James Breen

TL;DR: The shotgun-sequencing of ancient DNA from five specimens of Neanderthal calcified dental plaque is described and the characterization of regional differences in Neanderthal ecology is described, suggesting that meat consumption contributed to substantial variation within Neanderthal microbiota.

TL;DR: The molecular analysis of large contiguous sequences produced from the bread wheat genome provides novel insights into the number, distribution, and density of genes along chromosome 3B and reveals an unexpectedly high amount of noncollinear genes compared to model grass genomes.

TL;DR: The quantitative Htn1 disease resistance in maize is encoded by an unusual innate immune receptor with an extracellular wall-associated kinase domain, highlighting the importance of this protein family in resistance to adapted pathogens.

TL;DR: A cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence (CAPS) marker is developed that is associated with the presence or absence of the Sr2 gene in 115 of 122 diverse wheat lines and provides breeders with a selection tool for one of the most important disease resistance genes of wheat.

TL;DR: A minimum of two strategies are recommended to reduce the impacts of laboratory contaminants within low‐biomass metagenomic studies: (a) extraction blank controls should be included and sequenced with every batch of extractions and (b) the contributions of laboratory contamination should be assessed and reported in each high‐throughput metagenomics study.