Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is the world's most important non-cereal food crop, and the
vast majority of commercially grown cultivars are highly heterozygous tetraploids. Advances …

Conifers dominate the world's forest ecosystems and are the most widely planted tree
species. Their giant and complex genomes present great challenges for assembling a …

Abstract KaKs_Calculator 3.0 is an updated toolkit that is capable of calculating selective
pressure on both coding and non-coding sequences. Similar to the nonsynonymous …

Ethiopian mustard (Brassica carinata) in the Brassicaceae family possesses many excellent
agronomic traits. Here, the high-quality genome sequence of B. carinata is reported …

The high temperature, acidity, and heavy metal-rich environments associated with hot
springs have a major impact on biological processes in resident cells. One group of …

Background Patterns of genetic and genomic variance are informative in inferring population
history for human, model species and endangered populations. Results Here the genome …

Broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) is an orphan crop with the potential to improve
cereal production and quality, and ensure food security. Here we present the genetic …

Vitis amurensis (Shanputao) is the most cold tolerant Vitis species and so is of great interest
to grape breeders and producers in areas with low winter temperatures. Here, we report its …

Senna tora is a widely used medicinal plant. Its health benefits have been attributed to the
large quantity of anthraquinones, but how they are made in plants remains a mystery. To …

Terpenoids constitute the largest class of plant primary and secondary metabolites with a
broad range of biological and ecological functions. They are synthesized from isopentenyl …