Jian Hou

TL;DR: A co-dominant marker was developed, TaSus2-2Btgw, which amplified 423 or 381-bp fragments in different wheat accessions and suggested that the two haplotypes were significantly associated with 1,000 grain weight (TGW) in 89 modern wheat varieties in the Chinese mini-core collection.

TL;DR: This work shows that the endosperm starch synthesis pathway is a major target of indirect selection in global wheat breeding for higher yield and genetic-effect differences between haplotypes at the same locus influence the selection time and intensity.

TL;DR: Wheat anther-specific invertase genes were haplotyped in wheat and genetic diversity of TaCWI genes on chromosomes 4A and 5D declined dramatically in progression from the diploid level to modern polyploid cultivars.

TL;DR: Re-sequencing of elite cultivars from the historical series of wheat breeding in China demonstrates the impact of " founder genotypes" on the output of breeding efforts over multiple decades, and suggests "founder genotype" perspectives are in fact more dynamic when applied in the context of modern genomics-informed breeding.

TL;DR: Genetic effects, expression patterns and historic changes of haplotypes at three homoeologous genes of TaGW2 influencing yield were dissected in wheat cultivars and revealed thatTaGW2-6A underwent the highest expression and diversity of the three genes was negatively correlated with their effect on TKW.