Pan-genomics in the human genome era

RM Sherman, SL Salzberg - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Since the early days of the genome era, the scientific community has relied on a single
'reference'genome for each species, which is used as the basis for a wide range of genetic …

Nanopore sequencing: Review of potential applications in functional genomics

N Kono, K Arakawa - Development, growth & differentiation, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular biology has been led by various measurement technologies, and increased
throughput has developed omics analysis. The development of massively parallel …

Graph pangenome captures missing heritability and empowers tomato breeding

Y Zhou, Z Zhang, Z Bao, H Li, Y Lyu, Y Zan, Y Wu… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Missing heritability in genome-wide association studies defines a major problem in genetic
analyses of complex biological traits,. The solution to this problem is to identify all causal …

Automated assembly scaffolding using RagTag elevates a new tomato system for high-throughput genome editing

M Alonge, L Lebeigle, M Kirsche, K Jenike, S Ou… - Genome biology, 2022 - Springer
Advancing crop genomics requires efficient genetic systems enabled by high-quality
personalized genome assemblies. Here, we introduce RagTag, a toolset for automating …

Improved pea reference genome and pan-genome highlight genomic features and evolutionary characteristics

T Yang, R Liu, Y Luo, S Hu, D Wang, C Wang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Complete and accurate reference genomes and annotations provide fundamental resources
for functional genomics and crop breeding. Here we report a de novo assembly and …

The genetic and epigenetic landscape of the Arabidopsis centromeres

M Naish, M Alonge, P Wlodzimierz, AJ Tock… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The centromeres of eukaryotic chromosomes assemble the multiprotein
kinetochore complex and thereby position attachment to the spindle microtubules, allowing …

Major impacts of widespread structural variation on gene expression and crop improvement in tomato

M Alonge, X Wang, M Benoit, S Soyk, L Pereira… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Structural variants (SVs) underlie important crop improvement and domestication traits.
However, resolving the extent, diversity, and quantitative impact of SVs has been …

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%) …

SyRI: finding genomic rearrangements and local sequence differences from whole-genome assemblies

M Goel, H Sun, WB Jiao, K Schneeberger - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
Genomic differences range from single nucleotide differences to complex structural
variations. Current methods typically annotate sequence differences ranging from SNPs to …

A sheep pangenome reveals the spectrum of structural variations and their effects on tail phenotypes

R Li, M Gong, X Zhang, F Wang, Z Liu… - Genome …, 2023 - genome.cshlp.org
Structural variations (SVs) are a major contributor to genetic diversity and phenotypic
variations, but their prevalence and functions in domestic animals are largely unexplored …