Compact genomes and complex evolution in the genus Brachypodium

Biogeography of the grasses (Poaceae): a phylogenetic approach to reveal evolutionary history in geographical space and geological time

(2010) YANIS BOUCHENAK-KHELLADI et al.   BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Did gene family expansions during the Eocene-Oligocene boundary climate cooling play a role in Pooideae adaptation to cool climates?

(2010) SIMEN RØD SANDVE et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Genome sequencing and analysis of the model grass Brachypodium distachyon

(2010) John P. Vogel et al.   NATURE

Arabidopsis and relatives as models for the study of genetic and genomic incompatibilities

(2010) K. Bomblies et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

An Integrated Physical, Genetic and Cytogenetic Map of Brachypodium distachyon, a Model System for Grass Research

(2010) Melanie Febrer et al.   PLoS One

Comparative cytogenetic analysis of the genomes of the model grass Brachypodium distachyon and its close relatives

(2009) Elzbieta Wolny et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Sixty Million Years in Evolution of Soft Grain Trait in Grasses: Emergence of the Softness Locus in the Common Ancestor of Pooideae and Ehrhartoideae, after their Divergence from Panicoideae

(2009) M. Charles et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Does hybridization between divergent progenitors drive whole-genome duplication?

(2009) RICHARD J. A. BUGGS et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Multiple patterns of rDNA evolution following polyploidy in Oryza

(2009) Ying Bao et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Hybrid speciation in angiosperms: parental divergence drives ploidy

(2009) Ovidiu Paun et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Identification and molecular characterization of a Brachypodium distachyon GIGANTEA gene: functional conservation in monocot and dicot plants

(2009) Shin-Young Hong et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Genome comparisons reveal a dominant mechanism of chromosome number reduction in grasses and accelerated genome evolution in Triticeae

(2009) M. C. Luo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gene tree discordance, phylogenetic inference and the multispecies coalescent

(2009) James H. Degnan et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Evolution of rDNA in Nicotiana Allopolyploids: A Potential Link between rDNA Homogenization and Epigenetics

(2008) A. Kovarik et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Revisiting the Impact of Inversions in Evolution: From Population Genetic Markers to Drivers of Adaptive Shifts and Speciation?

(2008) Ary A. Hoffmann et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

MEGA: A biologist-centric software for evolutionary analysis of DNA and protein sequences

(2008) S. Kumar et al.   BRIEFINGS IN BIOINFORMATICS

Structure–function analysis of the barley genome: the gene-rich region of chromosome 2HL

(2008) Andrew Chen et al.   FUNCTIONAL & INTEGRATIVE GENOMICS

Micro-colinearity between rice, Brachypodium, and Triticum monococcum at the wheat domestication locus Q

(2008) Justin D. Faris et al.   FUNCTIONAL & INTEGRATIVE GENOMICS

The age of the grasses and clusters of origins of C4photosynthesis

(2008) ALBERTO VICENTINI et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Chromosomal Phylogeny and Karyotype Evolution in x=7 Crucifer Species (Brassicaceae)

(2008) T. Mandakova et al.   PLANT CELL

Identification and Characterization of Shared Duplications between Rice and Wheat Provide New Insight into Grass Genome Evolution

(2008) J. Salse et al.   PLANT CELL

Rapid Chromosome Evolution in Recently Formed Polyploids in Tragopogon (Asteraceae)

(2008) K. Yoong Lim et al.   PLoS One

Brachypodium distachyon: making hay with a wild grass

(2008) Magdalena Opanowicz et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE