Genetics and Genomics of Brachypodium

1. The Rise of Brachypodium as a Model System
John P. Vogel

2. Phylogeny and Evolution of the Genus Brachypodium

Pilar Catalan, Diana López-Álvarez, Antonio Díaz-Pérez, Rubén Sancho, María Luisa López-Herránz

3. Molecular Cytogenetics in the Genus Brachypodium

Robert Hasterok, Alexander Betekhtin, Natalia Borowska-Zuchowska, Agnieszka Braszewska-Zalewska, Dominika Idziak-Helmcke, Ewa Robaszkiewicz, Elzbieta Wolny

4. The Brachypodium distachyon Reference Genome
Robert VanBuren, Todd C. Mockler

5.
Brachypodium Paleogenomics: From Genome Evolution to Translational Research in Grass Crops
Jérôme Salse

6. Genome Size and the Role of Transposable Elements
Alan H. Schulman

7. Genomic Diversity and Climate Adaptation in Brachypodium

Pip Wilson, Jared Streich, Justin Borevitz

8. The microRNAs of Brachypodium

Karl R. Franke, Pamela J. Green

9. Transformation and T-DNA Mutagenesis
Mon Mandy Hsia, John P. Vogel

10. Chemical and Radiation Mutagenesis: Induction and Detection by Whole Genome Sequencing
Fabienne Granier, Aurélie Lemaire, Yin Wang, Philippe LeBris, Sébastien Antelme, John Vogel, Debbie Laudencia-Chingcuanco, Richard Sibout

11. Library Resources: BACs, ESTs, Full-Length cDNAs, and Y2H
Keiichi Mochida, Kazuo Shinozaki

12.
Brachypodium distachyon Genetic Resources
David F. Garvin

13.
Brachypodium distachyon as a Model Species to Understand Grass Cell Walls
Joshua H. Coomey, Samuel P. Hazen

14. Brachypodium Seed: A Potential Model for Studying Grain Development of Cereal Crops
Jiajie Wu, Roger Thilmony, Yong Gu

15. The Brachypodium distachyon Root System: A Tractable Model to Investigate Grass Roots
Christian S. Hardtke, David Pacheco-Villalobos

16. Dissecting the Control of Flowering Time in Grasses Using Brachypodium distachyon

Daniel P. Woods, Richard M. Amasino

17. Brachypodium as a Model for Grass and Cereal Diseases
Luis A. J. Mur, Valentina Mazzamurro, Nicola Pecchioni

18.
Brachypodium and the Abiotic Environment
David L. Des Marais, Thomas E. Juenger

19. The Genus Brachypodium as a Model for Perenniality and Polyploidy
Sean P. Gordon, Lifeng Liu, John P. Vogel

20. Brachypodium as an Arabidopsis for the Grasses: Are We There Yet?
Christopher W. P. Lyons, Karen-Beth G. Scholthof

Keywords: Life Sciences, Plant Genetics & Genomics, Plant Biochemistry, Plant Anatomy/Development, Plant Physiology