Oranges are an important nutritional source for human health and have immense economic
value. Here we present a comprehensive analysis of the draft genome of sweet orange …

Introduction Darwin famously characterized the rapid rise and early diversification of
flowering plants (angiosperms) in the fossil record as an “abominable mystery.” Identifying …

Introduction An understanding of ctenophore biology is critical for reconstructing events that
occurred early in animal evolution. The phylogenetic relationship of ctenophores (comb …

Cicer arietinum L.(chickpea) is the third most important food legume crop. We have
generated the draft sequence of a desi‐type chickpea genome using next‐generation …

Background The small ruminant parasite Haemonchus contortus is the most widely used
parasitic nematode in drug discovery, vaccine development and anthelmintic resistance …

Hemibiotrophic fungal plant pathogens represent a group of agronomically significant
disease‐causing agents that grow first on living tissue and then cause host death in later …

To reconstruct the evolutionary origin of multicellular animals from their unicellular
ancestors, the genome sequences of diverse unicellular relatives are essential. However …

Sexual recombination drives genetic diversity in eukaryotic genomes and fosters adaptation
to novel environmental challenges. Although strictly asexual microorganisms are often …

Background Hevea brasiliensis, a member of the Euphorbiaceae family, is the major
commercial source of natural rubber (NR). NR is a latex polymer with high elasticity …

Background Metazoan multicellularity is rooted in mechanisms of cell adhesion, signaling,
and differentiation that first evolved in the progenitors of metazoans. To reconstruct the …