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Sep 2026
A High-Quality Genome Assembly of Johnsongrass Illuminates Relationships Between Polyploidization, Crop-Wild Hybridization, and Reproductive Biology
Abstract Johnsongrass [Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.] is an allopolyploid, rhizomatous, perennial grass species and one of the most troublesome weeds in global agriculture. We assembled the first Johnsongrass genome to clarify poorly understood genetic factors influencing variable rates of crop-wild hybridization with c...
Melinda K. Yerka, Julia N. Wright, David Alvarez-Ponce et al.
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