@article{5a27fd7820ae46748564acbad58f77f1,
title = "Genome biology of the paleotetraploid perennial biomass crop Miscanthus",
abstract = "Miscanthus is a perennial wild grass that is of global importance for paper production, roofing, horticultural plantings, and an emerging highly productive temperate biomass crop. We report a chromosome-scale assembly of the paleotetraploid M. sinensis genome, providing a resource for Miscanthus that links its chromosomes to the related diploid Sorghum and complex polyploid sugarcanes. The asymmetric distribution of transposons across the two homoeologous subgenomes proves Miscanthus paleo-allotetraploidy and identifies several balanced reciprocal homoeologous exchanges. Analysis of M. sinensis and M. sacchariflorus populations demonstrates extensive interspecific admixture and hybridization, and documents the origin of the highly productive triploid bioenergy crop M. × giganteus. Transcriptional profiling of leaves, stem, and rhizomes over growing seasons provides insight into rhizome development and nutrient recycling, processes critical for sustainable biomass accumulation in a perennial temperate grass. The Miscanthus genome expands the power of comparative genomics to understand traits of importance to Andropogoneae grasses.",
author = "Therese Mitros and Session, {Adam M.} and James, {Brandon T.} and Wu, {Guohong Albert} and Belaffif, {Mohammad B.} and Clark, {Lindsay V.} and Shengqiang Shu and Hongxu Dong and Adam Barling and Holmes, {Jessica R.} and Mattick, {Jessica E.} and Bredeson, {Jessen V.} and Siyao Liu and Kerrie Farrar and Katarzyna G{\l}owacka and Stanis{\l}aw Je{\.z}owski and Kerrie Barry and Chae, {Won Byoung} and Juvik, {John A.} and Justin Gifford and Adebosola Oladeinde and Toshihiko Yamada and Jane Grimwood and Putnam, {Nicholas H.} and {De Vega}, Jose and Susanne Barth and Manfred Klaas and Trevor Hodkinson and Laigeng Li and Xiaoli Jin and Junhua Peng and Yu, {Chang Yeon} and Kweon Heo and Yoo, {Ji Hye} and Ghimire, {Bimal Kumar} and Donnison, {Iain S.} and Jeremy Schmutz and Hudson, {Matthew E.} and Sacks, {Erik J.} and Moose, {Stephen P.} and Kankshita Swaminathan and Rokhsar, {Daniel S.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the Energy Biosciences Institute and the DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, which is supported by the U.S. Funding Information: Department of Energy, Office of Science, and Office of Biological and Environmental Research under Award Number DE-SC0018420. The work conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, a DOE Office of Science User Facility, is supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. The collection of the M. sinensis and M. sacchariflorus accessions and RAD-seq work was supported by EU FP7 KBBE.2011.3.1-02, Grant Number 289461 (GrassMargins) and the DOE Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER), Grant Numbers DE-SC0006634 and DESC0012379. The generation of the tetraploid M. sacchariflorus whole-genome sequence data was funded by the BBSRC Core Strategic Programme in Resilient Crops: Miscanthus, award number BBS/E/W/0012843A. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Energy. DSR is grateful for support from the Chan-Zuckerberg BioHub and the Marthella Foskett Brown family. We thank Alvaro Hernandez and the University of Illinois Keck Center for Illumina RNA sequencing. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020, The Author(s).",
year = "2020",
month = dec,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1038/s41467-020-18923-6",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "11",
journal = "Nature Communications",
issn = "2041-1723",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
number = "1",
}