Shifting the limits in wheat research and breeding using a fully annotated reference genome

Abstract

Insights from the annotated wheat genome Wheat is one of the major sources of food for much of the world. However, because bread wheat's genome is a large hybrid mix of three separate subgenomes, it has been difficult to produce a high-quality reference sequence. Using recent advances in sequencing, the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium presents an annotated reference genome with a detailed analysis of gene content among subgenomes and the structural organization for all the chromosomes. Examples of quantitative trait mapping and CRISPR-based genome modification show the potential for using this genome in agricultural research and breeding. Ramírez-González et al. exploited the fruits of this endeavor to identify tissue-specific biased gene expression and coexpression networks during development and exposure to stress. These resources will accelerate our understanding of the genetic basis of bread wheat. Science , this issue p. eaar7191 ; see also p. eaar6089

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Affiliated Institutions

• Institut des Sciences des Plantes de Paris Saclay FR
• Centre for Agricultural Research HU
• Agricultural Institute HU
• University of Zurich CH
• University of Saskatchewan CA
• Norwich Research Park GB
• Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research DE
• Helmholtz Zentrum München DE
• King Abdullah University of Science and Technology SA
• La Trobe University AU
• Montana State University US
• The University of Western Australia AU
• Norwegian University of Life Sciences
• Sainsbury Laboratory GB
• German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research DE
• John Innes Centre GB
• ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology AU
• Technical University of Munich DE
• University of Haifa IL
• National Human Genome Research Institute US
• Global Institute for Water Security CA
• National Research Council Canada CA
• AgriBio AU
• Universidad de Málaga ES
• University of Maryland, College Park US
• University of Bologna IT
• Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas ES
• Tel Aviv University IL
• University of Minnesota US
• Bayer (Belgium) BE
• Punjab Agricultural University IN
• Earlham Institute GB
• Julius Kühn-Institut DE
• Kansas State University US
• National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources IN
• Université Clermont Auvergne FR
• Murdoch University AU
• Saskatoon Research and Development Centre
• Eversole Associates US
• Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Botany CZ
• Université Paris-Saclay FR
• Génétique, Diversité, Écophysiologie des Céréales FR
• Bayer (United States) US
• Northwest A&F University CN
• Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible ES
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada CA

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