[HTML][HTML] How genomics can help biodiversity conservation

K Theissinger, C Fernandes, G Formenti, I Bista… - Trends in Genetics, 2023 - cell.com
The availability of public genomic resources can greatly assist biodiversity assessment,
conservation, and restoration efforts by providing evidence for scientifically informed …

Cis-regulatory sequences in plants: their importance, discovery, and future challenges

RJ Schmitz, E Grotewold, M Stam - The plant cell, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The identification and characterization of cis-regulatory DNA sequences and how they
function to coordinate responses to developmental and environmental cues is of paramount …

De novo assembly, annotation, and comparative analysis of 26 diverse maize genomes

MB Hufford, AS Seetharam, MR Woodhouse… - Science, 2021 - science.org
We report de novo genome assemblies, transcriptomes, annotations, and methylomes for
the 26 inbreds that serve as the founders for the maize nested association mapping …

Structural evolution drives diversification of the large LRR‐RLK gene family

J Man, JP Gallagher, M Bartlett - New Phytologist, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Summary● Cells are continuously exposed to chemical signals that they must discriminate
between and respond to appropriately. In embryophytes, the leucine‐rich repeat receptor …

Mutator transposon insertions within maize genes often provide a novel outward reading promoter

EL Ellison, P Zhou, P Hermanson, YH Chu, A Read… - Genetics, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The highly active family of Mutator (Mu) DNA transposons has been widely used for forward
and reverse genetics in maize. There are examples of Mu-suppressible alleles that result in …

Transcriptome profiling of maize transcription factor mutants to probe gene regulatory network predictions

EL Ellison, P Zhou, YH Chu… - G3: Genes …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
Transcription factors play important roles in regulation of gene expression and phenotype. A
variety of approaches have been utilized to develop gene regulatory networks to predict the …

[PDF][PDF] Leveraging histone modifications to improve genome annotations

JP Mendieta, AP Marand, WA Ricci, X Zhang… - G3, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Accurate genome annotations are essential to modern biology; however, they remain
challenging to produce. Variation in gene structure and expression across species, as well …

The Complete Genome Sequence and Structure of the Oleaginous Rhodococcus opacus Strain PD630 Through Nanopore Technology

A Firrincieli, B Grigoriev, H Dostálová… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Rhodococcus bacterial strains are characterized by wide metabolic versatility and
extraordinary resistance to environmental stresses (de Carvalho et al., 2014; Orro et al …

Non‐homology‐based prediction of gene functions in maize (Zea mays ssp. mays)

X Dai, Z Xu, Z Liang, X Tu, S Zhong… - The Plant …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in genome sequencing and annotation have eased the difficulty of identifying new
gene sequences. Predicting the functions of these newly identified genes remains …

Fishing for a reelGene: evaluating gene models with evolution and machine learning

AJ Schulz, J Zhai, T AuBuchon-Elder, M El-Walid… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Assembled genomes and their associated annotations have transformed our study of gene
function. However, each new assembly generates new gene models. Inconsistencies …