Whole-genome duplication in teleost fishes and its evolutionary consequences

SMK Glasauer, SCF Neuhauss - Molecular genetics and genomics, 2014 - Springer
Whole-genome duplication (WGD) events have shaped the history of many evolutionary
lineages. One such duplication has been implicated in the evolution of teleost fishes, by far …

The role of hybridization in plant speciation

PS Soltis, DE Soltis - Annual review of plant biology, 2009 - annualreviews.org
The importance of hybridization in plant speciation and evolution has been debated for
decades, with opposing views of hybridization as either a creative evolutionary force or …

Genome evolution and diversity of wild and cultivated potatoes

D Tang, Y Jia, J Zhang, H Li, L Cheng, P Wang, Z Bao… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is the world's most important non-cereal food crop, and the
vast majority of commercially grown cultivars are highly heterozygous tetraploids. Advances …

[PDF][PDF] The Chinese pine genome and methylome unveil key features of conifer evolution

S Niu, J Li, W Bo, W Yang, A Zuccolo, S Giacomello… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Conifers dominate the world's forest ecosystems and are the most widely planted tree
species. Their giant and complex genomes present great challenges for assembling a …

JBrowse 2: a modular genome browser with views of synteny and structural variation

C Diesh, GJ Stevens, P Xie, T De Jesus Martinez… - Genome biology, 2023 - Springer
We present JBrowse 2, a general-purpose genome annotation browser offering enhanced
visualization of complex structural variation and evolutionary relationships. It retains core …

Allele-aware chromosome-level genome assembly and efficient transgene-free genome editing for the autotetraploid cultivated alfalfa

H Chen, Y Zeng, Y Yang, L Huang, B Tang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Artificially improving traits of cultivated alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), one of the most important
forage crops, is challenging due to the lack of a reference genome and an efficient genome …

Analyses of a chromosome-scale genome assembly reveal the origin and evolution of cultivated chrysanthemum

A Song, J Su, H Wang, Z Zhang, X Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat.) is a globally important
ornamental plant with great economic, cultural, and symbolic value. However, research on …

[PDF][PDF] Two gap-free reference genomes and a global view of the centromere architecture in rice

JM Song, WZ Xie, S Wang, YX Guo, DH Koo, D Kudrna… - Molecular Plant, 2021 - cell.com
Rice (Oryza sativa), a major staple throughout the world and a model system for plant
genomics and breeding, was the first crop genome sequenced almost two decades ago …

Elucidation of the pathway for biosynthesis of saponin adjuvants from the soapbark tree

J Reed, A Orme, A El-Demerdash, C Owen, LBB Martin… - Science, 2023 - science.org
The Chilean soapbark tree (Quillaja saponaria) produces soap-like molecules called QS
saponins that are important vaccine adjuvants. These highly valuable compounds are …

The sterlet sturgeon genome sequence and the mechanisms of segmental rediploidization

K Du, M Stöck, S Kneitz, C Klopp… - Nature ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
Sturgeons seem to be frozen in time. The archaic characteristics of this ancient fish lineage
place it in a key phylogenetic position at the base of the~ 30,000 modern teleost fish …