Guojun Dong

TL;DR: In-depth analyses of the domestication sweeps and genome-wide patterns reveal that Oryza sativa japonica rice was first domesticated from a specific population of O. rufipogon around the middle area of the Pearl River in southern China, and was subsequently developed from crosses between japonicas rice and local wild rice as the initial cultivars spread into South East and South Asia.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that a point mutation in OsSPL14 perturbs OsmiR156-directed regulation of OsSPl14, generating an 'ideal' rice plant with a reduced tiller number, increased lodging resistance and enhanced grain yield.

TL;DR: It is shown that a quantitative trait locus GW8 is synonymous with OsSPL16, which encodes a protein that is a positive regulator of cell proliferation that promotes cell division and grain filling, with positive consequences for grain width and yield in rice.

TL;DR: This study shows that the integrated approach of sequence-based GWAS and functional genome annotation has the potential to match complex traits to their causal polymorphisms in rice.

TL;DR: A high-throughput genome-based method for genotyping recombinant populations utilizing whole-genome resequencing data generated by the Illumina Genome Analyzer is developed and located a quantitative trait locus of large effect on plant height in a 100-kb region containing the rice "green revolution" gene.