Multi-parent populations in crops: a toolbox integrating genomics and genetic mapping with breeding

MF Scott, O Ladejobi, S Amer, AR Bentley, J Biernaskie… - Heredity, 2020 - nature.com
Crop populations derived from experimental crosses enable the genetic dissection of
complex traits and support modern plant breeding. Among these, multi-parent populations …

Advances in bulk and single-cell multi-omics approaches for systems biology and precision medicine

Y Li, L Ma, D Wu, G Chen - Briefings in Bioinformatics, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Multi-omics allows the systematic understanding of the information flow across different
omics layers, while single omics can mainly reflect one aspect of the biological system. The …

Disentangling the genetic basis of rhizosphere microbiome assembly in tomato

BO Oyserman, SS Flores, T Griffioen, X Pan… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Microbiomes play a pivotal role in plant growth and health, but the genetic factors involved in
microbiome assembly remain largely elusive. Here, we map the molecular features of the …

A platform for experimental precision medicine: The extended BXD mouse family

DG Ashbrook, D Arends, P Prins, MK Mulligan, S Roy… - Cell systems, 2021 - cell.com
The challenge of precision medicine is to model complex interactions among DNA variants,
phenotypes, development, environments, and treatments. We address this challenge by …

Genetic mapping of microbial and host traits reveals production of immunomodulatory lipids by Akkermansia muciniphila in the murine gut

Q Zhang, V Linke, KA Overmyer, LL Traeger… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The molecular bases of how host genetic variation impacts the gut microbiome remain
largely unknown. Here we used a genetically diverse mouse population and applied …

[HTML][HTML] Tackling the climate, biodiversity and pollution emergencies by making peace with nature 50 years after the Stockholm Conference

IA Baste, RT Watson - Global Environmental Change, 2022 - Elsevier
Today's increasingly unequal and resource intensive development model degrades and
surpasses Earth's finite capacity to sustain human well-being. Society must restore this …

Sample multiplexing-based targeted pathway proteomics with real-time analytics reveals the impact of genetic variation on protein expression

Q Yu, X Liu, MP Keller, J Navarrete-Perea… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Targeted proteomics enables hypothesis-driven research by measuring the cellular
expression of protein cohorts related by function, disease, or class after perturbation. Here …

A few essential genetic loci distinguish Penstemon species with flowers adapted to pollination by bees or hummingbirds

CA Wessinger, AM Katzer, PM Hime, MD Rausher… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
In the formation of species, adaptation by natural selection generates distinct combinations
of traits that function well together. The maintenance of adaptive trait combinations in the …

High-diversity mouse populations for complex traits

MC Saul, VM Philip, LG Reinholdt, EJ Chesler - Trends in Genetics, 2019 - cell.com
Contemporary mouse genetic reference populations are a powerful platform to discover
complex disease mechanisms. Advanced high-diversity mouse populations include the …

Crop breeding for a changing climate: Integrating phenomics and genomics with bioinformatics

JI Marsh, H Hu, M Gill, J Batley, D Edwards - Theoretical and Applied …, 2021 - Springer
Key message Safeguarding crop yields in a changing climate requires bioinformatics
advances in harnessing data from vast phenomics and genomics datasets to translate …