Megan J. Bowman

This paper presents a chromosome-level genome assembly for Petunia hybrida using hybrid sequencing technologies, revealing syntenic relationships and providing a resource for functional genomics.

The paper evaluates intergenic transcribed regions (ITRs) in Poaceae species to determine if they represent functional genes or noisy transcription, finding most ITRs lack conservation and are likely nonfunctional.

The paper examines subgenome dominance in polyploids, showing rapid expression dominance and methylation changes across generations in hybrids and allopolyploids.