Satellite DNA represents one of the most fascinating parts of the repetitive fraction of the
eukaryotic genome. Since the discovery of highly repetitive tandem DNA in the 1960s, a lot …

Background Plastic responses of plants to the environment are ubiquitous. Phenotypic
plasticity occurs in many forms and at many biological scales, and its adaptive value …

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 …

Abstract The Brassicaceae Database (BRAD version 3.0, BRAD V3. 0; http://brassicadb. cn)
has evolved from the former Brassica Database (BRAD V2. 0), and represents an important …

Assembling a plant genome is challenging due to the abundance of repetitive sequences,
yet no standard is available to evaluate the assembly of repeat space. LTR retrotransposons …

Background The sharp increase of plant genome and transcriptome data provide valuable
resources to investigate evolutionary consequences of gene duplication in a range of taxa …

Chromatin architecture has been implicated in cell type-specific gene regulatory programs,
yet how chromatin remodels during development remains to be fully elucidated. Here, by …

The epigenome orchestrates genome accessibility, functionality, and three-dimensional
structure. Because epigenetic variation can impact transcription and thus phenotypes, it may …

Centromeres are critical for cell division, loading CENH3 or CENPA histone variant
nucleosomes, directing kinetochore formation and allowing chromosome segregation …

Infectious disease is both a major force of selection in nature and a prime cause of yield loss
in agriculture. In plants, disease resistance is often conferred by nucleotide-binding leucine …