Outputs (9)

Polyploids broadly generate novel haplotypes from trans-specific variation in Arabidopsis arenosa and Arabidopsis lyrata (2024)
Journal Article
Bohutínská, M., Petříková, E., Booker, T. R., Vives Cobo, C., Vlček, J., Šrámková, G., Poupětová, A., Hojka, J., Marhold, K., Yant, L., Kolář, F., & Schmickl, R. (2024). Polyploids broadly generate novel haplotypes from trans-specific variation in Arabidopsis arenosa and Arabidopsis lyrata. PLoS Genetics, 20(12), Article e1011521. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1011521

Polyploidy, the result of whole genome duplication (WGD), is widespread across the tree of life and is often associated with speciation and adaptability. It is thought that adaptation in autopolyploids (within-species polyploids) may be facilitated b... Read More about Polyploids broadly generate novel haplotypes from trans-specific variation in Arabidopsis arenosa and Arabidopsis lyrata.

Chromosome-level baobab genome illuminates its evolutionary trajectory and environmental adaptation (2024)
Journal Article
Kitony, J. K., Colt, K., Abramson, B. W., Hartwick, N. T., Petrus, S., Konozy, E. H. E., Karimi, N., Yant, L., & Michael, T. P. (2024). Chromosome-level baobab genome illuminates its evolutionary trajectory and environmental adaptation. Nature Communications, 15(1), 8833. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53157-w

Baobab (Adansonia digitata) is a long-lived tree endemic to Africa with economic, ecological, and cultural importance, yet its genomic features are underexplored. Here, we report a chromosome-level reference genome anchored to 42 chromosomes for A. d... Read More about Chromosome-level baobab genome illuminates its evolutionary trajectory and environmental adaptation.

Local cryptic diversity in salinity adaptation mechanisms in the wild outcrossing Brassica fruticulosa (2024)
Journal Article
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.

Kinetochore and ionomic adaptation to whole-genome duplication in Cochlearia shows evolutionary convergence in three autopolyploids (2024)
Journal Article
Bray, S. M., Hämälä, T., Zhou, M., Busoms, S., Fischer, S., Desjardins, S. D., Mandáková, T., Moore, C., Mathers, T. C., Cowan, L., Monnahan, P., Koch, J., Wolf, E. M., Lysak, M. A., Kolar, F., Higgins, J. D., Koch, M. A., & Yant, L. (2024). Kinetochore and ionomic adaptation to whole-genome duplication in Cochlearia shows evolutionary convergence in three autopolyploids. Cell Reports, 43(8), Article 114576. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114576

Whole-genome duplication (WGD) occurs in all kingdoms and impacts speciation, domestication, and cancer outcome. However, doubled DNA management can be challenging for nascent polyploids. The study of within-species polyploidy (autopolyploidy) permit... Read More about Kinetochore and ionomic adaptation to whole-genome duplication in Cochlearia shows evolutionary convergence in three autopolyploids.

Impact of whole-genome duplications on structural variant evolution in Cochlearia (2024)
Journal Article
Hämälä, T., Moore, C., Cowan, L., Carlile, M., Gopaulchan, D., K. Brandrud, M. K., Birkeland, S., Loose, M., Kolář, F., Koch, M., & Yant, L. (2024). Impact of whole-genome duplications on structural variant evolution in Cochlearia. Nature Communications, 15, Article 5377. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49679-y

Polyploidy, the result of whole-genome duplication (WGD), is a major driver of eukaryote evolution. Yet WGDs are hugely disruptive mutations, and we still lack a clear understanding of their fitness consequences. Here, we study whether WGDs result in... Read More about Impact of whole-genome duplications on structural variant evolution in Cochlearia.

Chromosome-scale genome assembly of bread wheat’s wild relative Triticum timopheevii (2024)
Journal Article
Grewal, S., Yang, C.-Y., Scholefield, D., Ashling, S., Ghosh, S., Swarbreck, D., Collins, J., Yao, E., Sen, T. Z., Wilson, M., Yant, L., King, I. P., & 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)
Journal Article
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.

Chromosome-scale genome assembly of bread wheat’s wild relativeTriticum timopheevii (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
Grewal, S., Yang, C.-Y., Scholefield, D., Ashling, S., Ghosh, S., Swarbreck, D., Collins, J., Yao, E., Sen, T. Z., Wilson, M., Yant, L., King, I. P., & King, J. (2024). Chromosome-scale genome assembly of bread wheat’s wild relativeTriticum timopheevii

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 relativeTriticum timopheevii.

Physiological adaptation to irradiance in duckweeds is species and accession specific and depends on light habitat niche (2024)
Journal Article
Smith, K. E., Cowan, L., Taylor, B., McAusland, L., Heatley, M., Yant, L., & Murchie, E. H. (2024). Physiological adaptation to irradiance in duckweeds is species and accession specific and depends on light habitat niche. Journal of Experimental Botany, 75(7), 2046-2063. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erad499

Duckweeds span 36 species of free-floating aquatic organisms with body sizes ranging from 2 mm to 10 mm, where each plant body plan is reduced to a largely leaf-like structure. As an emerging crop, their fast growth rates offer potential for cultivat... Read More about Physiological adaptation to irradiance in duckweeds is species and accession specific and depends on light habitat niche.