Chromosomal inversions have the potential to play an important role in evolution by
reducing recombination between favorable combinations of alleles. Until recently, however …

Inversions, a type of chromosomal structural variation, significantly influence plant
adaptation and gene functions by impacting gene expression and recombination rates …

As an economic crop, pepper satisfies people's spicy taste and has medicinal uses
worldwide. To gain a better understanding of Capsicum evolution, domestication, and …

Although thought of as a minor crop, peppers are a major world commodity due to their great
versatility. They are used not only as vegetables in their own right but also as flavourings in …

Bacterial wilt, caused by strains belonging to the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex,
inflicts severe economic losses in many crops worldwide. Host resistance remains the most …

Linked-Read sequencing technology has recently been employed successfully for de novo
assembly of human genomes, however, the utility of this technology for complex plant …

Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) is a species in the large family of the Solanaceae and is
important as an agronomic crop and as a model system in plant biotechnology. Despite its …

Capsaicinoids are the pungent alkaloids that give hot peppers (Capsicum spp.) their
spiciness. While capsaicinoids are relatively simple molecules, much is unknown about their …

Both inter-and intra-specific maps have been developed in eggplant (Solanum melongena
L.). The former benefit from an enhanced frequency of marker polymorphism, but their …

Background Over the past decades, extensive comparative mapping research has been
performed in the plant family Solanaceae. The recent identification of a large set of single …