A. Sarr

TL;DR: A strong linkage of factors in the domestication syndrome may be involved in the maintenance of the phenotypic identity of wild and cultivated populations in sympatry.

TL;DR: The results of the comparative mapping between cereals reveal that genes involved in seed-shattering could correspond in maize, rice and sorghum and the potential use of these results in pearl millet genetic-resources enhancement are presented.

TL;DR: Phylogenetic relationships based on internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences were used to assess evolutionary trends in genome structure within the genus Pennisetum on the basis of observed variations in genome size, basic chromosome numbers and ploidy level, indicating that the genome structure might have evolved towards a reduced chromosome number and an increased chromosome size.

TL;DR: The results suggest that some level of parallel evolution involved at least regions directly upstream of Tb1 for the domestication of pearl millet and maize, unanticipated given the multigenic basis of domestication traits and the divergence of wild progenitor species for over 30 million years prior to human selection.

TL;DR: Deviations from the equiprobability of gamete encounters for almost all progeny are clearly demonstrated and reveal a large amount of male gametophytic fitness variability in land-race populations.