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Christopher J. Grassa

UBC Michael Smith Labs; Harvard OEB HUH
Verified email at biodiversity.ubc.ca
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[HTML][HTML] The sunflower genome provides insights into oil metabolism, flowering and Asterid evolution

H Badouin, J Gouzy, CJ Grassa, F Murat, SE Staton… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The domesticated sunflower, Helianthus annuus L., is a global oil crop that has promise for
climate change adaptation, because it can maintain stable yields across a wide variety of …

The genome of flax (Linum usitatissimum) assembled de novo from short shotgun sequence reads

…, G Lambert, DW Galbraith, CJ Grassa… - The Plant …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Flax (Linum usitatissimum) is an ancient crop that is widely cultivated as a source of fiber, oil
and medicinally relevant compounds. To accelerate crop improvement, we performed whole…

[HTML][HTML] Genomic islands of divergence are not affected by geography of speciation in sunflowers

S Renaut, CJ Grassa, S Yeaman, BT Moyers… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Genomic studies of speciation often report the presence of highly differentiated genomic
regions interspersed within a milieu of weakly diverged loci. The formation of these speciation …

Digitization and the future of natural history collections

…, JM Heberling, EK Meineke, KG Turner, CJ Grassa… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Natural history collections (NHCs) are the foundation of historical baselines for assessing
anthropogenic impacts on biodiversity. Along these lines, the online mobilization of specimens …

Sunflower pan-genome analysis shows that hybridization altered gene content and disease resistance

…, E Ziegler, JS Lee, GJ Baute, GL Owens, CJ Grassa… - Nature plants, 2019 - nature.com
Domesticated plants and animals often display dramatic responses to selection, but the
origins of the genetic diversity underlying these responses remain poorly understood. Despite …

A new Cannabis genome assembly associates elevated cannabidiol (CBD) with hemp introgressed into marijuana

CJ Grassa, GD Weiblen, JP Wenger, C Dabney… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Demand for cannabidiol (CBD), the predominant cannabinoid in hemp (Cannabis sativa),
has favored cultivars producing unprecedented quantities of CBD. We investigated the …

A 34K SNP genotyping array for Populus trichocarpa: Design, application to the study of natural populations and transferability to other Populus species

…, LE Gunter, AM Wymore, CJ Grassa… - Molecular Ecology …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic mapping of quantitative traits requires genotypic data for large numbers of markers
in many individuals. For such studies, the use of large single nucleotide polymorphism ( SNP …

LANDSCAPE GENOMICS OF POPULUS TRICHOCARPA: THE ROLE OF HYBRIDIZATION, LIMITED GENE FLOW, AND NATURAL SELECTION IN SHAPING …

A Geraldes, N Farzaneh, CJ Grassa, AD McKown… - …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Populus trichocarpa is an ecologically important tree across western North America. We
used a large population sample of 498 accessions over a wide geographical area genotyped …

An evaluation of alternative explanations for widespread cytonuclear discordance in annual sunflowers (Helianthus)

JA Lee‐Yaw, CJ Grassa, S Joly, RL Andrew… - New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Cytonuclear discordance is commonly observed in phylogenetic studies, yet few studies have
tested whether these patterns reflect incomplete lineage sorting or organellar introgression…

A complete Cannabis chromosome assembly and adaptive admixture for elevated cannabidiol (CBD) content

CJ Grassa, JP Wenger, C Dabney, SG Poplawski… - BioRxiv, 2018 - biorxiv.org
Grassa, Jonathan P. Wenger, Clemon Dabney, Shane G. Poplawski, S. … Michael, CJ
Schwartz, George D. Weiblen …