Aug 2026
Genomes of Poaceae relatives reveal key metabolic innovations preceding the evolution of grasses.
The grass family (Poaceae) has immense economic and ecological importance and exhibits distinctive metabolic traits, including dual starch and lignin biosynthetic pathways. We sequenced the genomes of Pharus, Joinvillea, Ecdeiocolea, and Typha species to investigate when and how these metabolic innovations evolved rela...
Yuri Takeda-Kimura, Bethany Moore, Samuel Holden et al.
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