Genetics and Genomics of Pineapple

Dr. Ray Ming is a professor in the department of plant biology at the  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA. His research interests include studying sex chromosomes and sex determination in papaya, the origin and evolution of CAM photosynthesis in pineapple, and genome evolution in autopolyploid sugarcane.

• Preface.- Introduction.- Origin and Domestication of Pineapple.- Biology of the Pineapple Plant.- The Phylogeny of the Family Bromeliaceae.- Genetic Diversity of Pineapple.- Molecular Genetic Map of Pineapple.- Genetic Transformation of Pineapple.- A Brief History of Pineapple Improvement.- Sequencing and Assembly of the F153 Pineapple Genome.- The Draft Genome of MD-2 Pineapple.- Comparative Genomics of Pineapple and Other Angiosperm Genomes.- Pineapple Repeat Database.- Identification of microRNA, phasiRNAs, and Their Targets in Pineapple.- Comparative Analysis of Transcription Factors in Pineapple.- Alternative Splicing Landscape in Pineapple.- Analysis of Genes Encoding Proteolytic Enzymes in Pineapple.- Genomics of Pineapple Disease Resistance Genes.- Carbon Flux and Carbohydrate Gene Families in Pineapple.- Pineapple DB: An Online Pineapple Bioinformatics Resource.- Molecular Markersin Pineapple.- Genomics of the Pineapple Systeine Protease Family Bromelain.- Gametophyte Self-incompatibility in Pineapple.- Circadian Clock Cis-elements in the Evolution of CAM Photosynthesis.- Genomic Relationships, Diversity, and Ancestry of Ananas taxa.- Index.