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Local cryptic diversity in salinity adaptation mechanisms in the wild outcrossing Brassica fruticulosa (2024)
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Busoms, S., da Silva, A. C., Escolà, G., Abdilzadeh, R., Curran, E., Bollmann-Giolai, A., Bray, S., Wilson, M., Poschenrieder, C., & Yant, L. (2024). Local cryptic diversity in salinity adaptation mechanisms in the wild outcrossing Brassica fruticulosa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(40), Article e2407821121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2407821121

It is normally supposed that populations of the same species should evolve shared mechanisms of adaptation to common stressors due to evolutionary constraint. Here, we describe a system of within-species local adaptation to coastal habitats, Brassica... Read More about Local cryptic diversity in salinity adaptation mechanisms in the wild outcrossing Brassica fruticulosa.

Chromosome-scale genome assembly of bread wheat’s wild relative Triticum timopheevii (2024)
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Grewal, S., Yang, C., Scholefield, D., Ashling, S., Ghosh, S., Swarbreck, D., …King, J. (2024). Chromosome-scale genome assembly of bread wheat’s wild relative Triticum timopheevii. Scientific Data, 11(1), Article 420. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03260-w

Wheat (Triticum aestivum) is one of the most important food crops with an urgent need for increase in its production to feed the growing world. Triticum timopheevii (2n = 4x = 28) is an allotetraploid wheat wild relative species containing the At and... Read More about Chromosome-scale genome assembly of bread wheat’s wild relative Triticum timopheevii.

The evolution of the duckweed ionome mirrors losses in structural complexity (2024)
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Smith, K. E., Zhou, M., Flis, P., Jones, D. H., Bishopp, A., & Yant, L. (2024). The evolution of the duckweed ionome mirrors losses in structural complexity. Annals of Botany, 133(7), 997-1006. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcae012

• Background and Aims The duckweeds (Lemnaceae) consist of 36 species exhibiting impressive phenotypic variation, including the progressive evolutionary loss of a fundamental plant organ, the root. Loss of roots and reduction of vascular tissues in r... Read More about The evolution of the duckweed ionome mirrors losses in structural complexity.

Combined genomics to discover genes associated with tolerance to soil carbonate (2023)
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Busoms, S., Pérez‐Martín, L., Terés, J., Huang, X., Yant, L., Tolrà, R., …Poschenrieder, C. (2023). Combined genomics to discover genes associated with tolerance to soil carbonate. Plant, Cell and Environment, 46(12), 3986-3998. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14691

Carbonate‐rich soils limit plant performance and crop production. Previously, local adaptation to carbonated soils was detected in wild Arabidopsis thaliana accessions, allowing the selection of two demes with contrasting phenotypes: A1 (carbonate to... Read More about Combined genomics to discover genes associated with tolerance to soil carbonate.

Loss of ancestral function in duckweed roots is accompanied by progressive anatomical reduction and a re-distribution of nutrient transporters (2023)
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Ware, A., Jones, D. H., Flis, P., Chrysanthou, E., Smith, K. E., Kümpers, B. M., …Bishopp, A. (2023). Loss of ancestral function in duckweed roots is accompanied by progressive anatomical reduction and a re-distribution of nutrient transporters. Current Biology, 33(9), 1795-1802. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.03.025

Organ loss occurs frequently during plant and animal evolution. Sometimes, non-functional organs are retained through evolution. Vestigial organs are defined as genetically determined structures that have lost their ancestral (or salient) function. D... Read More about Loss of ancestral function in duckweed roots is accompanied by progressive anatomical reduction and a re-distribution of nutrient transporters.

Chasing the mechanisms of ecologically adaptive salinity tolerance (2023)
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Busoms, S., Fischer, S., & Yant, L. (2023). Chasing the mechanisms of ecologically adaptive salinity tolerance. Plant Communications, 4(6), Article 100571. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xplc.2023.100571

Plants adapted to challenging environments offer fascinating models of evolutionary change. Importantly, they also give information to meet our pressing need to develop resilient, low-input crops. With mounting environmental fluctuation—including tem... Read More about Chasing the mechanisms of ecologically adaptive salinity tolerance.

Evolutionary footprints of a cold relic in a rapidly warming world (2021)
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Wolf, E., Gaquerel, E., Scharmann, M., Yant, L., & Koch, M. A. (2021). Evolutionary footprints of a cold relic in a rapidly warming world. eLife, 10, Article e71572. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.71572

With accelerating global warming, understanding the evolutionary dynamics of plant adaptation to environmental change is increasingly urgent. Here we reveal the enigmatic history of the genus Cochlearia (Brassicaceae), a Pleistocene relic that origin... Read More about Evolutionary footprints of a cold relic in a rapidly warming world.

Transposable element annotation in non‐model species: The benefits of species‐specific repeat libraries using semi‐automated EDTA and DeepTE de novo pipelines (2021)
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Bell, E. A., Butler, C. L., Oliveira, C., Marburger, S., Yant, L., & Taylor, M. I. (2022). Transposable element annotation in non‐model species: The benefits of species‐specific repeat libraries using semi‐automated EDTA and DeepTE de novo pipelines. Molecular Ecology Resources, 22(2), 823-833. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13489

Transposable elements (TEs) are significant genomic components which can be detected either through sequence homology against existing databases or de novo, with the latter potentially reducing the risk of underestimating TE abundance. Here, we descr... Read More about Transposable element annotation in non‐model species: The benefits of species‐specific repeat libraries using semi‐automated EDTA and DeepTE de novo pipelines.

Polyploidy underlies co-option and diversification of biosynthetic triterpene pathways in the apple tribe (2021)
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Su, W., Jing, Y., Lin, S., Yue, Z., Yang, X., Xu, J., …Liu, Z. (2021). Polyploidy underlies co-option and diversification of biosynthetic triterpene pathways in the apple tribe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(20), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2101767118

Whole-genome duplication (WGD) plays important roles in plant evolution and function, yet little is known about how WGD underlies metabolic diversification of natural products that bear significant medicinal properties, especially in nonmodel trees.... Read More about Polyploidy underlies co-option and diversification of biosynthetic triterpene pathways in the apple tribe.

Novelty and Convergence in Adaptation to Whole Genome Duplication (2021)
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Bohutínská, M., Alston, M., Monnahan, P., Mandáková, T., Bray, S., Paajanen, P., …Yant, L. (2021). Novelty and Convergence in Adaptation to Whole Genome Duplication. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 38(9), 3910-3924. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msab096

Whole genome duplication (WGD) can promote adaptation but is disruptive to conserved processes, especially meiosis. Studies in Arabidopsis arenosa revealed a coordinated evolutionary response to WGD involving interacting proteins controlling meiotic... Read More about Novelty and Convergence in Adaptation to Whole Genome Duplication.