The current limitations in genome sequencing technology require the construction of
physical maps for high-quality draft sequences of large plant genomes, such as that of …

On February 28th, 2008 at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, while
dining on sushi under the watchful gaze of Henry, the 8-ton 14-foot-tall African elephant on …

Genome-level studies are contributing to a major renaissance in crop science. In wheat,
there are now more than 500,000 expressed sequence tags, and these are being used in …

Maize (Zea mays L. ssp. mays), one of the most important agricultural crops in the world,
originated by hybridization of two closely related progenitors. To investigate the fate of its …

Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is the world's most important non-grain food crop and is
central to global food security. It is clonally propagated, highly heterozygous, autotetraploid …