Saccharum spontaneum is a major Saccharum species that contributed to the origin of
modern sugarcane cultivars, and due to a high degree of polyploidy is considered to be a …

Chromosome-specific identification is a powerful technique in the study of genome structure
and evolution. However, there is no reliable cytogenetic marker to unambiguously identify …

Background Karyotype dynamics driven by chromosomal rearrangements has long been
considered as a fundamental question in the evolutionary genetics. Saccharum …

The Saccharum genus comprises species with large and variable chromosome numbers,
leading to challenges in genomic studies and breeding improvement. Cytogenetics …

Key message A novel tetraploid S. spontaneum with basic chromosome x= 10 was
discovered, providing us insights in the origin and evolution in Saccharum species. Abstract …

The genus Saccharum is composed of species with high polyploidy and highly varied
chromosome numbers, laying a challenge for uncovering its genomic structure and …

Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) is a globally important crop for sugar and bioenergy
production. Its highly polyploid, complex genome has hindered progress in understanding …

Modern sugarcane cultivars are derived from the hybridization of Saccharum officinarum
(2n= 80) and S. spontaneum (2n= 40–128), leading to a variety of complex genomes with …

Garden asparagus (Asparagus officinalis, 2n= 2x= 20 chromosomes) is an important
dioecious vegetable crop and a model species for studying sex chromosome formation and …

The complexity of polyploid Saccharum genomes hindered progress of genome research
and crop improvement in sugarcane. To understand their genome structure, transcriptomes …