Jane Grimwood

This study presents a chromosome-scale genome assembly of Edelweiss, revealing its recent allotetraploid origin and localized subgenome dominance.

The paper identifies a supernumerary B-Chromosome in Atlantic switchgrass, showing its evolutionary origin and impact on gene expression and genomic diversity.

This study uses pangenomics and machine learning to identify genetic markers associated with carotenoid accumulation in sorghum, revealing structural variation and multi-locus genetic architecture.

Himito is a graph-based toolkit for analyzing mitochondrial genomes using long reads, achieving superior performance in assembly and variant calling and revealing age-related patterns in the All of Us dataset.

The paper sequenced genomes of Poaceae sister species to identify metabolic innovations that predate grass evolution, revealing gene duplications linked to starch and lignin biosynthesis.

The paper assembles and annotates the genome of a tetraploid Dahlia variabilis cultivar, identifying it as a segmental tetraploid with evidence of auto- and allopolyploidy.

This study shows that cold acclimation in Brassica rapa involves diel retiming, paralog-specific regulation, and conserved regulatory programs masked by paralog diversification.

The paper analyzes the nuclear genomes of Mesodinium rubrum and finds it lacks spliceosomal introns and related machinery, suggesting introns hinder endosymbiotic genomic integration.

The paper identifies a 117 kb indel associated with leaf shape polymorphism in Ipomoea hederacea and shows it is a novel genetic mechanism distinct from related species.

This study uses genome sequences from Cercis canadensis and Chamaecrista fasciculata to infer legume genome structures and histories, including the timing of whole genome duplications and the ancestral karyotype.

The paper identifies an X-linked sex determination mechanism in cannabis and hop, showing that an X-linked gene involved in ethylene biosynthesis controls female inflorescence development, while the Y chromosome lacks clear sex-determining genes.

The paper identifies the genetic drivers of the G-locus in pecan trees using pangenome-integrated quantitative genomics, revealing a Mendelian super-gene responsible for dichogamy.

The paper catalogs structural and sequence variation in the pennycress pangenome, revealing contrasting evolutionary modes across genomic regions and highlighting the utility of pangenomic resources for crop development.

The paper shows that freshwater threespine stickleback fish have evolved expanded copies of the MYH3C gene family, which is linked to muscle development and adaptive divergence from marine populations.

The paper presents a chromosome-scale, haplotype-resolved genome assembly for Quercus virginiana, contributing to genomic resources for studying hybridization and structural genomic changes in oaks.

This study uses over 700 pecan genotypes and a haplotype-resolved genome to identify gene pools, assess environmental adaptation, and predict future maladaptation risks.

This study investigates the origins and adaptive consequences of polyploidy in the prairie grass Andropogon gerardi, finding that whole genome duplication is common and provides fitness advantages in xeric climates.

This study presents a chromosome-level genome of Myrothamnus flabellifolia and transcriptomic data, revealing its desiccation tolerance mechanisms and sex determination system.

This study analyzes 226 Magnaporthe oryzae strains infecting finger millet in eastern Africa, revealing genetic differentiation and effector gene variation linked to virulence.

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

The paper examines genomic signals of selection across life stages in plants, finding stronger purifying selection on unbiased genes and synergistic pleiotropy rather than antagonistic pleiotropy.

The paper presents an improved haplotype-resolved genome assembly for Eucalyptus grandis, increasing gene annotation completeness and revealing structural variations and tandem duplicates.

The paper develops genomic resources to improve American chestnut resistance to pathogens through breeding and gene editing.

The paper uses long-read sequencing data to analyze STR variability across 2,645 individuals, identifying disease-associated STR loci with elevated allelic variability and introducing the PLVI metric.

The paper presents a haplotype-resolved genome assembly of Amborella trichopoda, identifying a young ZW sex chromosome system with a 3-Megabase sex-determination region that shows limited degeneration.

The paper sequenced twelve Camelina sativa genomes to study pangenomic variation in an allohexaploid species, finding minimal gene presence-absence variation but subgenome-specific gene content.

This study shows that long-read genome sequencing improves diagnostic yield for neurodevelopmental disorders by identifying variants missed by short-read sequencing.

This paper presents an updated soybean genome assembly (Wm82.a6) and compares it with other assemblies and Fiskeby III, revealing genomic heterogeneity and polymorphisms.

The paper identifies a common flanking variant linked to increased meiotic stability at the FGF14-SCA27B repeat locus.

This study presents genome assemblies of two homosporous lycophytes, revealing preserved gene collinearity and slow genome evolution over 350 million years.