The maize root system comprises structurally and functionally different root types. Mutant
analyses have revealed that root-type-specific genetic regulators intrinsically determine the …

Heterosis (or hybrid vigor) has been widely used in crop seed breeding to improve many key
economic traits. Nevertheless, the genetic and molecular basis of this important …

A complete telomere-to-telomere (T2T) finished genome has been the long pursuit of
genomic research. Through generating deep coverage ultralong Oxford Nanopore …

Maize is an important crop with a high level of genome diversity and heterosis. The genome
sequence of a typical female line, B73, was previously released. Here, we report a de novo …

Comprehensive and systematic transcriptome profiling provides valuable insight into
biological and developmental processes that occur throughout the life cycle of a plant. We …

Utilization of heterosis has greatly increased the productivity of many crops worldwide.
Although tremendous progress has been made in characterizing the genetic basis of …

Heterosis is extensively used to improve crop productivity, yet its allelic and chromatin
regulation remains unclear. Based on our resolved genomes of the maternal TGY and …

Gene loss following whole genome duplication (WGD) is often biased, with one subgenome
retaining more ancestral genes and the other sustaining more gene deletions. While bias …

Heterosis describes the superior performance of hybrid plants compared with their
genetically distinct parents and is a pillar of global food security. Here we review the current …

Gene expression variation is a key component underlying phenotypic variation and
heterosis. Transcriptome profiling was performed on 23 different tissues or developmental …