Recently, Professor Yin and her team have made another breakthrough, successfully deciphing the first three-dimensional (3D) chromatin organization map of peanuts. Combining the Hi-C analysis, ATAC-seq technology, various tissue expression profile analyses and 3C experiments, they have provided new sights into the chromatin spacial structures characteristics as well as their impact on the peanut plant types. Based on these, the professor Yin and her team have published a paper, entitled Chromatin spatial organization of wild type and mutant peanuts reveals high-resolution genomic architecture and interaction alteration, in Gneome Biology, an outstanding international genomics journal. The study has furthered the understanding of the relation between 3D genome and gene regulation in peanuts, advanced the functional genomics study on peanuts, and provided new ways in theory and technological support for genetic improvement and germplasm creation on peanuts.
Professor Yin of Henan Agricultural University, Professor Rajeev Varshney from International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and Guo Professor Baozhu from United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) were co-authors of the paper. Associate professor Zhang Xingguo of Henan Agricultural University, Professor Manish Pandey from ICRISAT, and Professor Wang Jianping from the University of Florida contributed equally to this work. This study was financially supported by grants from the Key Program of NSFC-Henan United Fund, the Program of Leading Talents of Basic Research in Central Plain, the Program of Expert in Industrial Technology System of Henan Province, and from other programs.
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Edited by Chen Xi Translated by Xing Wenwen Proofread by Ma Xiaoxing Authorized by Zhou Hongfei
