A catalogue of recombination coldspots in interspecific tomato hybrids.

Increasing natural resistance and resilience in plants is key for ensuring food security within a changing climate. Breeders improve these traits by crossing cultivars with their wild relatives and introgressing specific alleles through meiotic recombination. However, some genomic regions are devoid of recombination especially in crosses between divergent genomes, limiting the combinations of desirable alleles.

A comparison of three different delivery methods for achieving CRISPR/Cas9 mediated genome editing in L.

Root chicory ( L. var. ) is used to extract inulin, a fructose polymer used as a natural sweetener and prebiotic.

Genome Showcases the Potential of Linked-Read Sequencing in Identifying a Putative Gene.

is an ectoparasitoid of a wide range of larval-stage Lepidopterans, including several pests of important crops, such as the corn borer, . It is also one of the earliest documented cases of complementary sex determination in Hymenoptera. Here, we present the linked-read-based genome of , complete with an ab initio-derived annotation and protein comparisons with fellow braconids, and .

Meiotic recombination profiling of interspecific hybrid F1 tomato pollen by linked read sequencing.

Genome wide screening of pooled pollen samples from a single interspecific F1 hybrid obtained from a cross between tomato, Solanum lycopersicum and its wild relative, Solanum pimpinellifolium using linked read sequencing of the haploid nuclei, allowed profiling of the crossover (CO) and gene conversion (GC) landscape. We observed a striking overlap between cold regions of CO in the male gametes and our previously established F6 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) population. COs were overrepresented in non-coding regions in the gene promoter and 5'UTR regions of genes.

Sensitivity of juvenile Macomona liliana (bivalvia) to UV-photoactivated fluoranthene toxicity.

This study assessed the sensitivity of Macomona liliana (bivalvia, tellinacea) to UV-photoactivated fluoranthene toxicity. Juvenile clams (0.5-2.