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Garvin, David |
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Submitted to: Book Chapter
Publication Type: Book / Chapter Publication Acceptance Date: 8/29/2015 Publication Date: 10/2/2015 Citation: Garvin, D.F. 2015. Brachypodium distachyon genetic resources. In: Vogel J.P. editor. Genetics and Genomics of Brachypodium. Springer International: Gewerbestrasse, Switzerland. p. 183-195. Interpretive Summary: Technical Abstract: Brachypodium distachyon is a well-established model species for the grass family Poaceae. It possesses an array of features that make it suited for this purpose, including a small sequenced genome, simple transformation methods, and additional functional genomics tools. However, the most critical tool for any model species is an accumulation of genetic resources that can be exploited to explore the genetic and molecular basis of traits of interest that exhibit natural variation. The recent emergence of Brachypodium as a model species has led to an inversion in the normal progression of resource development, with genome resource development emerging faster than genetic resource development for Brachypodium. During the last several years, the scientific community has been collecting new Brachypodium germplasm and releasing freely available inbred lines from many regions of Europe. These resources will be critical for Brachypodium research. Despite having small flowers, crossing methods have been developed for Brachypodium, and this has led to the development of segregating populations that have been, and will continue to be, important resources for mapping and isolating genes of interest. This chapter provides a history of Brachypodium genetic resource development. |
