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ReviewNature genetics2024

Unlocking plant genetics with telomere-to-telomere genome assemblies.

Vanika Garg, Abhishek Bohra, Martin Mascher, Manuel Spannagl, Xun Xu, Michael W Bevan, Jeffrey L Bennetzen, Rajeev K Varshney

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Review in Nature genetics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

61 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Vanika GargWA State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Centre for Crop and Food Innovation, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6446-4603
Abhishek BohraWA State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Centre for Crop and Food Innovation, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4569-8900
Martin MascherLeibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Seeland, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6373-6013
Manuel SpannaglWA State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Centre for Crop and Food Innovation, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0701-7035
Xun XuWA State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Centre for Crop and Food Innovation, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5338-5173
Michael W BevanJohn Innes Centre, Norwich, UK.
Jeffrey L BennetzenDepartment of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1762-8307
Rajeev K VarshneyWA State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Centre for Crop and Food Innovation, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia. rajeev.varshney@murdoch.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4562-9131

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Contiguous genome sequence assemblies will help us to realize the full potential of crop translational genomics. Recent advances in sequencing technologies, especially long-read sequencing strategies, have made it possible to construct gapless telomere-to-telomere (T2T) assemblies, thus offering novel insights into genome organization and function. Plant genomes pose unique challenges, such as a continuum of ancient to recent polyploidy and abundant highly similar and long repetitive elements. Owing to progress in sequencing approaches, for most crop plants, chromosome-scale reference genome assemblies are available, but T2T assembly construction remains challenging. Here we describe methods for haplotype-resolved, gapless T2T assembly construction in plants, including various crop species. We outline the impact of T2T assemblies in elucidating the roles of repetitive elements in gene regulation, as well as in pangenomics, functional genomics, genome-assisted breeding and targeted genome manipulation. In conjunction with sequence-enriched germplasm repositories, T2T assemblies thus hold great promise for basic and applied plant sciences.

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Genome, PlantTelomereChromosomes, PlantCrops, AgriculturalGenomicsHaplotypesPlant BreedingPlantsRepetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid

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