Patricia M. Guimarães

TL;DR: The genome sequences of its diploid ancestors are reported to show that these genomes are similar to cultivated peanut's A and B subgenomes and used to identify candidate disease resistance genes, to guide tetraploid transcript assemblies and to detect genetic exchange between cultivated peanuts' subgenome.

TL;DR: The genome or at least gene space sequence is expected to be available in near future and this will further accelerate use of biotechnological approaches for peanut improvement.

TL;DR: This is the first microsatellite-based map published for Arachis, and the first map based on sequences that are all currently publicly available, and because most markers used were derived from ESTs and genomic libraries made using methylation-sensitive restriction enzymes, about one-third of the mapped markers are genic.

TL;DR: The Arachis and model legume genomes comparison made here, together with a previously published comparison of Lotus and Medicago, suggests that gene space in Papilionoids may be divided into two broadly defined components: more conserved regions which tend to have low retrotransposon densities and are relatively stable during evolution; and variable regions that tends to have high retrotransposition densities, and whose frequent restructuring may fuel the evolution of some gene families.

TL;DR: The ESTs produced in this study are a valuable resource for gene discovery, the characterization of new wild alleles, and for marker development and are the first report on the analysis of transcriptome of a wild relative of peanut.