The Common Bean Genome

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pérez de la Vega, Marcelino (Editor), Santalla, Marta (Editor), Marsolais, Frédéric (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Compendium of Plant Genomes,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Bioinformatics.; Plant breeding.; Life Sciences.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Genetics and Genomics.

This book provides insights into the genetics and the latest advances in genomics research on the common bean, offering a timely overview of topics that are pertinent for future developments in legume genomics. The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important grain legume crop for food...

Table of Contents:

• Common Bean: Economic Importance and Relevance to Biological Science Research
• Botany of the Phaseolus bean crops
• Domestication and Crop History
• Cytogenetics and Comparative Analysis of Phaseolus species
• Genetic mapping and QTL analysis in common bean
• Requirement of Whole-Genome Sequencing
• Common Bean Genomes: Mining New Knowledge of a Major Societal Crop
• Organelle Genomes in Phaseolus Beans and their Use in Evolutionary Studies
• Phytic acid Biosynthesis and Transport in Phaseolus vulgaris: Exploitation of New Genomic Resources
• What is Present at Common Bean Subtelomeres?: Large Resistance Gene Clusters, Knobs and khipu Satellite DNA
• Comparison of Gene Families: Seed Storage and other Seed Proteins
• A Comparison of Phenylpropanoid Pathway Gene Families in Common Bean. Focus on P450 and C4H Genes
• Phylogenomics: the Evolution of Common Bean as Seen from the Perspective of All of its Genes
• Prospects: The Importance of Common Bean as a Model Crop.