A diverse array of sex determination (SD) mechanisms, encompassing environmental to
genetic, have been found to exist among vertebrates, covering a spectrum from fixed SD …

Affordable, high-throughput DNA sequencing has accelerated the pace of genome
assembly over the past decade. Genome assemblies from high-throughput, short-read …

Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) is a major crop and a member of the large, highly successful
Compositae family of flowering plants. Here we present a reference assembly for the …

Here we use a chromosome-level genome assembly of a prairie rattlesnake (Crotalus
viridis), together with Hi-C, RNA-seq, and whole-genome resequencing data, to study key …

“With modern fast sequencing techniques and suitable computer programs it is now possible
to sequence whole genomes without the need of restriction maps.”“If the 5′ end of the …

Emu and other ratites are more informative than any other birds in reconstructing the
evolution of the ancestral avian or vertebrate karyotype because of their much slower rate of …

Global warming could threaten over 400 species with temperature‐dependent sex
determination (TSD) worldwide, including all species of sea turtle. During embryonic …

Researchers have assembled thousands of eukaryotic genomes using Illumina reads, but
traditional mate‐pair libraries cannot span all repetitive elements, resulting in highly …

Reptiles are notable for the extensive genomic diversity and species richness among
amniote classes, but there is nevertheless a need for detailed genome-scale studies …

Evolutionary convergence has been long considered primary evidence of adaptation driven
by natural selection and provides opportunities to explore evolutionary repeatability and …