Recent years have seen a surge in plant genome sequencing projects and the comparison
of multiple related individuals. The high degree of genomic variation observed led to the …

Since the early days of the genome era, the scientific community has relied on a single
'reference'genome for each species, which is used as the basis for a wide range of genetic …

Rapeseed (Brassica napus) is the second most important oilseed crop in the world but the
genetic diversity underlying its massive phenotypic variations remains largely unexplored …

The rich genetic diversity in Oryza sativa and Oryza rufipogon serves as the main sources in
rice breeding. Large-scale resequencing has been undertaken to discover allelic variants in …

While genome assembly projects have been successful in many haploid and inbred
species, the assembly of noninbred or rearranged heterozygous genomes remains a major …

Crop populations derived from experimental crosses enable the genetic dissection of
complex traits and support modern plant breeding. Among these, multi-parent populations …

Upland cotton is a model for polyploid crop domestication and transgenic improvement.
Here we sequenced the allotetraploid Gossypium hirsutum L. acc. TM-1 genome by …

Arabidopsis thaliana serves as a model organism for the study of fundamental physiological,
cellular, and molecular processes. It has also greatly advanced our understanding of …

The pangenome provides genomic variations in the cultivated gene pool for a given species.
However, as the crop's gene pool comprises many species, especially wild relatives with …

Transcription factor (TF) DNA sequence preferences direct their regulatory activity, but are
currently known for only∼ 1% of eukaryotic TFs. Broadly sampling DNA-binding domain …