Plant Comparative and Functional Genomics

نویسندگان

Xiaohan Yang

Jim Leebens-Mack

Feng Chen

Yanbin Yin

چکیده

Plants form the foundation for our global ecosystem and are essential for environmental and human health. With an increasing number of available plant genomes and tractable experimental systems, comparative and functional plant genomics research is greatly expanding our knowledge of the molecular basis of economically and nutritionally important traits in crop plants. Inferences drawn from comparative genomics are motivating experimental investigations of gene function and gene interactions. This special issue aims to highlight recent advances made in comparative and functional genomics research in plants. Nine original research articles in this special issue cover five important topics: (1) transcription factor gene families relevant to abiotic stress tolerance; (2) plant secondary metabolism; (3) transcriptomebased markers for quantitative trait locus; (4) epigenetic modifications in plant-microbe interactions; and (5) computational prediction of protein-protein interactions. The plant species studied in these articles include model species as well as nonmodel plant species of economic importance (e.g., food crops and medicinal plants).

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