Effects of selection at linked sites on patterns of genetic variability

B Charlesworth, JD Jensen - Annual review of ecology …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Patterns of variation and evolution at a given site in a genome can be strongly influenced by
the effects of selection at genetically linked sites. In particular, the recombination rates of …

Spinning and applications of bioinspired fiber systems

L Shang, Y Yu, Y Liu, Z Chen, T Kong, Y Zhao - ACS nano, 2019 - ACS Publications
Natural fiber systems provide inspirations for artificial fiber spinning and applications.
Through a long process of trial and error, great progress has been made in recent years …

SIFT missense predictions for genomes

R Vaser, S Adusumalli, SN Leng, M Sikic, PC Ng - Nature protocols, 2016 - nature.com
The SIFT (sorting intolerant from tolerant) algorithm helps bridge the gap between mutations
and phenotypic variations by predicting whether an amino acid substitution is deleterious …

High-resolution silkworm pan-genome provides genetic insights into artificial selection and ecological adaptation

X Tong, MJ Han, K Lu, S Tai, S Liang, Y Liu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The silkworm Bombyx mori is an important economic insect for producing silk, the “queen of
fabrics”. The currently available genomes limit the understanding of its genetic diversity and …

A reference genome for common bean and genome-wide analysis of dual domestications

J Schmutz, PE McClean, S Mamidi, GA Wu… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important grain legume for human
consumption and has a role in sustainable agriculture owing to its ability to fix atmospheric …

Draft genome sequence of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) provides a resource for trait improvement

RK Varshney, C Song, RK Saxena, S Azam, S Yu… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) is the second most widely grown legume crop after soybean,
accounting for a substantial proportion of human dietary nitrogen intake and playing a …

SLAF-seq: An Efficient Method of Large-Scale De Novo SNP Discovery and Genotyping Using High-Throughput Sequencing

X Sun, D Liu, X Zhang, W Li, H Liu, W Hong, C Jiang… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Large-scale genotyping plays an important role in genetic association studies. It has
provided new opportunities for gene discovery, especially when combined with high …

A genomic variation map provides insights into the genetic basis of cucumber domestication and diversity

J Qi, X Liu, DI Shen, H Miao, B Xie, X Li, P Zeng… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Most fruits in our daily diet are the products of domestication and breeding. Here we report a
map of genome variation for a major fruit that encompasses∼ 3.6 million variants, generated …

Resequencing 50 accessions of cultivated and wild rice yields markers for identifying agronomically important genes

X Xu, X Liu, S Ge, JD Jensen, F Hu, X Li, Y Dong… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Rice is a staple crop that has undergone substantial phenotypic and physiological changes
during domestication. Here we resequenced the genomes of 40 cultivated accessions …

Are edible insects more or less 'healthy'than commonly consumed meats? A comparison using two nutrient profiling models developed to combat over-and …

CLR Payne, P Scarborough, M Rayner… - European journal of …, 2016 - nature.com
Results: Insect nutritional composition showed high diversity between species. According to
the Ofcom model, no insects were significantly 'healthier'than meat products. The NVS …