The transcriptional landscape of polyploid wheat
Authors: Ramírez-González R. H. , Borrill P. , Lang D. , Harrington S. A. , Brinton J. , Venturini L. , Davey M. , Jacobs J. , van Ex F. , Pasha A. , Khedikar Y. , Robinson S. J. , Cory A. T. , Florio T. , Concia L. , Juery C. , Schoonbeek H. , Steuernagel B. , Xiang D. , Ridout C. J. , Chalhoub B. , Mayer K. F. X. , Benhamed M. , Latrasse D. , Bendahmane A. ,   International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium, Wulff B. B. H. , Appels R. , Tiwari V. , Datla R. , Choulet F. , Pozniak C. J. , Provart N. J. , Sharpe A. G. , Paux E. , Spannagl M. , Bräutigam A. , Uauy C. , Korol Abraham , Sharpe Andrew G. , Juhász Angéla , Rohde Antje , Bellec Arnaud , Distelfeld Assaf , Akpinar Bala Ani , Keller Beat , Darrier Benoit , Gill Bikram , Chalhoub Boulos , Steuernagel Burkhard , Feuillet Catherine , Chaudhary Chanderkant , Uauy Cristobal , Pozniak Curtis , Ormanbekova Danara , Xiang Daoquan , Latrasse David , Swarbreck David , Barabaschi Delfina , Raats Dina , Sergeeva Ekaterina , Salina Elena , Paux Etienne , Cattonaro Federica , Choulet Frédéric , Kobayashi Fuminori , Keeble-Gagnere Gabriel , Kaur Gaganpreet , Muehlbauer Gary , Kettleborough George , Yu Guotai , Šimková Hana , Gundlach Heidrun , Berges Hélène , Rimbert Hélène , Budak Hikmet , Handa Hirokazu , Small Ian , Bartoš Jan , Rogers Jane , Doležel Jaroslav , Keilwagen Jens , Poland Jesse , Melonek Joanna , Jacobs John , Wright Jon , Jones Jonathan D. G. , Gutierrez-Gonzalez Juan , Eversole Kellye , Nilsen Kirby , Mayer Klaus F.X. , Kanyuka Kostya , Singh Kuldeep , Gao Liangliang , Concia Lorenzo , Venturini Luca , Cattivelli Luigi , Spannagl Manuel , Mascher Martin , Hayden Matthew , Abrouk Michael , Alaux Michael , Luo Mingcheng , Valárik Miroslav , Benhamed Moussa , Singh Nagendra K. , Sharma Naveen , Guilhot Nicolas , Ravin Nikolai , Stein Nils , Olsen Odd-Arne , Gupta Om Prakash , Khurana Paramjit , Chhuneja Parveen , Bayer Philipp E. , Borrill Philippa , Leroy Philippe , Rigault Philippe , Sourdille Pierre , Hernandez Pilar , Flores Raphael , Ramirez-Gonzalez Ricardo H. , King Robert , Knox Ron , Appels Rudi , Zhou Ruonan , Walkowiak Sean , Galvez Sergio , Biyiklioglu Sezgi , Nasuda Shuhei , Sandve Simen , Chalabi Smahane , Weining Song , Sehgal Sunish , Jindal Suruchi , Belova Tatiana , Letellier Thomas , Wicker Thomas , Tanaka Tsuyoshi , Fahima Tzion , Barbe Valérie , Tiwari Vijay , Kumar Vinod , Tan Yifang 
Published: August 2018

Insights from the annotated wheat genome

Wheat is one of the major sources of food for much of the world. However, because bread wheat's genome is a large hybrid mix of three separate subgenomes, it has been difficult to produce a high-quality reference sequence. Using recent advances in sequencing, the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium presents an annotated reference genome with a detailed analysis of gene content among subgenomes and the structural organization for all the chromosomes. Examples of quantitative trait mapping and CRISPR-based genome modification show the potential for using this genome in agricultural research and breeding. Ramírez-Gonzálezet al.exploited the fruits of this endeavor to identify tissue-specific biased gene expression and coexpression networks during development and exposure to stress. These resources will accelerate our understanding of the genetic basis of bread wheat.

Science, this issue p.eaar7191; see also p.eaar6089