IsoSeq transcriptome assembly of C₃ panicoid grasses provides tools to study evolutionary change in the Panicoideae.

ABSTRACT: The number of plant species with genomic and transcriptomic data has been increasing rapidly. The grasses-Poaceae-have been well represented among species with published reference genomes. However, as a result the genomes of wild grasses are less frequently targeted by sequencing efforts. Sequence data from wild relatives of crop species in the grasses can aid the study of domestication, gene discovery for breeding and crop improvement, and improve our understanding of the evolution of C₄ photosynthesis. Here, we used long-read sequencing technology to characterize the transcriptomes of three C₃ panicoid grass species: Dichanthelium oligosanthes, Chasmanthium laxum, and Hymenachne amplexicaulis. Based on alignments to the sorghum genome, we estima

SUBMITTER: Carvalho DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7047018 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature