Current global agricultural production must feed over 7 billion people. However, productivity
varies greatly across the globe and is under threat from both increased competitions for land …

Soybean is one of the most important oilseed and fodder crops. Benefiting from the efforts of
soybean breeders and the development of breeding technology, large number of …

Cancer initiation and proliferation is regulated by both epigenetic and genetic events with
epigenetic modifications being increasingly identified as important targets for cancer …

Background The growing wealth of knowledge on whole-plant genome sequences is
highlighting the key role of transposable elements (TEs) in plant evolution, as a driver of …

Transposable elements (TEs) comprise a major portion of many plant genomes and bursts
of TE movements cause novel genomic variation within species. In order to maintain proper …

Members of the plant family Leguminosae (Fabaceae) are unique in that they have evolved
a symbiotic relationship with rhizobia (a group of soil bacteria that can fix atmospheric …

Background Polyploidy is a pervasive evolutionary feature of all flowering plants and some
animals, leading to genetic and epigenetic changes that affect gene expression and …

SoyBase, a USDA genetic and genomics database, holds professionally curated soybean
genetic and genomic data, which is integrated and made accessible to researchers and …

Polyploidy or whole-genome duplication (WGD) is widespread in plants and is a key driver
of evolution and speciation, accompanied by rapid and dynamic changes in genomic …

Crop diseases, in conjunction with climate change, are a major threat to global crop
production. DNA methylation is an epigenetic mark and is involved in plants' biological …