Backgroud The greatest contribution of the Silk Road is to communicate among different
countries and nationalities, and promote two-way cultural exchanges between the East and …

Demographic modelling is often used with population genomic data to infer the relationships
and ages among populations. However, relatively few analyses are able to validate these …

Efficient and accurate methods of analysis are needed for the huge amount of biological
data that have accumulated in various research fields, including genomics, phenomics, and …

Castor (Ricinus communis L.) is an industrially important oilseed crop and is the only source
of an unusual fatty acid, ricinoleic acid in plant species. The castor oil and its products have …

Clubroot resistance is an economically important trait in Brassicaceae crops. Although many
quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for clubroot resistance have been identified in Brassica, disease …

Orphan genes, also called lineage-specific genes (LSGs), are important for responses to
biotic and abiotic stresses, and are associated with lineage-specific structures and biological …

To gain new insights into the complex evolutionary history of Brassica rapa, we investigated
the genetic diversity of wild and domesticated populations from an unexplored area in its …

Traditional breeding methods usually involve field tests carried out by experienced
breeders. However, such methods are costly and time-consuming. Recently, with the …

Turnip (Brassica rapa var. rapa L.) is an important crop species belonging to the
Brassicaceae family. It is an annual or biennial plant with wide variation in size, shape and …

Flowering time is a very important agronomic trait and the development of molecular
markers associated with this trait can facilitate crop breeding. CIRCADIAN CLOCK …