From molecules to populations: appreciating and estimating recombination rate variation

JV Peñalba, JBW Wolf - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Recombination is a central biological process with implications for many areas in the life
sciences. Yet we are only beginning to appreciate variation in the recombination rate along …

[HTML][HTML] Using linkage maps to correct and scaffold de novo genome assemblies: methods, challenges, and computational tools

JL Fierst - Frontiers in genetics, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Modern high-throughput DNA sequencing has made it possible to inexpensively produce
genome sequences, but in practice many of these draft genomes are fragmented and …

Gossypium barbadense and Gossypium hirsutum genomes provide insights into the origin and evolution of allotetraploid cotton

Y Hu, J Chen, L Fang, Z Zhang, W Ma, Y Niu, L Ju… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Allotetraploid cotton is an economically important natural-fiber-producing crop worldwide.
After polyploidization, Gossypium hirsutum L. evolved to produce a higher fiber yield and to …

Shifting the limits in wheat research and breeding using a fully annotated reference genome

International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium … - Science, 2018 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is the most widely cultivated crop on Earth,
contributing about a fifth of the total calories consumed by humans. Consequently, wheat …

Genome sequence of the progenitor of wheat A subgenome Triticum urartu

HQ Ling, B Ma, X Shi, H Liu, L Dong, H Sun, Y Cao… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Triticum urartu (diploid, AA) is the progenitor of the A subgenome of tetraploid (Triticum
turgidum, AABB) and hexaploid (Triticum aestivum, AABBDD) wheat,. Genomic studies of T …

A mosaic monoploid reference sequence for the highly complex genome of sugarcane

O Garsmeur, G Droc, R Antonise, J Grimwood… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) is a major crop for sugar and bioenergy production. Its highly
polyploid, aneuploid, heterozygous, and interspecific genome poses major challenges for …

Characterization of polyploid wheat genomic diversity using a high‐density 90 000 single nucleotide polymorphism array

S Wang, D Wong, K Forrest, A Allen… - Plant biotechnology …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
High‐density single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping arrays are a powerful tool
for studying genomic patterns of diversity, inferring ancestral relationships between …

Improving grain yield, stress resilience and quality of bread wheat using large-scale genomics

P Juliana, J Poland, J Huerta-Espino, S Shrestha… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Bread wheat improvement using genomic tools is essential for accelerating trait genetic
gains. Here we report the genomic predictabilities of 35 key traits and demonstrate the …

[HTML][HTML] Genome assembly with in vitro proximity ligation data and whole-genome triplication in lettuce

S Reyes-Chin-Wo, Z Wang, X Yang, A Kozik… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) is a major crop and a member of the large, highly successful
Compositae family of flowering plants. Here we present a reference assembly for the …

Early allopolyploid evolution in the post-Neolithic Brassica napus oilseed genome

B Chalhoub, F Denoeud, S Liu, IAP Parkin, H Tang… - science, 2014 - science.org
Oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) was formed~ 7500 years ago by hybridization between B.
rapa and B. oleracea, followed by chromosome doubling, a process known as …