@article{d58dec83fcfe416c86a0d34b20778397,
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 = "Data availability: Data supporting the findings of this work are available within the paper and its Supplementary Information files. A reporting summary for this article is available as a Supplementary Information file. The datasets generated and analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author upon request. Genomic reads for the M. sinensis DH1 genome assembly can be found at PRJNA346689, transcriptomic reads at PRJNA575573 and SRP017791. The genome, annotation, transcriptomic, and variation data are available on Phytozome. Source data are provided with this paper. Code availability: All custom scripts used for parsing and analyzing transposable elements, gene families, and gene expression, as described in Supplementary Notes, are available at GitHub [https://github.com/miscanthus-paper/Miscanthus-genome.git] and [https://bitbucket.org/bredeson/artisanal.git]. ",
year = "2020",
month = oct,
day = "28",
doi = "10.1038/s41467-020-18923-6",
language = "English",
volume = "11",
journal = "Nature Communications",
issn = "2041-1723",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
}