In this review, we examine the plant group Solanum sect. Lycopersicon–a clade of 13
species, including the domesticated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) and its wild relatives …

Meiotic recombination generates novel allelic arrays on chromosomes. Recent experiments
have revealed an extraordinarily nonrandom distribution of recombination breakpoints along …

Wild crop relatives have been playing enormously important roles both in the depiction of
plant genomes and the genetic improvement of their cultivated counterparts. They have …

The tomato gene Mi-1 confers resistance to three species of root-knot nematodes,
Meloidogyne spp. However, the resistance mediated by Mi-1 is inactive at soil temperatures …

Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) are consumed as either fresh fruit by themselves, in
salads, as ingredients in many recipes, or in the form of various processed products such as …

Population genetics theory predicts that strong selection for rare, beneficial mutations or
against frequent, deleterious mutations reduces polymorphism at linked neutral (or weakly …

The locus sun on the short arm of tomato chromosome 7 controls morphology of the fruit.
Alleles from wild relatives impart a round shape, while alleles from certain cultivated …

Lycopersicon peruvianum LA2157 originates from 1650 m above sea level and harbours
several beneficial traits for cultivated tomatoes such as cold tolerance, nematode resistance …

Leaf mould disease in tomato is caused by the biotrophic fungus Cladosporium fulvum. An
Ac/Ds targeted transposon tagging strategy was used to isolate the gene conferring …

Currently, the only genetic resistance against root-knot nematodes in the cultivated tomato
Solanum lycopersicum (Lycopersicon esculentum) is due to the gene Mi-1. Another …