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ArticleNature plants2021

The reference genome of Miscanthus floridulus illuminates the evolution of Saccharinae.

Guobin Zhang, Chunxia Ge, Pingping Xu, Shukai Wang, Senan Cheng, Yanbin Han, Yancui Wang, Yongbin Zhuang, Xinwei Hou, Ting Yu and 15 more

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Article in Nature plants, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 26 papers.

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25 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Guobin Zhang *State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China.
Chunxia Ge *State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China.
Pingping XuState Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China.
Shukai WangState Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China.
Senan ChengState Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China.
Yanbin HanState Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China.
Yancui WangState Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China.
Yongbin ZhuangState Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China.
Xinwei HouState Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China.
Ting YuState Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China.
Xitong XuState Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China.
Shuhan DengNovogene Bioinformatics Institute, Beijing, China.
Quanquan LiState Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China.
Yinqing YangState Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China.
Xiaoru YinState Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China.
Weidong WangState Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China.
Wenxue LiuState Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China.
Chunxiao ZhengState Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China.
Xuezhen SunCollege of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China.
Zhenlin WangState Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China.
Ray MingDepartment of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9417-5789
Shuting DongState Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China.
Jianxin MaDepartment of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1474-812X
Xiansheng ZhangState Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China.
Cuixia ChenState Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China. cxchen@sdau.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1985-8184
Shandong Agricultural University · CNNovogene Bioinformatics Institute · CNPurdue University West Lafayette · USUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Miscanthus, a member of the Saccharinae subtribe that includes sorghum and sugarcane, has been widely studied as a feedstock for cellulosic biofuel production. Here, we report the sequencing and assembly of the Miscanthus floridulus genome by the integration of PacBio sequencing and Hi-C mapping, resulting in a chromosome-scale, high-quality reference genome of the genus Miscanthus. Comparisons among Saccharinae genomes suggest that Sorghum split first from the common ancestor of Saccharum and Miscanthus, which subsequently diverged from each other, with two successive whole-genome duplication events occurring independently in the Saccharum genus and one whole-genome duplication occurring in the Miscanthus genus. Fusion of two chromosomes occurred during rediploidization in M. floridulus and no significant subgenome dominance was observed. A survey of cellulose synthases (CesA) in M. floridulus revealed quite high expression of most CesA genes in growing stems, which is in agreement with the high cellulose content of this species. Resequencing and comparisons of 75 Miscanthus accessions suggest that M. lutarioriparius is genetically close to M. sacchariflorus and that M. floridulus is more distantly related to other species and is more genetically diverse. This study provides a valuable genomic resource for molecular breeding and improvement of Miscanthus and Saccharinae crops.

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Chromosomes, PlantEvolution, MolecularGene DuplicationGenetics, PopulationGenome, PlantGlucosyltransferasesPhylogenyPoaceaeSaccharumSequence AlignmentSequence Analysis, DNASorghumSyntenycellulose synthaseGlucosyltransferases

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