TY - JOUR
T1 - Brachypodium distachyon: making hay with a wild grass
AU - Opanowicz, Magdalena
AU - Vain, Philippe
AU - Draper, John H.
AU - Parker, David
AU - Doonan, John H.
N1 - Opanowicz, M., Vain, P., Draper, J., Parker, D., Doonan, J. H. (2008). Brachypodium distachyon: making hay with a wild grass. Trends in Plant Science, 13, (4), 172-177.
IMPF: 09.21 RONO: 00
Sponsorship: BBSRC
PY - 2008/4/1
Y1 - 2008/4/1
N2 - Brachypodium distachyon is a wild grass with a short life cycle. Although it is related to small grain cereals such as wheat, its genome is only a fraction of the size. A draft genome sequence is currently available, and molecular and genetic tools have been developed for transformation, mutagenesis and gene mapping. Accessions collected from across its ancestral range show a surprising degree of phenotypic variation in many traits, including those implicated in domestication of the cereals. Thus, given its rapid cycling time and ease of cultivation, Brachypodium will be a useful model for investigating problems in grass biology.
AB - Brachypodium distachyon is a wild grass with a short life cycle. Although it is related to small grain cereals such as wheat, its genome is only a fraction of the size. A draft genome sequence is currently available, and molecular and genetic tools have been developed for transformation, mutagenesis and gene mapping. Accessions collected from across its ancestral range show a surprising degree of phenotypic variation in many traits, including those implicated in domestication of the cereals. Thus, given its rapid cycling time and ease of cultivation, Brachypodium will be a useful model for investigating problems in grass biology.
U2 - 10.1016/j.tplants.2008.01.007
DO - 10.1016/j.tplants.2008.01.007
M3 - Article
SN - 1360-1385
VL - 13
SP - 172
EP - 177
JO - Trends in Plant Science
JF - Trends in Plant Science
IS - 4
ER -