Long-read technologies are overcoming early limitations in accuracy and throughput,
broadening their application domains in genomics. Dedicated analysis tools that take into …

Highlights•Plant genomes are more repetitive and complicate to assemble than
vertebrates.•Long-read assembly contigs outperform short-read assembly scaffolds.•Long …

Genomic differences range from single nucleotide differences to complex structural
variations. Current methods typically annotate sequence differences ranging from SNPs to …

Plant genomes are often characterized by a high level of repetitiveness and polyploid
nature. Consequently, creating genome assemblies for plant genomes is challenging. The …

Pearl millet [Cenchrus americanus (L.) Morrone] is a staple food for more than 90 million
farmers in arid and semi-arid regions of sub-Saharan Africa, India and South Asia. We report …

Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is the most important tuber crop worldwide. Efforts are
underway to transform the crop from a clonally propagated tetraploid into a seed …

INTRODUCTION Understanding the genetic differences that make us human is a long-
standing endeavor that requires the comprehensive discovery and comparison of all forms …

Assembly of a high-quality genome is important for downstream comparative and functional
genomic studies. However, most tools for genome assembly assessment only give …

Despite hundreds of sequenced Arabidopsis genomes, very little is known about the degree
of genomic collinearity within single species, due to the low number of chromosome-level …

Abstract Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)—an important legume crop cultivated in arid and
semiarid regions—has limited genetic diversity. Efforts are being undertaken to broaden its …