title: The big five of the monocot genomes.
abstract: Monocots represent a monophyletic clade of the angiosperms that - based on fossil and molecular records - originated at around the Early Cretaceous from aquatic and wetland ancestors. Among their members are important crops including maize, wheat, rice, sorghum and barley, accounting for the major source for the daily calorie uptake by humans. Reflecting this importance, the partly large and complex genomes of these plants were major targets for ambitious and innovative sequencing projects, which will be discussed in this review article.
authors: Plant Genome and Systems Biology/PGSB, Helmholtz Center Munich - German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
authors: Georg
authors: G
authors: Haberer
authors: Plant Genome and Systems Biology/PGSB, Helmholtz Center Munich - German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany. Electronic address: k.mayer@helmholtz-muenchen.de.
authors: Klaus Fx
authors: KF
authors: Mayer
authors: Plant Genome and Systems Biology/PGSB, Helmholtz Center Munich - German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
authors: Manuel
authors: M
authors: Spannagl
mesh_terms: D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D018745:Genome, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D001467:Hordeum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D012275:Oryza / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D045868:Sorghum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D014908:Triticum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D003313:Zea mays / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology