Publication of the complete genome sequence of Arabidopsis thaliana, the first plant
reference genome, in December 2000 heralded the beginning of the plant genome era …

Conifers have evolved complex oleoresin terpene defenses against herbivores and
pathogens. In co‐evolved bark beetles, conifer terpenes also serve chemo‐ecological …

The MUMmer system and the genome sequence aligner nucmer included within it are
among the most widely used alignment packages in genomics. Since the last major release …

Since the endosymbiont origin from α‐Proteobacteria, mitochondrial genomes have
undergone extremely divergent evolutionary trajectories among eukaryotic lineages …

Highlights•Almost 600 complete plant genome assemblies are now available in public
repositories.•New sequencing technologies are producing genome assemblies of …

Cycads represent one of the most ancient lineages of living seed plants. Identifying genomic
features uniquely shared by cycads and other extant seed plants, but not non-seed …

Gnetophytes are an enigmatic gymnosperm lineage comprising three genera, Gnetum,
Welwitschia and Ephedra, which are morphologically distinct from all other seed plants …

Background Plant mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) can be structurally complex while
their size can vary from~ 222 Kbp in Brassica napus to 11.3 Mbp in Silene conica. To date …

The giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) of California are massive, long-lived trees
that grow along the US Sierra Nevada mountains. Genomic data are limited in giant sequoia …

Here, through single‐molecule real‐time sequencing, we present a high‐quality genome
sequence of the Japanese larch (Larix kaempferi), a conifer species with great value for …