Accessing complex crop genomes with next-generation sequencing

D Edwards, J Batley, RJ Snowdon - Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2013 - Springer
Many important crop species have genomes originating from ancestral or recent
polyploidisation events. Multiple homoeologous gene copies, chromosomal rearrangements …

Next‐generation sequencing applications for wheat crop improvement

PJ Berkman, K Lai, MT Lorenc… - American journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
• Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum; Poaceae) is a crop plant of great importance. It provides
nearly 20% of the world's daily food supply measured by calorie intake, similar to that …

Sequencing and assembly of low copy and genic regions of isolated Triticum aestivum chromosome arm 7DS

PJ Berkman, A Skarshewski, MT Lorenc… - Plant biotechnology …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The genome of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) is predicted to be greater than 16 Gbp in
size and consist predominantly of repetitive elements, making the sequencing and assembly …

Bioinformatics tools and databases for analysis of next-generation sequence data

HC Lee, K Lai, MT Lorenc, M Imelfort… - Briefings in …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Genome sequencing has been revolutionized by next-generation technologies, which can
rapidly produce vast quantities of data at relatively low cost. With data production now no …

Sequencing wheat chromosome arm 7BS delimits the 7BS/4AL translocation and reveals homoeologous gene conservation

PJ Berkman, A Skarshewski, S Manoli… - Theoretical and applied …, 2012 - Springer
Complex Triticeae genomes pose a challenge to genome sequencing efforts due to their
size and repetitive nature. Genome sequencing can reveal details of conservation and …

Insights into chromatin structure and dynamics in plants

S Rosa, P Shaw - Biology, 2013 - mdpi.com
The packaging of chromatin into the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell requires an extraordinary
degree of compaction and physical organization. In recent years, it has been shown that this …

A chromosomal genomics approach to assess and validate the desi and kabuli draft chickpea genome assemblies

P Ruperao, CKK Chan, S Azam… - Plant biotechnology …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
With the expansion of next‐generation sequencing technology and advanced
bioinformatics, there has been a rapid growth of genome sequencing projects. However …

WheatGenome. info: an integrated database and portal for wheat genome information

K Lai, PJ Berkman, MT Lorenc, C Duran… - Plant and Cell …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) is one of the most important crop plants, globally providing
staple food for a large proportion of the human population. However, improvement of this …

RNA-Seq and metabolic flux analysis of Tetraselmis sp. M8 during nitrogen starvation reveals a two-stage lipid accumulation mechanism

DKY Lim, H Schuhmann, SR Thomas-Hall… - Bioresource …, 2017 - Elsevier
To map out key lipid-related pathways that lead to rapid triacylglyceride accumulation in
oleaginous microalgae, RNA-Seq was performed with Tetraselmis sp. M8 at 24 h after …

Genomic databases for crop improvement

K Lai, MT Lorenc, D Edwards - Agronomy, 2012 - mdpi.com
Genomics is playing an increasing role in plant breeding and this is accelerating with the
rapid advances in genome technology. Translating the vast abundance of data being …