Genetics and Genomics of Brachypodium

The Rise of Brachypodium as a Model System. - Phylogeny and Evolution of the Genus Brachypodium.- MolecularCytogenetics in the Genus Brachypodium.- The Brachypodium distachyon ReferenceGenome.- Brachypodium Paleogenomics:From Genome Evolution to Translational Research in Grass Crops.  Genome Size and the Role of Transposable Elements.- Genomic Diversity and ClimateAdaptation in Brachypodium.-The microRNAs of Brachypodium.- Transformation and T-DNAMutagenesis.- Mutagenesis: Chemical, Radiation, TILLING.- Library Resources:BACs, ESTs, Full-Length cDNAs, and Y2H.- Brachypodiumdistachyon Genetic Resources.- Brachypodiumdistachyon as a Model Species to Understand Grass Cell Walls.- BrachypodiumSeed: A Potential Model for Studying Grain Development of Cereal Crops.- The Brachypodium distachyon Root System: A TractableModel to Investigate Grass Roots.- Dissecting the Control of Flowering Time inGrasses Using Brachypodium distachyon.  Brachypodium as a model for Grass and CerealDiseases.- Brachypodium  and the AbioticEnvironment.- The Genus Brachypodium as a Model for Polyploidy and Perenniality.- Brachypodiumas an Arabidopsis for the Grasses: Are We There Yet?.