Repeat-based holocentromeres influence genome architecture and karyotype evolution

PG Hofstatter, G Thangavel, T Lux, P Neumann… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
The centromere represents a single region in most eukaryotic chromosomes. However,
several plant and animal lineages assemble holocentromeres along the entire chromosome …

Taxon-specific, phased siRNAs underlie a speciation locus in monkeyflowers

M Liang, W Chen, AM LaFountain, Y Liu, F Peng, R Xia… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Taxon-specific small RNA loci are widespread in eukaryotic genomes, yet their role in
lineage-specific adaptation, phenotypic diversification, and speciation is poorly understood …

PLAZA 4.0: an integrative resource for functional, evolutionary and comparative plant genomics

M Van Bel, T Diels, E Vancaester, L Kreft… - Nucleic acids …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract PLAZA (https://bioinformatics. psb. ugent. be/plaza) is a plant-oriented online
resource for comparative, evolutionary and functional genomics. The PLAZA platform …

A collinearity-incorporating homology inference strategy for connecting emerging assemblies in the triticeae tribe as a pilot practice in the plant pangenomic era

Y Chen, W Song, X Xie, Z Wang, P Guan, H Peng… - Molecular Plant, 2020 - cell.com
Plant genome sequencing has dramatically increased, and some species even have
multiple high-quality reference versions. Demands for clade-specific homology inference …

Genome assemblies of 11 bamboo species highlight diversification induced by dynamic subgenome dominance

PF Ma, YL Liu, C Guo, G Jin, ZH Guo, L Mao… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Polyploidy (genome duplication) is a pivotal force in evolution. However, the interactions
between parental genomes in a polyploid nucleus, frequently involving subgenome …

Genome sequence of cultivated Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum TM-1) provides insights into genome evolution

F Li, G Fan, C Lu, G Xiao, C Zou, RJ Kohel, Z Ma… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Gossypium hirsutum has proven difficult to sequence owing to its complex allotetraploid
(AtDt) genome. Here we produce a draft genome using 181-fold paired-end sequences …

Telomere-to-telomere gapless chromosomes of banana using nanopore sequencing

C Belser, FC Baurens, B Noel, G Martin… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Long-read technologies hold the promise to obtain more complete genome assemblies and
to make them easier. Coupled with long-range technologies, they can reveal the architecture …

Allele-aware chromosome-level genome assembly of Artemisia annua reveals the correlation between ADS expansion and artemisinin yield

B Liao, X Shen, L Xiang, S Guo, S Chen, Y Meng… - Molecular plant, 2022 - cell.com
Artemisia annua is the major natural source of artemisinin, an anti-malarial medicine
commonly used worldwide. Here, we present chromosome-level haploid maps for two A …

The sterlet sturgeon genome sequence and the mechanisms of segmental rediploidization

K Du, M Stöck, S Kneitz, C Klopp… - Nature ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
Sturgeons seem to be frozen in time. The archaic characteristics of this ancient fish lineage
place it in a key phylogenetic position at the base of the~ 30,000 modern teleost fish …

Expansion within the CYP71D subfamily drives the heterocyclization of tanshinones synthesis in Salvia miltiorrhiza

Y Ma, G Cui, T Chen, X Ma, R Wang, B Jin… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Tanshinones are the bioactive nor-diterpenoid constituents of the Chinese medicinal herb
Danshen (Salvia miltiorrhiza). These groups of chemicals have the characteristic furan D …