Twenty years of plant genome sequencing: achievements and challenges

Y Sun, L Shang, QH Zhu, L Fan, L Guo - Trends in Plant Science, 2022 - cell.com
Publication of the complete genome sequence of Arabidopsis thaliana, the first plant
reference genome, in December 2000 heralded the beginning of the plant genome era …

Current status of structural variation studies in plants

Y Yuan, PE Bayer, J Batley… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Structural variations (SVs) including gene presence/absence variations and copy number
variations are a common feature of genomes in plants and, together with single nucleotide …

[HTML][HTML] Two divergent haplotypes from a highly heterozygous lychee genome suggest independent domestication events for early and late-maturing cultivars

G Hu, J Feng, X Xiang, J Wang, J Salojärvi, C Liu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Lychee is an exotic tropical fruit with a distinct flavor. The genome of cultivar 'Feizixiao'was
assembled into 15 pseudochromosomes, totaling~ 470 Mb. High heterozygosity (2.27%) …

Genetic basis of high aroma and stress tolerance in the oolong tea cultivar genome

P Wang, J Yu, S Jin, S Chen, C Yue… - Horticulture …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Tea plants (Camellia sinensis) are commercially cultivated in> 60 countries, and their fresh
leaves are processed into tea, which is the most widely consumed beverage in the world …

SunUp and Sunset genomes revealed impact of particle bombardment mediated transformation and domestication history in papaya

J Yue, R VanBuren, J Liu, J Fang, X Zhang, Z Liao… - Nature Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Transgenic papaya is widely publicized for controlling papaya ringspot virus. However, the
impact of particle bombardment on the genome remains unknown. The transgenic SunUp …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular mechanisms of adaptive evolution in wild animals and plants

Y Hu, X Wang, Y Xu, H Yang, Z Tong, R Tian… - Science China Life …, 2023 - Springer
Wild animals and plants have developed a variety of adaptive traits driven by adaptive
evolution, an important strategy for species survival and persistence. Uncovering the …

Echoes of ancient introgression punctuate stable genomic lineages in the evolution of figs

EM Gardner, S Bruun-Lund… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Studies investigating the evolution of flowering plants have long focused on isolating
mechanisms such as pollinator specificity. Some recent studies have proposed a role for …

[HTML][HTML] The current developments in medicinal plant genomics enabled the diversification of secondary metabolites' biosynthesis

MM Alami, Z Ouyang, Y Zhang, S Shu, G Yang… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Medicinal plants produce important substrates for their adaptation and defenses against
environmental factors and, at the same time, are used for traditional medicine and industrial …

[HTML][HTML] WOX11: the founder of plant organ regeneration

Q Wan, N Zhai, D Xie, W Liu, L Xu - Cell Regeneration, 2023 - Springer
De novo organ regeneration is the process in which adventitious roots or shoots regenerate
from detached or wounded organs. De novo organ regeneration can occur either in natural …

[HTML][HTML] The spinach YY genome reveals sex chromosome evolution, domestication, and introgression history of the species

X Ma, L Yu, M Fatima, WH Wadlington… - Genome biology, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) is a dioecious species with an XY sex
chromosome system, but its Y chromosome has not been fully characterized. Our knowledge …