The family of grasses encompasses the world's most important food, feed, and bioenergy
crops, yet we are only now beginning to develop the genetic resources to explore the …

A new model for grass functional genomics is described based on Brachypodium
distachyon, which in the evolution of the Pooideae diverged just prior to the clade of “core …

The DNA amount in the unreplicated haploid nucleus of an organism is known as its C-
value. C-values differ about 1000-fold among angiosperms and are characteristic of taxa …

In less than a decade, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has evolved into the common
denominator of molecular biology for nucleic acid research. The most important impact of …

Abstract Background and Aims Brachypodium distachyon is being widely investigated
across the world as a model plant for temperate cereals. This annual plant has three …

The Catalogue of New World Grasses (CNWG) project is an in-progress effort led by the
authors to present the current nomenclature, taxonomy, types, and distribution of grasses for …

Brachypodium distachyon (L.) Beauv. is a temperate wild grass species; its morphological
and genomic characteristics make it a model system when compared to many other grass …

Forty-eight representatives of 12 tribes attributed to the subfamily Pooideae sl of grasses
(Monocots) have been studied by sequencing the more variable 3′ end of the …

Grass crop genomics research frequently is hindered by large genome sizes and polyploidy.
While rice is an attractive system for grass genomics due to its small genome size and …

Archaeobotanical studies constantly encounter the carbonized grains of grasses, cultivated
and wild, but the vast diversity of wild species that are potentially present has made …