Bamboo occupies an important phylogenetic node in the grass family and plays a significant role in the forest industry.We produced 1.2 Mb of tetraploid moso bamboo （Phyllostachys pubescens E.Mazel ex H.de Leh.） sequ...Bamboo occupies an important phylogenetic node in the grass family and plays a significant role in the forest industry.We produced 1.2 Mb of tetraploid moso bamboo （Phyllostachys pubescens E.Mazel ex H.de Leh.） sequences from 13 bacterial artificial chromosome （BAC） clones,and these are the largest genomic sequences available so far from the subfamily Bambusoideae.The content of repetitive elements （36.2%） in bamboo is similar to that in rice.Both rice and sorghum exhibit high genomic synteny with bamboo,which suggests that rice and sorghum may be useful as models for decoding Bambusoideae genomes.展开更多
基金supported by the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of China to Fan
文摘Bamboo occupies an important phylogenetic node in the grass family and plays a significant role in the forest industry.We produced 1.2 Mb of tetraploid moso bamboo （Phyllostachys pubescens E.Mazel ex H.de Leh.） sequences from 13 bacterial artificial chromosome （BAC） clones,and these are the largest genomic sequences available so far from the subfamily Bambusoideae.The content of repetitive elements （36.2%） in bamboo is similar to that in rice.Both rice and sorghum exhibit high genomic synteny with bamboo,which suggests that rice and sorghum may be useful as models for decoding Bambusoideae genomes.
