Repetitive DNA sequence detection and its role in the human genome

X Liao, W Zhu, J Zhou, H Li, X Xu, B Zhang… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Repetitive DNA sequences playing critical roles in driving evolution, inducing variation, and
regulating gene expression. In this review, we summarized the definition, arrangement, and …

The complete reference genome for grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) genetics and breeding

X Shi, S Cao, X Wang, S Huang, Y Wang… - Horticulture …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Grapevine is one of the most economically important crops worldwide. However, the
previous versions of the grapevine reference genome tipically consist of thousands of …

Genome size evolution: towards new model systems for old questions

J Blommaert - Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Genome size (GS) variation is a fundamental biological characteristic; however, its
evolutionary causes and consequences are the topic of ongoing debate. Whether GS is a …

A beginner's guide to manual curation of transposable elements

C Goubert, RJ Craig, AF Bilat, V Peona, AA Vogan… - Mobile DNA, 2022 - Springer
Background In the study of transposable elements (TEs), the generation of a high
confidence set of consensus sequences that represent the diversity of TEs found in a given …

Milletdb: a multi‐omics database to accelerate the research of functional genomics and molecular breeding of millets

M Sun, H Yan, A Zhang, Y **, C Lin… - Plant biotechnology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Millets are a class of nutrient‐rich coarse cereals with high resistance to abiotic stress; thus,
they guarantee food security for people living in areas with extreme climatic conditions and …

Giant lungfish genome elucidates the conquest of land by vertebrates

A Meyer, S Schloissnig, P Franchini, K Du… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Lungfishes belong to lobe-fined fish (Sarcopterygii) that, in the Devonian
period,'conquered'the land and ultimately gave rise to all land vertebrates, including …

Seagrass genomes reveal ancient polyploidy and adaptations to the marine environment

X Ma, S Vanneste, J Chang, L Ambrosino, K Barry… - Nature plants, 2024 - nature.com
We present chromosome-level genome assemblies from representative species of three
independently evolved seagrass lineages: Posidonia oceanica, Cymodocea nodosa …

A nuclear genome assembly of an extinct flightless bird, the little bush moa

SV Edwards, A Cloutier, G Cockburn, R Driver… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
We present a draft genome of the little bush moa (Anomalopteryx didiformis)—one of
approximately nine species of extinct flightless birds from Aotearoa, New Zealand—using …

Haplotype-resolved genome assembly and resequencing analysis provide insights into genome evolution and allelic imbalance in Pinus densiflora

MJ Jang, HJ Cho, YS Park, HY Lee, EK Bae, S Jung… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Haplotype-level allelic characterization facilitates research on the functional, evolutionary
and breeding-related features of extremely large and complex plant genomes. We report a …

DCiPatho: deep cross-fusion networks for genome scale identification of pathogens

G Jiang, J Zhang, Y Zhang, X Yang, T Li… - Briefings in …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Pathogen detection from biological and environmental samples is important for global
disease control. Despite advances in pathogen detection using deep learning, current …