[HTML][HTML] Evolving best practices for transcriptome-wide association studies accelerate discovery of gene-phenotype links

JV Torres-Rodríguez, D Li, JC Schnable - Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2025 - Elsevier
Transcriptome-wide association studies (TWAS) complement genome-wide association
studies (GWAS) by using gene expression data to link specific genes to phenotypes. This …

Toward understanding and utilizing crop heterosis in the age of biotechnology

W Liu, G He, XW Deng - Iscience, 2024 - cell.com
Heterosis, a universal phenomenon in nature, mainly reflected in the superior productivity,
quality, and fitness of F 1 hybrids compared with their inbred parents, has been exploited in …

Insights into heterosis from histone modifications in the flag leaf of inter-subspecific hybrid rice

T Qi, M Wang, P Wang, L Wang, J Wang - BMC Plant Biology, 2024 - Springer
Background Inter-subspecific hybrid rice represents a significant breakthrough in agricultural
genetics, offering higher yields and better resilience to various environmental stresses …

Differential photosynthetic yield across a wide range of temperatures for Northern and invasive Watermilfoils

NM Moses, RM Wersal, CT Ruhland - Journal of Freshwater …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) is one of the most challenging invasive
aquatic plant species in Minnesota. Eurasian watermilfoil has hybridized with the native …