Analyses of contiguous reference genomes of Amaranthus tuberculatus highlight the landscape of the sex-associated region and PEBP gene family diversity
Our results provide insight into the evolution of a sex-associated region in a weedy dioecious species, and the diversity of the PEBP protein family in amaranths. The genomic resources from this study will also be valuable for addressing further questions on adaptive trait evolution within the genus as well as questions surrounding dioecy in this and other plant species.
Authors
- Kevin Fengler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0010-2093)
- Patrick J. Tranel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0666-4564)
- Todd A. Gaines (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1485-7665)
- Luan Cutti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2867-7158)
- Sarah Morran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5739-1060)
- Damilola A. Raiyemo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6521-2333)
- Eric L. Patterson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7111-6287)
- Jacob S. Montgomery (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7898-7971)
- Víctor Llaca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4822-2924)
Institutions
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Urbana University (US)
- University of Illinois System (US)
- Corteva (United States) (US)
- Michigan State University (US)
- Colorado State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Genomics
- Published
- 2025-11-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-025-12181-w
- Primary Topic
- Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research
- Corteva Agriscience
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture