The pan-genome of a species is defined as the union of all the genes and non-coding
sequences found in all its individuals. However, constructing a pan-genome for plants with …

Through the local selection of landraces, humans have guided the adaptation of crops to a
vast range of climatic and ecological conditions. This is particularly true of maize, which was …

Amborella trichopoda (Amborellaceae) is the single living sister species of all other extant
flowering plants and only occurs in rain forest habitats on the remote island of New …

Discoveries of adaptive gene knockouts and widespread losses of complete genes have in
recent years led to a major rethink of the early view that loss-of-function alleles are almost …

Background There are significant limitations in existing methods for the genome-wide
identification of genes whose expression patterns affect traits. Results The transcriptomes of …

Specialized metabolites not only play important roles in biotic and abiotic stress adaptation
of tea plants (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) but also contribute to the unique flavor of tea …

Meeting the needs of a growing world population in the face of imminent climate change is a
challenge; breeding of vegetable and oilseed Brassica crops is part of the race in meeting …

Although the reference genome of Solanum tuberosum Group Phureja double-monoploid
(DM) clone is available, knowledge on the genetic diversity of the highly heterozygous …

Background It has become clear in recent years that many genes in a given species may not
be found in a single genotype thus using sequences from a single genotype as reference …

Background Genomic prediction (GP) based on single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) has
become a broadly used tool to increase the gain of selection in plant breeding. However …