Why should we study plant sex chromosomes?

D Charlesworth, A Harkess - The Plant Cell, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Understanding plant sex chromosomes involves studying interactions between
developmental and physiological genetics, genome evolution, and evolutionary ecology. We …

Somatic embryogenesis in spinach—a review

S Zdravković-Korać, M Belić, D Ćalić, J Milojević - Horticulturae, 2023 - mdpi.com
A spinach-supplemented diet exerts numerous health benefits, but high levels of oxalic acid
and nitrate can cause medical problems, so their levels should be reduced, while the levels …

Pistachio genomes provide insights into nut tree domestication and ZW sex chromosome evolution

S Kafkas, X Ma, X Zhang, H Topçu… - Plant …, 2023 - cell.com
Pistachio is a nut crop domesticated in the Fertile Crescent and a dioecious species with ZW
sex chromosomes. We sequenced the genomes of Pistacia vera cultivar (cv.) Siirt, the …

Evolution of the spinach sex-linked region within a rarely recombining pericentromeric region

H She, Z Liu, S Li, Z Xu, H Zhang, F Cheng… - Plant …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Sex chromosomes have evolved independently in many different plant lineages. Here, we
describe reference genomes for spinach (Spinacia oleracea) X and Y haplotypes by …

A rapid method for assembly of single chromosome and identification of sex determination region based on single‐chromosome sequencing

N Li, J Zhou, W Zhang, W Liu, B Wang, H She… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The sex‐determining‐region (SDR) may offer the best prospects for studying sex‐
determining gene, recombination suppression, and chromosome heteromorphism …

Genomic profiling of dioecious Amaranthus species provides novel insights into species relatedness and sex genes

DA Raiyemo, LK Bobadilla, PJ Tranel - BMC biology, 2023 - Springer
Background Amaranthus L. is a diverse genus consisting of domesticated, weedy, and non-
invasive species distributed around the world. Nine species are dioecious, of which …

Spinach genomes reveal migration history and candidate genes for important crop traits

A Nguyen-Hoang, FL Sandell… - NAR Genomics and …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) is an important leafy crop possessing notable economic value
and health benefits. Current genomic resources include reference genomes and genome …

Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of MYB Gene Family and Analysis of Its Sex-Biased Expression Pattern in Spinacia oleracea L.

Z Zhang, Z Liu, H Wu, Z Xu, H Zhang, W Qian… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The members of the myeloblastosis (MYB) family of transcription factors (TFs) participate in a
variety of biological regulatory processes in plants, such as circadian rhythm, metabolism …

Insights into spinach domestication from genome sequences of two wild spinach progenitors, Spinacia turkestanica and Spinacia tetrandra

H She, Z Liu, Z Xu, H Zhang, J Wu, X Wang… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Cultivated spinach (Spinacia oleracea) is a dioecious species. We report high‐quality
genome sequences for its two closest wild relatives, Spinacia turkestanica and Spinacia …

QTL analysis of femaleness in monoecious spinach and fine mapping of a major QTL using an updated version of chromosome-scale pseudomolecules

K Yamano, A Haseda, K Iwabuchi, T Osabe, Y Sudo… - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Although spinach is predominantly dioecious, monoecious plants with varying proportions of
female and male flowers are also present. Recently, monoecious inbred lines with highly …