Brachypodium distachyon is a wild grass with a short life cycle. Although it is related to small
grain cereals such as wheat, its genome is only a fraction of the size. A draft genome …

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 …

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 ecological and adaptive significance of plant polyploidization is not well understood and
no clear pattern of association between polyploid frequency and environment has emerged …

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 …

Brachypodium distachyon (Brachypodium) has been proposed as a model temperate grass
because its physical, genetic, and genome attributes (small stature, simple growth …

It is now a decade since Brachypodium distachyon (Brachypodium) was suggested as a
model species for temperate grasses and cereals. Since then transformation protocols, large …

We compared the levels and distribution of genetic diversity in Eurasian and North American
populations of Brachypodium sylvaticum (Huds.) Beauv.(false brome), a newly invasive …

The origin and evolution of the wheat group (the genera Aegilops, Amblyopyrum, and
Triticum) in the wild and under cultivation is reviewed. The diploid species diverged from a …

Highlights•Most studies of polyploidization and diversification use indirect methods as
evidence for polyploidy, and often cannot capture a reticulate history.•Approaches that use …