[HTML][HTML] Structural variant calling: the long and the short of it

M Mahmoud, N Gobet, DI Cruz-Dávalos, N Mounier… - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
Recent research into structural variants (SVs) has established their importance to medicine
and molecular biology, elucidating their role in various diseases, regulation of gene …

[HTML][HTML] Genomics of evolutionary novelty in hybrids and polyploids

G Nieto Feliner, J Casacuberta, JF Wendel - Frontiers in genetics, 2020 - frontiersin.org
It has long been recognized that hybridization and polyploidy are prominent processes in
plant evolution. Although classically recognized as significant in speciation and adaptation …

[HTML][HTML] Eight high-quality genomes reveal pan-genome architecture and ecotype differentiation of Brassica napus

JM Song, Z Guan, J Hu, C Guo, Z Yang, S Wang, D Liu… - Nature Plants, 2020 - nature.com
Rapeseed (Brassica napus) is the second most important oilseed crop in the world but the
genetic diversity underlying its massive phenotypic variations remains largely unexplored …

CRISPR–Cas9-mediated induction of heritable chromosomal translocations in Arabidopsis

N Beying, C Schmidt, M Pacher, A Houben, H Puchta - Nature plants, 2020 - nature.com
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)–CRISPR-associated
protein (Cas) technology has been applied in plant breeding mainly on genes for improving …

[HTML][HTML] A high-contiguity Brassica nigra genome localizes active centromeres and defines the ancestral Brassica genome

S Perumal, CS Koh, L Jin, M Buchwaldt, EE Higgins… - Nature plants, 2020 - nature.com
It is only recently, with the advent of long-read sequencing technologies, that we are
beginning to uncover previously uncharted regions of complex and inherently recursive …

[HTML][HTML] An integrated peach genome structural variation map uncovers genes associated with fruit traits

J Guo, K Cao, C Deng, Y Li, G Zhu, W Fang, C Chen… - Genome biology, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Genome structural variations (SVs) have been associated with key
traits in a wide range of agronomically important species; however, SV profiles of peach and …

[HTML][HTML] A pangenome analysis pipeline provides insights into functional gene identification in rice

J Wang, W Yang, S Zhang, H Hu, Y Yuan, J Dong… - Genome Biology, 2023 - Springer
Background A pangenome aims to capture the complete genetic diversity within a species
and reduce bias in genetic analysis inherent in using a single reference genome. However …

Plant pangenomics: approaches, applications and advancements

MF Danilevicz, CGT Fernandez, JI Marsh… - Current opinion in plant …, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Pan-genomes represent the complex genomic diversity found in plant
species.•Novel approaches are under development to enable more complex pan-genome …

[HTML][HTML] Plant pan-genomics: Recent advances, new challenges, and roads ahead

W Li, J Liu, H Zhang, Z Liu, Y Wang, L Xing… - Journal of Genetics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pan-genomics can encompass most of the genetic diversity of a species or population and
has proved to be a powerful tool for studying genomic evolution and the origin and …

The evolutionary origins of the cat attractant nepetalactone in catnip

BR Lichman, GT Godden, JP Hamilton, L Palmer… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Catnip or catmint (Nepeta spp.) is a flowering plant in the mint family (Lamiaceae) famed for
its ability to attract cats. This phenomenon is caused by the compound nepetalactone, a …