The biological importance and varied metabolic capabilities of specific microbial strains
have long been established in the scientific community. Strains have, in the past, been …

Fruit tree crops are an essential part of the food production systems and are key to achieve
food and nutrition security. Genetic improvement of fruit trees by conventional breeding has …

Plant genomes remain highly fragmented and are often characterized by hundreds to
thousands of assembly gaps. Here, we report chromosome-level reference and phased …

Olive (Olea europaea L.) is internationally renowned for its high-end product, extra virgin
olive oil. An incomplete genome of O. europaea was previously obtained using shotgun …

Background Sequencing technologies have advanced to the point where it is possible to
generate high-accuracy, haplotype-resolved, chromosome-scale assemblies. Several long …

Background The advent of third-generation sequencing (TGS) technologies opens the door
to improve genome assembly. Long reads are promising for enhancing the quality of …

The pace of the sequencing and computational assembly of novel reference genomes is
accelerating. Though DNA sequencing technologies and assembly software tools continue …

In the field of genome assembly, scaffolding methods make it possible to obtain a more
complete and contiguous reference genome, which is the cornerstone of genomic research …

Genome assembly is a computational technique that involves piecing together
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) fragments generated by sequencing technologies to create a …

Whole genome sequencing has increasingly become the essential method for studying the
genetic mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance and for surveillance of drug-resistant …