Wheat genomic study for genetic improvement of traits in China

J Xiao, B Liu, Y Yao, Z Guo, H Jia, L Kong… - Science China Life …, 2022 - Springer
Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is a major crop that feeds 40% of the world's population.
Over the past several decades, advances in genomics have led to tremendous …

Evolution and origin of bread wheat

AA Levy, M Feldman - The Plant Cell, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum, genome BBAADD) is a young hexaploid species formed
only 8,500–9,000 years ago through hybridization between a domesticated free-threshing …

De novo assembly, annotation, and comparative analysis of 26 diverse maize genomes

MB Hufford, AS Seetharam, MR Woodhouse… - Science, 2021 - science.org
We report de novo genome assemblies, transcriptomes, annotations, and methylomes for
the 26 inbreds that serve as the founders for the maize nested association mapping …

[HTML][HTML] A high-quality genome assembly highlights rye genomic characteristics and agronomically important genes

G Li, L Wang, J Yang, H He, H Jin, X Li, T Ren, Z Ren… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Rye is a valuable food and forage crop, an important genetic resource for wheat and triticale
improvement and an indispensable material for efficient comparative genomic studies in …

Genome sequencing reveals evidence of adaptive variation in the genus Zea

L Chen, J Luo, M Jin, N Yang, X Liu, Y Peng, W Li… - Nature Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Maize is a globally valuable commodity and one of the most extensively studied genetic
model organisms. However, we know surprisingly little about the extent and potential utility …

[HTML][HTML] Gene duplication and evolution in recurring polyploidization–diploidization cycles in plants

X Qiao, Q Li, H Yin, K Qi, L Li, R Wang, S Zhang… - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
Background The sharp increase of plant genome and transcriptome data provide valuable
resources to investigate evolutionary consequences of gene duplication in a range of taxa …

[HTML][HTML] Genomes of 13 domesticated and wild rice relatives highlight genetic conservation, turnover and innovation across the genus Oryza

JC Stein, Y Yu, D Copetti, DJ Zwickl, L Zhang… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The genus Oryza is a model system for the study of molecular evolution over time scales
ranging from a few thousand to 15 million years. Using 13 reference genomes spanning the …

Chromosome-level genomes of three key Allium crops and their trait evolution

F Hao, X Liu, B Zhou, Z Tian, L Zhou, H Zong, J Qi… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Allium crop breeding remains severely hindered due to the lack of high-quality reference
genomes. Here we report high-quality chromosome-level genome assemblies for three key …

A pan-grass transcriptome reveals patterns of cellular divergence in crops

B Guillotin, R Rahni, M Passalacqua, MA Mohammed… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Different plant species within the grasses were parallel targets of domestication, giving rise
to crops with distinct evolutionary histories and traits. Key traits that distinguish these species …

[HTML][HTML] Reshuffling of the ancestral core-eudicot genome shaped chromatin topology and epigenetic modification in Panax

ZH Wang, XF Wang, T Lu, MR Li, P Jiang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
All extant core-eudicot plants share a common ancestral genome that has experienced
cyclic polyploidizations and (re) diploidizations. Reshuffling of the ancestral core-eudicot …