Computational tools to unmask transposable elements

P Goerner-Potvin, G Bourque - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2018 - nature.com
A substantial proportion of the genome of many species is derived from transposable
elements (TEs). Moreover, through various self-copying mechanisms, TEs continue to …

Retrotransposons in plant genomes: structure, identification, and classification through bioinformatics and machine learning

S Orozco-Arias, G Isaza, R Guyot - International journal of molecular …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Transposable elements (TEs) are genomic units able to move within the genome of virtually
all organisms. Due to their natural repetitive numbers and their high structural diversity, the …

Analyses of a chromosome-scale genome assembly reveal the origin and evolution of cultivated chrysanthemum

A Song, J Su, H Wang, Z Zhang, X Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat.) is a globally important
ornamental plant with great economic, cultural, and symbolic value. However, research on …

Insights into land plant evolution garnered from the Marchantia polymorpha genome

JL Bowman, T Kohchi, KT Yamato, J Jenkins, S Shu… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
The evolution of land flora transformed the terrestrial environment. Land plants evolved from
an ancestral charophycean alga from which they inherited developmental, biochemical, and …

The Chara genome: secondary complexity and implications for plant terrestrialization

T Nishiyama, H Sakayama, J De Vries, H Buschmann… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Land plants evolved from charophytic algae, among which Charophyceae possess the most
complex body plans. We present the genome of Chara braunii; comparison of the genome to …

Fern genomes elucidate land plant evolution and cyanobacterial symbioses

FW Li, P Brouwer, L Carretero-Paulet, S Cheng… - Nature plants, 2018 - nature.com
Ferns are the closest sister group to all seed plants, yet little is known about their genomes
other than that they are generally colossal. Here, we report on the genomes of Azolla …

The sunflower genome provides insights into oil metabolism, flowering and Asterid evolution

H Badouin, J Gouzy, CJ Grassa, F Murat, SE Staton… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The domesticated sunflower, Helianthus annuus L., is a global oil crop that has promise for
climate change adaptation, because it can maintain stable yields across a wide variety of …

Extensive intraspecific gene order and gene structural variations between Mo17 and other maize genomes

S Sun, Y Zhou, J Chen, J Shi, H Zhao, H Zhao… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
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 …

Chromosome-level genome assembly of bunching onion illuminates genome evolution and flavor formation in Allium crops

N Liao, Z Hu, J Miao, X Hu, X Lyu, H Fang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The Allium genus is cultivated globally as vegetables, condiments, or medicinal plants and
is characterized by large genomes and strong pungency. However, the genome evolution …

Genome assembly of a tropical maize inbred line provides insights into structural variation and crop improvement

N Yang, J Liu, Q Gao, S Gui, LU Chen, L Yang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Maize is one of the most important crops globally, and it shows remarkable genetic diversity.
Knowledge of this diversity could help in crop improvement; however, gold-standard …