Recent technological advances have expanded the breadth of available omic data, from
whole-genome sequencing data, to extensive transcriptomic, methylomic and metabolomic …

RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) uses the capabilities of high-throughput sequencing methods
to provide insight into the transcriptome of a cell. Compared to previous Sanger sequencing …

Key message Epigenetic regulation has been implicated in the control of multiple agronomic
traits in maize. Here, we review current advances in our understanding of epigenetic …

Many fungi are polykaryotic, containing multiple nuclei per cell. In the case of heterokaryons,
there are different nuclear types within a single cell. It is unknown what the different nuclear …

Distantly related maize (Zea mays) inbred lines display an exceptional degree of genomic
diversity. F1 progeny of such inbred lines are often more vigorous than their parents, a …

An important type of heterosis, known as hybrid vigor, refers to the enhancements in the
phenotype of hybrid progeny relative to their inbred parents. Although hybrid vigor is …

Sequencing the transcriptome can answer various questions such as determining the
transcripts expressed in a given species for a specific tissue or condition, evaluating …

Motivation Allele-specific expression (ASE) analyses aim to detect imbalanced expression of
maternal versus paternal copies of an autosomal gene. Such allelic imbalance can result …

Allele specific expression is essential for cellular programming and development and the
diversity of cellular phenotypes. Traditional analysis methods utilize RNA and depend on …

杂种优势是生物界普遍存在的一种现象, 在玉米中已经广泛应用, 但其形成的分子机理仍不清楚.
蛋白质组学技术是一种高通量筛选重要功能蛋白的研究手段, 在玉米杂种优势的形成上进行 …