ArticleCommunications biology2022
Chromosome-scale assemblies of the male and female Populus euphratica genomes reveal the molecular basis of sex determination and sexual dimorphism.
Article in Communications biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
24 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- Population-resourced species-specific InDel markers for identifying putative interspecific hybrids between Populus euphratica and Populus pruinosa.BMC genomic data · 2026Article
- Haplotype-resolved genome assembly of a male Dioscorea alata cultivar reveals the structure and evolution of young sex chromosomes.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2026Article
- Genome-Wide Identification of theInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Telomere to Telomere Genome Assembly and Efficient Transformation and Genome Editing in Populus euphratica.Plant biotechnology journal · 2026Article
- Identification of theInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Sex chromosome evolution mediated by a large inversion and a possible switch of the sex determination gene.Genome biology · 2026Article
- Genome Assemblies of the Daisy Gorteria diffusa Elucidate the Molecular-Genomic Basis of Pollination by Sexual Deception.Genome biology and evolution · 2026Article
- GWAS-assisted genomic selection for achieving high-precision early sex prediction in Populus deltoides.The plant genome · 2026Article
- The hidden Markov model and its applications in bioinformatics analysis.Genes & diseases · 2026Review
- A haplotype-resolved genome assembly of seed hemp (Horticulture research · 2026Article
- Identification and intra-genus conservation analysis of non-conventional peptides in hybrid poplar 84K.Forestry research · 2026Article
- Characterisation of theInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Identification of thePlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Genome-Wide Identification of DNA Methyltransferase and Demethylase inPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Analysis ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Genomic Analysis Reveals the Fast-Growing Trait and Improvement Potential for Stress Resistance in the Elite Poplar VarietyInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- The Chrysosplenium sinicum genome provides insights into adaptive evolution of shade plants.Communications biology · 2024Article
- DNA Methylation is Involved in Sex Determination in Spinach.Biochemical genetics · 2024Article
- Sex chromosome turnover plays an important role in the maintenance of barriers to post-speciation introgression in willows.Evolution letters · 2024Article
- The chromosome-scale genome and population genomics reveal the adaptative evolution ofHorticulture research · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Reference-quality genomes of both sexes are essential for studying sex determination and sex-chromosome evolution, as their gene contents and expression profiles differ. Here, we present independent chromosome-level genome assemblies for the female (XX) and male (XY) genomes of desert poplar (Populus euphratica), resolving a 22.7-Mb X and 24.8-Mb Y chromosome. We also identified a relatively complete 761-kb sex-linked region (SLR) in the peritelomeric region on chromosome 14 (Y). Within the SLR, recombination around the partial repeats for the feminizing factor ARR17 (ARABIDOPSIS RESPONSE REGULATOR 17) was potentially suppressed by flanking palindromic arms and the dense accumulation of retrotransposons. The inverted small segments S1 and S2 of ARR17 exhibited relaxed selective pressure and triggered sex determination by generating 24-nt small interfering RNAs that induce male-specific hyper-methylation at the promoter of the autosomal targeted ARR17. We also detected two male-specific fusion genes encoding proteins with NB-ARC domains at the breakpoint region of an inversion in the SLR that may be responsible for the observed sexual dimorphism in immune responses. Our results show that the SLR appears to follow proposed evolutionary dynamics for sex chromosomes and advance our understanding of sex determination and the evolution of sex chromosomes in Populus.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.