The family of grasses encompasses the world's most important food, feed, and bioenergy
crops, yet we are only now beginning to develop the genetic resources to explore the …

It is now a decade since Brachypodium distachyon (Brachypodium) was suggested as a
model species for temperate grasses and cereals. Since then transformation protocols, large …

Our understanding of polyploid genome evolution is constrained because we cannot know
the exact founders of a particular polyploid. To differentiate between founder effects and post …

Model systems not only allow scientists to investigate complex processes that are difficult to
study in nonmodel organisms but also serve to focus community efforts and resources …

Chromosomal inversions can provide windows onto the cytogenetic, molecular, evolutionary
and demographic histories of a species. Here we investigate a paracentric 1.17‐Mb …

Chromosome evolution is a fundamental aspect of evolutionary biology. The evolution of
chromosome size, structure and shape, number, and the change in DNA composition …

Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is a useful tool for physical map** of
chromosomes and studying evolutionary chromosome rearrangements. Here we report a …

A detailed and comprehensive understanding of seed reserve accumulation is of great
importance for agriculture and crop improvement strategies. This work is part of a research …

Next generation sequencing (NGS) is revolutionizing genomics and is providing novel
insights into genome organization, evolution and function. The number of plant genomes …

Brachypodium distachyon is a model for the temperate cereals and grasses and has a
biology, genomics infrastructure and cytogenetic platform fit for purpose. It is a member of a …