Jianing Liu

The paper demonstrates the feasibility of using synthetic centromeres in maize to transmit chromosomes across generations through a LexA-CENH3 tethering approach.

The paper analyzes large haplotypes in maize genomes to reveal a complex age structure across the pan-genome, identifying deep coalescence times and divergence peaks linked to population history and domestication.

A multi-genome analysis of maize reveals previously unknown variation in gene content, genome structure, and methylation.

The paper shows that centromere size in maize scales with genome size, independent of CentC satellite DNA, and involves multiple limiting factors.

The paper presents a gapless maize genome assembly using long read technologies and optical maps, achieving telomere-to-telomere assemblies for chromosomes 3 and 9.

This study evaluates the impact of sequence depth and read length on long-read assembly quality for the maize genome, finding that lower depths and shorter reads result in fragmented assemblies.