Long-read sequencing has recently transformed metagenomics, enhancing strain-level
pathogen characterization, enabling accurate and complete metagenome-assembled …

Short tandem repeats (STRs) are highly polymorphic sequences throughout the human
genome that are composed of repeated copies of a 1–6-bp motif. Over 1 million variable …

Human genomics is witnessing an ongoing paradigm shift from a single reference sequence
to a pangenome form, but populations of Asian ancestry are underrepresented. Here we …

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

The genome sequence of Arabidopsis thaliana, a widely adopted model species, has
greatly expedited plant molecular biology research. Over 20 years after the first release of …

Dear Editor, Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is a key vegetable crop and an essential model
for genetics and genomics research in Cucurbitaceae, especially in studies on plant sex …

Quality control is essential for genome assemblies; however, a consensus has yet to be
reached on what metrics should be adopted for the evaluation of assembly quality. N50 is …

Genome sequences largely determine the biology and encode the history of an organism,
and de novo assembly—the process of reconstructing the genome sequence of an organism …

Pitseed goosefoot (Chenopodium berlandieri) is a free-living North American member of an
allotetraploid complex that includes the Andean pseudocereal quinoa (C. quinoa). Like …

Fem is a W‐linked gene that encodes a piRNA precursor, and its product, Fem piRNA, is a
master factor of female determination in Bombyx mori. Fem has low similarity to any known …