Simone L. Macmil

TL;DR: The draft sequence of the M. truncatula genome sequence is described, a close relative of alfalfa (Medicago sativa), a widely cultivated crop with limited genomics tools and complex autotetraploid genetics, which provides significant opportunities to expand al falfa’s genomic toolbox.

TL;DR: Herbivorous insects use detoxification enzymes, including cytochrome P450 monooxygenases, glutathione S‐transferases, and carboxy/cholinesterases, to metabolize otherwise deleterious plant secondary metabolites to feed on plants.

TL;DR: A less-fragmented assembly on the basis of scaffold-joining guided by paired-end EST and bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) sequences, and BAC chromosomal in situ hybridization data is prepared and a greatly improved global gene model set strictly correlated with the extensive currently available EST data is presented.

TL;DR: The comparable gene density between sugarcane BACs and corresponding sorghum sequences defied the notion that polyploidy species might have faster pace of gene loss due to the redundancy of multiple alleles at each locus, and can be used as a template for assembling much of the genic DNA of the autopolyploid Sugarcane genome.

TL;DR: Findings indicate that M. truncatula and possibly other related legumes have complex mechanisms of gene regulation involving specific and common small RNAs operating post-transcriptionally.