Dissecting the regulatory and genomic drivers of the dichogamy determining G-locus in pecan
John T. Lovell, Hormat Shadgou Rhein, Avinash Sreedasyam, Nolan Bentley, Patricia Gamble Klein, Warren Chatwin, Lillian K. Padgitt‐Cobb, Avril M. Harder, Paul Grabowski, Sarah B. Carey, Alex Harkess, Jerry W. Jenkins, Chloee M. McLaughlin, Christopher Plott, Joanna L. Rifkin, , Jennifer J. Randall
The paper identifies the genetic drivers of the G-locus in pecan trees using pangenome-integrated quantitative genomics, revealing a Mendelian super-gene responsible for dichogamy.
bioRxiv · May 18, 2026 · PreprintGenomics