This study analyzes genetic and phenotypic diversity in red clover accessions across Europe, revealing geographic genetic structure and local adaptation to breeding environments.

Frontiers in Plant Science · Mar 1, 2023Peer-reviewedGenetics

BREEDIT: A novel multiplex genome editing strategy to improve complex quantitative traits in maize (Zea mays L.)

Christian Damian Lorenzo, Kévin Debray, Denia Herwegh, Ward Develtere, Lennert Impens, Dries Schaumont, Wout Vandeputte, Stijn Aesaert, Griet Coussens, Yara de Boe, Kirin Demuynck, Tom Van Hautegem, Laurens Pauwels, Thomas B. Jacobs, Tom Ruttink, , Dirk Inzé

BREEDIT improves complex traits in maize by combining CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing with crossing schemes to generate mutants with enhanced growth characteristics.

bioRxiv · May 2, 2022 · PreprintSystems Biology

Stack Mapping Anchor Points (SMAP): a versatile suite of tools for read-backed haplotyping

Dries Schaumont, Elisabeth Veeckman, Felix Van der Jeugt, Annelies Haegeman, Sabine Van Glabeke, Yves Bawin, Joanna M. Lukasiewicz, Sébastien Blugeon, Philippe Barré, María de la O Leyva‐Pérez, Stephen Laurence Byrne, Peter Dawyndt, Tom Ruttink

SMAP provides tools for read-backed haplotyping, generating haplotype calls from various sequencing data types and ploidy levels.

bioRxiv · Mar 10, 2022 · PreprintGenomics

A high-quality sequence of Rosa chinensis to elucidate genome structure and ornamental traits

Laurence Hibrand‐Saint Oyant, Tom Ruttink, Latifa Hamama, Ilya V. Kirov, Deepika Lakhwani, N. N. Zhou, Peter M. Bourke, Nicolas Daccord, Leen Leus, Dietmar Frank Schulz, Henri van de Geest, Thamara Hesselink, Katrijn VAN LAERE, Kévin Debray, Sandrine Balzergue, , Fabrice Foucher

The paper presents a high-quality reference genome for Rosa chinensis, elucidating genome structure and genetic basis of ornamental traits.

Nature Plants · Jun 8, 2018Peer-reviewedGenomics