Nanopore sequencing-based genome assembly and evolutionary genomics of circum-basmati rice

JY Choi, ZN Lye, SC Groen, X Dai, P Rughani… - Genome biology, 2020 - Springer
Background The circum-basmati group of cultivated Asian rice (Oryza sativa) contains many
iconic varieties and is widespread in the Indian subcontinent. Despite its economic and …

Hybridization, missing wild ancestors and the domestication of cultivated diploid bananas

J Sardos, C Breton, X Perrier… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Hybridization and introgressions are important evolutionary forces in plants. They contribute
to the domestication of many species, including understudied clonal crops. Here, we …

Chromosome reciprocal translocations have accompanied subspecies evolution in bananas

G Martin, FC Baurens, C Hervouet, F Salmon… - The Plant …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Chromosome rearrangements and the way that they impact genetic differentiation and
speciation have long raised questions from evolutionary biologists. They are also a major …

Three founding ancestral genomes involved in the origin of sugarcane

N Pompidor, C Charron, C Hervouet, S Bocs… - Annals of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Modern sugarcane cultivars (Saccharum spp.) are high
polyploids, aneuploids (2 n=~ 12 x=~ 120) derived from interspecific hybridizations between …

Development and validation of diagnostic SNP markers for quality control genotyping in a collection of four rice (Oryza) species

AC Gouda, ML Warburton, GL Djedatin, SB Kpeki… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Morphological identification of closely related rice species, particularly those in the Oryza AA
genome group, presents major challenges and often results in cases of misidentification …

A transposon insertion in the promoter of OsUBC12 enhances cold tolerance during japonica rice germination

C Zhang, H Wang, X Tian, X Lin, Y Han, Z Han… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Low-temperature germination (LTG) is an important agronomic trait for rice (Oryza sativa).
Japonica rice generally has greater capacity for germination at low temperatures than the …

Historical routes for diversification of domesticated chickpea inferred from landrace genomics

AA Igolkina, NV Noujdina… - Molecular Biology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
According to archaeological records, chickpea (Cicer arietinum) was first domesticated in
the Fertile Crescent about 10,000 years BP. Its subsequent diversification in Middle East …

Genetic bases of resistance to the rice hoja blanca disease deciphered by a quantitative trait locus approach

A Silva, ME Montoya, C Quintero… - G3: Genes …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Rice hoja blanca (RHB) is one of the most serious diseases in rice-growing areas in tropical
Americas. Its causal agent is RHB virus (RHBV), transmitted by the planthopper Tagosodes …

Genomic atlases of introgression and differentiation reveal breeding footprints in Chinese cultivated rice

Z Chen, X Li, H Lu, Q Gao, H Du, H Peng, P Qin… - Journal of Genetics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The long history of cultivation and breeding has left a variety of footprints in the genomes of
Asian cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.). In this study, we focus on two types of genomic …

On the inference of complex phylogenetic networks by Markov Chain Monte-Carlo

CE Rabier, V Berry, M Stoltz, JD Santos… - PLoS Computational …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
For various species, high quality sequences and complete genomes are nowadays
available for many individuals. This makes data analysis challenging, as methods need not …