Various next generation sequencing (NGS) based strategies have been successfully used in
the recent past for tracing origins and understanding the evolution of infectious agents …

Genomes represent the starting point of genetic studies. Since the discovery of DNA
structure, scientists have devoted great efforts to determine their sequence in an exact way …

Eukaryotic genome sequencing and de novo assembly, once the exclusive domain of well-
funded international consortia, have become increasingly affordable, thus fitting the budgets …

Mollusca is the second most species-rich phylum within the metazoans, displaying critical
economic, ecological and scientific importance. Yet, they are still largely underrepresented …

Tools for visualizing genomes are essential for investigating genomic features and their
interactions. Currently, tools designed originally for animal mitogenomes and plant …

The quality of genome assemblies has improved rapidly in recent years due to continual
advances in sequencing technology, assembly approaches, and quality control. In the field …

Genome-scale models (GEMs) of bacterial strains' metabolism have been formulated and
used over the past 20 years. Recently, with the number of genome sequences exponentially …

Abstract Hermetia illucens L.(Diptera: Stratiomyidae), the Black Soldier Fly (BSF) is an
increasingly important species for bioconversion of organic material into animal feed. We …

Gene annotation is a critical bottleneck in genomic research, especially for the
comprehensive study of very large gene families in the genomes of nonmodel organisms …

Background: At the time of publication, the most devastating desert locust crisis in decades
is affecting East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and South-West Asia. The situation is …