Publications by authors named "J Wendel"

Background: Plant mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) exhibit extensive structural variation yet extremely low nucleotide mutation rates, phenomena that remain only partially understood. The genus Gossypium, a globally important source of cotton, offers a wealth of long-read sequencing resources to explore mitogenome and plastome variation and dynamics accompanying the evolutionary divergence of its approximately 50 diploid and allopolyploid species.

Results: Here, we assembled 19 mitogenomes from Gossypium species, representing all genome groups (diploids A through G, K, and the allopolyploids AD) based on a uniformly applied strategy.

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  • The study investigates CP symmetry violation in the decay of D^{+} particles into K^{-}K^{+}π^{+} using data from proton-proton collisions at a high energy of 13 TeV.
  • A unique model-independent method was employed to analyze the phase-space distributions of D^{+} and D^{-} particles, correcting for any instrumental biases using D_{s}^{+} decays.
  • The findings indicate no significant evidence of CP violation, with a p value of 8.1%, and measure specific CP asymmetry observables, marking this study as the most sensitive search of its kind in multibody decays.
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  • The BETTER-CARE study is investigating a personalized follow-up care system for breast cancer patients in Germany, focusing on individual needs and risks of long-term therapy side effects.
  • It is a cluster-randomized controlled trial involving 30 centers aiming to recruit 1,140 patients, with the primary goal of improving health-related quality of life.
  • The pilot phase showed that the approach is feasible, and if successful, it could become a part of routine care in Germany.
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  • Polyploidy plays a significant role in speciation and evolution, but its impact on genetic traits in diploid and polyploid organisms is not fully understood.
  • This study creates detailed pan-genomes for diploid and allotetraploid cotton species, revealing genetic borrowings from wild relatives into modern cultivars and identifying genetic variations between them.
  • The research uncovers key genetic loci associated with fiber quality traits and provides a framework for exploring genetic regulation and evolution of desirable characteristics in plants.
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Cotton fiber is the most valuable naturally available material for the textile industry and the fiber length and strength are key determinants of its quality. Dynamic changes in the pectin, xyloglucan, xylan, and cellulose polysaccharide epitope content during fiber growth contribute to complex remodeling of fiber cell wall (CW) and quality. Detailed knowledge about polysaccharide compositional and structural alteration in the fiber during fiber elongation and strengthening is important to understand the molecular dynamics of fiber development and improve its quality.

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