This paper presents a chromosome-level genome assembly of maize inbred line A188 and identifies structural variations and gene expression differences compared to the reference line B73.

Genome biology · Jun 9, 2021Peer-reviewedGenomics

Temporal Small RNA Expression Profiling Under Drought Reveals a Potential Regulatory Role of snoRNAs in Drought Responses of Maize

Jun Zheng, Erliang Zeng, Yicong Du, Cheng He, Ying Hu, Zhenzhen Jiao, Kai Wang, Wenxue Li, Maria Ludens, Junjie Fu, Haiyan Wang, Frank F. White, Guoying Wang, Sanzhen Liu

The paper profiles temporal small RNA expression in maize under drought stress and identifies snoRNAs as potential regulators of drought responses.

The Plant Genome · Feb 14, 2019Peer-reviewedGenomics

Unbiased K-mer Analysis Reveals Changes in Copy Number of Highly Repetitive Sequences During Maize Domestication and Improvement

Sanzhen Liu, Jun Zheng, Pierre Migeon, Jie Ren, Ying Hu, Cheng He, Hongjun Liu, Junjie Fu, Frank F. White, Christopher Toomajian, Guoying Wang

The paper uses k-mer analysis of maize genomes to identify changes in repetitive sequence copy numbers during domestication and improvement.

Scientific Reports · Feb 10, 2017Peer-reviewedGenomics