Jean‐François Rami

Integrating ethnolinguistic and archaeobotanical data to uncover the origin and dispersal of cultivated sorghum in Africa: a genomic perspective

The paper integrates genomic, archaeobotanical, and ethnolinguistic data to refine the origin and spread of cultivated sorghum in Africa, finding domestication began in Eastern Sudan and Western Ethiopia around 4,600 years ago.

Developing future resilience from signatures of adaptation across the sorghum pangenome

This paper constructs a sorghum pangenome and identifies trait-associated variants to inform climate-aware genome-enabled breeding strategies.

Factors Influencing Phenomic Prediction: A Case Study on a Large Sorghum BCNAM Population

This study evaluates phenomic prediction in sorghum breeding, showing it can compete with genomic prediction and is less affected by population structure, though trait-dependent and requiring further optimization.

Fast and accurate imputation of genotypes from noisy low-coverage sequencing data in bi-parental populations

NOISYmputer improves genotype and recombination breakpoint imputation from noisy low-coverage sequencing data, outperforming existing tools in accuracy and efficiency.

Characterization of adaptation mechanisms in sorghum using a multi-reference back-cross nested association mapping design and envirotyping

This paper develops a BCNAM population and methodology to identify QTLs influencing flowering time and plant height in sorghum across diverse environments.

A Genomics Resource for Genetics, Physiology, and Breeding of West African Sorghum

The paper develops a genomic resource for West African sorghum by characterizing a diverse panel and identifying QTLs for flowering time and plant height.

NOISYmputer: genotype imputation in bi-parental populationsfor noisy low-coverage next-generation sequencing data

NOISYmputer improves genotype imputation for noisy low-coverage sequencing data in bi-parental populations by addressing missing data, errors, and heterozygous loci.