The development of climate change resilient crops is necessary if we are to meet the
challenge of feeding the growing world's population. We must be able to increase food …

The eukaryotic genome has a hierarchical three-dimensional (3D) organization with
functional implications for DNA replication, DNA repair, and transcriptional regulation. Over …

Upon assembling the first Gossypium herbaceum (A1) genome and substantially improving
the existing Gossypium arboreum (A2) and Gossypium hirsutum ((AD) 1) genomes, we …

Adaptive changes in plant phenology are often considered to be a feature of the so-called
'domestication syndrome'that distinguishes modern crops from their wild progenitors, but …

Controlled pedigrees and the multi-decade timescale of national crop plant breeding
programs offer a unique experimental context for examining how selection affects plant …

Genome packaging by nucleosomes is a hallmark of eukaryotes. Histones and the pathways
that deposit, remove, and read histone modifications are deeply conserved. Yet, we lack …

Fit-Hi-C is a programming application to compute statistical confidence estimates for Hi-C
contact maps to identify significant chromatin contacts. By fitting a monotonically non …

For most sequenced flowering plants, multiple whole-genome duplications (WGDs) are
found. Duplicated genes following WGD often have different fates that can quickly disappear …

Background Maize ears and tassels are two separate types of inflorescence which are
initiated by similar developmental processes but gradually develop distinct architectures …

Plant cell growth involves a complex interplay among cell-wall expansion, biosynthesis, and,
in specific tissues, secondary cell wall (SCW) deposition, yet the coordination of these …