Víctor Llaca

The paper presents a gap-free, telomere-to-telomere genome assembly for date palm and 19 high-quality assemblies, revealing chromosomal structures and sex determination regions.

The paper presents chromosome-level genome assemblies for four Amaranthus species, revealing conserved sex chromosome inversions and providing resources for evolutionary and agronomic research.

The paper uses a MAGIC population to study genetic architecture of clinal traits in Mexican maize, finding one major QTL for tassel branching and multiple QTL for flowering time with complex environmental associations.

The paper presents 11 new chromosome-level genome assemblies of Oryza species, revealing core genome conservation and subgenome plasticity, and highlights implications for crop improvement.

The paper presents chromosome-level genomes of three Amaranthus species, identifies a male-specific region, and characterizes genes and eccDNA related to sex determination and herbicide resistance.

The paper examines genome evolution in maize and related grasses, revealing variable outcomes of polyploidy across species.

The paper presents a phased chromosome-level genome assembly of Amaranthus tuberculatus and identifies a sex-determining region with unique features and gene expression patterns.

The paper analyzes whole-genome polymorphism data from 27 Arabidopsis thaliana genomes to highlight challenges and insights in unbiased genetic variation characterization.

The paper outlines genomic resources developed by the International Weed Genomics Consortium to improve weed control and crop breeding through insights into stress tolerance.

The paper constructs a pan-genome inversion index for Asian rice using 16 genomes and finds a high inversion rate with functional implications.

The paper compares HiFi and CLR long-read assemblies in Arabidopsis thaliana to assess centromere and rDNA cluster reconstruction, finding HiFi reduces gaps and enables gapless centromere assembly.

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

This study constructs high-quality sorghum genome assemblies and identifies structural variations and resistance genes associated with sugarcane aphid resistance.

This paper presents a telomere-to-telomere genome assembly of Anopheles albimanus using advanced sequencing technologies, revealing novel telomeric repeats and previously uncharacterized genomic regions.

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.

The paper generates 12 new high-quality rice reference genomes to expand the genetic diversity coverage of cultivated rice, forming a comprehensive pan-genome resource with 16 reference sequences.

LNISKS identifies mutations in large crop genomes without a reference genome, achieving high confidence in wheat data.

This paper presents a chromosome-scale genome assembly of Sorghum bicolor using nanopore sequencing and optical mapping, achieving high accuracy and coverage.