Structural variations (SVs) and gene copy number variations (gCNVs) have contributed to
crop evolution, domestication, and improvement. Here, we assembled 31 high-quality …

Infectious disease is both a major force of selection in nature and a prime cause of yield loss
in agriculture. In plants, disease resistance is often conferred by nucleotide-binding leucine …

Numerous examples of biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs), including for compounds of
agricultural and medicinal importance, have now been discovered in plant genomes …

The polyacetylenic lipids falcarinol, falcarindiol, and associated derivatives, termed falcarins,
have a widespread taxonomical distribution in the plant kingdom and have received …

As drivers of evolutionary innovations, new genes allow organisms to explore new niches.
However, clear examples of this process remain scarce. Bamboos, the unique grass lineage …

Cultivated soybeans may lose some useful genetic loci during domestication. Introgression
of genes from wild soybeans could broaden the genetic background and improve soybean …

Tandem duplication, one of the major types of duplication, provides the raw material for the
evolution of divergent functions. In this study, we identified 1 pair of tandem duplicate genes …

Abstract Background Theobroma grandiflorum (Malvaceae), known as cupuassu, is a tree
indigenous to the Amazon basin, valued for its large fruits and seed pulp, contributing …

Abstract Background Cultivated peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is an important oil and protein
crop, but it has low disease resistance; therefore, it is important to reveal the number …

Background: Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are endogenous noncoding RNAs,
arbitrarily longer than 200 nucleotides, that play critical roles in diverse biological processes …