Expression profiles of cell-wall related genes vary broadly between two common maize inbreds during stem development.
Bryan W PenningTânia M ShigaJohn F KlimekPhillip J SanMiguelJacob ShreveJyothi ThimmapuramRobert W SykesMark F DavisMaureen C McCannNicholas C CarpitaPublished in: BMC genomics (2019)
Large genetic variation in maize as a species precludes the extrapolation of cell wall-related gene expression networks even from one common inbred line to another. Elucidation of genotype-specific expression patterns and their regulatory controls will be needed for association panels of inbreds and landraces to fully exploit genetic variation in maize and other bioenergy grass species.