Chloroplasts play a crucial role in sustaining life on earth. The availability of over 800
sequenced chloroplast genomes from a variety of land plants has enhanced our …

Freeliving cyanobacteria were entrapped by eukaryotic cells~ 2 billion years ago, ultimately
giving rise to chloroplasts. After a century of debate, the presence of chloroplast DNA was …

Virtually all empirical ecological studies require species identification during data collection.
DNA metabarcoding refers to the automated identification of multiple species from a single …

Background Next-generation sequencing has provided a wealth of plastid genome
sequence data from an increasingly diverse set of green plants (Viridiplantae). Although …

Although Pentapetalae (comprising all core eudicots except Gunnerales) include≈ 70% of
all angiosperms, the origin of and relationships among the major lineages of this clade have …

Background Massively parallel pyrosequencing systems have increased the efficiency of
DNA sequencing, although the published per-base accuracy of a Roche GS20 is only 96 …

In the past several years, we have witnessed an increased interest in understanding the
structure and function of the indigenous microbiota that inhabits the human body. It is hoped …

Salvia miltiorrhiza is an important medicinal plant with great economic and medicinal value.
The complete chloroplast (cp) genome sequence of Salvia miltiorrhiza, the first sequenced …

Abstract Background: The Human Microbiome Project has ushered in a new era for human
metagenomics and high-throughput next-generation sequencing strategies. Content: This …

Background Molecular evolutionary studies share the common goal of elucidating historical
relationships, and the common challenge of adequately sampling taxa and characters …