Minghui Wang

TL;DR: The HetMappS pipeline could have wide application for genetic mapping in highly heterozygous species, and its modularity provides opportunities to adapt portions of the pipeline to other family types, genotyping technologies or applications.

TL;DR: A novel practical strategy with a semi-automated pipeline that incorporates trait-associated single nucleotide polymorphism marker discovery, low-cost genotyping through amplicon sequencing (AmpSeq) and decision making is developed.

TL;DR: A new set of genes associated with light reaction, starch and sucrose metabolism, metabolites transportation, as well as transcription regulation, were identified as involved in C4 photosynthesis, providing important insights into the differential gene regulation between C3 and C4 species.

TL;DR: A comparative transcriptomic analysis was performed on a series of developmental cassava leaves under both full sunlight and natural shade conditions to improve the understanding of molecular mechanisms of shade response, and shed light on pathways associated with shade-avoidance syndrome for cassava improvement.

TL;DR: The results portray a progression from innate immune gene expression predominance early in life to adaptiveimmune gene expression increasing with age with a putative overlay of immune suppressing genes in the neonatal phase to provide insight to the unique attributes of the equine neonatal and young immune system.