Authors
Therese Mitros, Adam M Session, Brandon T James, Guohong Albert Wu, Mohammad B Belaffif, Lindsay V Clark, Shengqiang Shu, Hongxu Dong, Adam Barling, Jessica R Holmes, Jessica E Mattick, Jessen V Bredeson, Siyao Liu, Kerrie Farrar, Katarzyna Głowacka, Stanisław Jeżowski, Kerrie Barry, Won Byoung Chae, John A Juvik, Justin Gifford, Adebosola Oladeinde, Toshihiko Yamada, Jane Grimwood, Nicholas H Putnam, Jose De Vega, Susanne Barth, Manfred Klaas, Trevor Hodkinson, Laigeng Li, Xiaoli Jin, Junhua Peng, Chang Yeon Yu, Kweon Heo, Ji Hye Yoo, Bimal Kumar Ghimire, Iain S Donnison, Jeremy Schmutz, Matthew E Hudson, Erik J Sacks, Stephen P Moose, Kankshita Swaminathan, Daniel S Rokhsar
Publication date
2020/10/28
Journal
Nature Communications
Volume
11
Issue
1
Pages
5442
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK
Description
Miscanthus is a perennial wild grass that is of global importance for paper production, roofing, horticultural plantings, and an emerging highly productive temperate biomass crop. We report a chromosome-scale assembly of the paleotetraploid M. sinensis genome, providing a resource for Miscanthus that links its chromosomes to the related diploid Sorghum and complex polyploid sugarcanes. The asymmetric distribution of transposons across the two homoeologous subgenomes proves Miscanthus paleo-allotetraploidy and identifies several balanced reciprocal homoeologous exchanges. Analysis of M. sinensis and M. sacchariflorus populations demonstrates extensive interspecific admixture and hybridization, and documents the origin of the highly productive triploid bioenergy crop M. × giganteus. Transcriptional profiling of leaves, stem, and rhizomes over growing seasons provides insight into rhizome …
Scholar articles
T Mitros, AM Session, BT James, GA Wu, MB Belaffif… - Nature Communications, 2020