{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Khodaverdi M"],"funding":["National Institute of Food and Agriculture","National Science Foundation"],"pagination":["1175-1190"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10902897"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["132(7)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background and aims</h4>Pooideae grasses contain some of the world's most important crop and forage species. Although much work has been conducted on understanding the genetic basis of trait diversification within a few annual Pooideae, comparative studies at the subfamily level are limited by a lack of perennial models outside 'core' Pooideae. We argue for development of the perennial non-core genus Melica as an additional model for Pooideae, and provide foundational data regarding the group's biogeography and history of character evolution.<h4>Methods</h4>Supplementing available ITS and ndhF sequence data, we built a preliminary Bayesian-based Melica phylogeny, and used it to understand how the genus has diversified in relation to geography, climate and trait variation surveyed from "],"journal":["Annals of botany"],"pubmed_title":["Melica as an emerging model system for comparative studies in temperate Pooideae grasses."],"pmcid":["PMC10902897"],"funding_grant_id":["IOS2120732","VT-H02712"],"pubmed_authors":["Khodaverdi M","Preston JC","Shafer HR","Mullinger MD"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Melica as an emerging model system for comparative studies in temperate Pooideae grasses.","description":"<h4>Background and aims</h4>Pooideae grasses contain some of the world's most important crop and forage species. Although much work has been conducted on understanding the genetic basis of trait diversification within a few annual Pooideae, comparative studies at the subfamily level are limited by a lack of perennial models outside 'core' Pooideae. We argue for development of the perennial non-core genus Melica as an additional model for Pooideae, and provide foundational data regarding the group's biogeography and history of character evolution.<h4>Methods</h4>Supplementing available ITS and ndhF sequence data, we built a preliminary Bayesian-based Melica phylogeny, and used it to understand how the genus has diversified in relation to geography, climate and trait variation surveyed from ","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Dec","modification":"2026-04-08T16:08:10.703Z","creation":"2025-04-04T01:02:19.619Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10902897","cross_references":{"pubmed":["37696761"],"doi":["10.1093/aob/mcad136"]}}