The paper identifies 51 significant SNPs from 39 candidate genes associated with wood formation traits in Norway spruce using genome-wide association mapping.

The Plant Journal · Jun 5, 2019Peer-reviewedGenetics

An ultra-dense haploid genetic map for evaluating the highly fragmented genome assembly of Norway spruce (Picea abies)

Carolina Bernhardsson, Amaryllis Vidalis, Xi Wang, Douglas G. Scofield, Bastian Schiffthaler, John Baison, Nathaniel Robert Street, María Rosario García‐Gil, Pär K. Ingvarsson

The paper creates an ultra-dense haploid genetic map for Norway spruce to improve genome assembly and evaluate gene distribution across chromosomes.

G3 Genes Genomes Genetics · Mar 21, 2019Peer-reviewedGenetics

METHimpute: Imputation-guided construction of complete methylomes from WGBS data

Aaron Taudt, David Roquis, Amaryllis Vidalis, René Wardenaar, Frank M. Johannes, Maria Colomé‐Tatché

METHimpute constructs complete methylomes from low-coverage WGBS data using a Hidden Markov Model, achieving high accuracy at 6X coverage compared to 60X.

BMC Genomics · Jun 7, 2018Peer-reviewedBioinformatics

Design and evaluation of a large sequence-capture probe set and associated SNPs for diploid and haploid samples of Norway spruce (Picea abies)

Amaryllis Vidalis, Douglas G. Scofield, Leandro G. Neves, Carolina Bernhardsson, María Rosario García‐Gil, Pär K. Ingvarsson

The paper develops and evaluates sequence-capture probes and associated SNPs for Norway spruce to improve genome assembly and population studies.

bioRxiv · Mar 29, 2018 · PreprintGenomics