Lori Beth Boston

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

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

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

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.

This paper presents a chromosome-scale, phased genome assembly for the dAnjou pear, revealing gene content and duplication patterns.

This paper uses long-read genome sequencing to identify pathogenic variants in neurodevelopmental disorders, finding clinically relevant structural variants in two of six probands.