Hamid Ashrafi

TL;DR: It is shown that an abrupt five- to sixfold ploidy increase approximately 60 million years (Myr) ago, and allopolyploidy reuniting divergent Gossypium genomes approximately 1–2 Myr ago, conferred about 30–36-fold duplication of ancestral angiosperm genes in elite cottons, genetic complexity equalled only by Brassica among sequenced angiosperms.

TL;DR: The genome size of the hot pepper was approximately fourfold larger than that of its close relative tomato, and the genome showed an accumulation of Gypsy and Caulimoviridae family elements.

TL;DR: A high-quality chromosome-scale assembly and analysis of the carrot genome is reported, the first sequenced genome to include a comparative evolutionary analysis among members of the euasterid II clade, and a candidate gene, DCAR_032551, is identified that conditions carotenoid accumulation (Y) in carrot taproot and is coexpressed with several isoprenoid biosynthetic genes.

TL;DR: In tomato, two Golden 2-like (GLK) transcription factors are expressed in leaves, but only SlGLK2 is expressed in fruit, which influences photosynthesis in developing fruit, contributing to mature fruit characteristics and suggesting that selection of u inadvertently compromised ripe fruit quality in exchange for desirable production traits as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: This study confirmed the potential of short read platforms for de novo EST assembly and identification of genetic polymorphisms in carrot, and produced the first large-scale transcriptome of carrot, a species lacking genomic resources.