Although heterosis, or hybrid vigor, is widely exploited in agriculture, a complete description
of its molecular underpinnings has remained elusive despite extensive investigation. It …

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 …

Highlights•Structural variants are the major components of dispensable genome.•Structural
variants might have important functional consequences.•Next generation sequencing is a …

Background Rice research has been enabled by access to the high quality reference
genome sequence generated in 2005 by the International Rice Genome Sequencing Project …

Intense artificial selection over the last 100 years has produced elite maize (Zea mays)
inbred lines that combine to produce high-yielding hybrids. To further our understanding of …

Abstract Background Maize (Zea mays) is a globally produced crop with broad genetic and
phenotypic variation. New tools that improve our understanding of the genetic basis of …

Abstract Genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) approaches provide low-cost, high-density
genotype information. However, GBS has unique technical considerations, including a …

Specialized metabolites constitute key layers of immunity that underlie disease resistance in
crops; however, challenges in resolving pathways limit our understanding of the functions …

Epigenetic variation describes heritable differences that are not attributable to changes in
DNA sequence. There is the potential for pure epigenetic variation that occurs in the …