J.T. Mitchell

TL;DR: A draft sequence of the rice genome for the most widely cultivated subspecies in China, Oryza sativa L. ssp.indica, by whole-genome shotgun sequencing is produced, with a large proportion of rice genes with no recognizable homologs due to a gradient in the GC content of rice coding sequences.

TL;DR: It is shown that a relatively recent (>50 million years ago) genome-wide duplication has resulted in the transition from nine ancestral chromosomes to 17 chromosomes in the Pyreae, which partly support the monophyly of the ancestral paleohexaploidy of eudicots.

TL;DR: A high quality draft genome sequence of a cultivated clone of V. vinifera Pinot Noir provides candidate genes implicated in traits relevant to grapevine cultivation, such as those influencing wine quality, via secondary metabolites, and those connected with the extreme susceptibility of grape to pathogens.

TL;DR: The complete coding sequence and exonic structure of BRCA2 is determined, and its pattern of expression is examined, and a mutational analysis of B RCA2 in families selected on the basis of linkage analysis and/or the presence of one or more cases of male breast cancer is reported.

TL;DR: Findings suggest that MKK4 may function as a suppressor of tumorigenesis or metastasis in certain types of cells.