Chromosomal rearrangements 1 and sequence similarity drivepreferential allosyndetic introgression from a wild relative into wheat
Honglian Ye, Qijun Zhang, Prakitchai Chotewutmontri, Swarupa Nanda Mandal, Zhixia Niu, Yunming Long, Jianqiang Shen, Rebecca B. Whetten, Genqiao Li, Yue Jin, Sam Gale, T. L. Friesen, Amanda R. Peters Haugrud, Xiangyang Xu, Justin D. Faris, , Steven S. Xu
The paper shows that chromosomal rearrangements and sequence similarity drive preferential introgression of genes from a wild wheat relative into wheat via ph1b-mediated recombination.
bioRxiv · Apr 2, 2026 · PreprintGenetics