Lifang Zhang

TL;DR: The sequence of the maize genome reveals it to be the most complex genome known to date and the correlation of methylation-poor regions with Mu transposon insertions and recombination and how uneven gene losses between duplicated regions were involved in returning an ancient allotetraploid to a genetically diploid state is reported.

TL;DR: An initial analysis of the ∼730-megabase Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench genome is presented, placing ∼98% of genes in their chromosomal context using whole-genome shotgun sequence validated by genetic, physical and syntenic information.

TL;DR: A protein–DNA network is presented between Arabidopsis thaliana transcription factors and secondary cell wall metabolic genes with gene expression regulated by a series of feed-forward loops to develop and validate new hypotheses about secondary wall gene regulation under abiotic stress.

TL;DR: Salt-responsive miRNAs are involved in the regulation of metabolic, morphological and physiological adaptations of maize seedlings at the post-transcriptional level and might explain the distinct salt sensitivities between maize lines.

TL;DR: A genome-wide survey of maize miRNA genes was conducted, characterizing their structure, expression, and evolution, and it was found that, like protein-coding genes, duplicated miRNAs underwent extensive gene-loss, with ∼35% of ancestral sites retained as duplicate homoeologous mi RNA genes.