State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics

Toward high‐quality genomes: Standards, challenges, and strategies for assembly and annotation

Abstract Genomes provide the fundamental basis for understanding biological systems. Owing to rapid advances in sequencing technologies and assembly methods, the number of sequenced genomes has increased substantially. A high‐quality genome should have high continuity, completene...

Plastome convergence across endoparasitic plant lineages: genome reduction, high AT bias, elevated substitution rates, and functional persistence in Mitrastemon yamamotoi

In heterotrophic plants, the loss of photosynthesis is often associated with plastid genome (ptDNA) reduction, although the extent of genome decay varies widely among lineages and may culminate in complete genome loss. Of the multiple transitions to heterotrophy among angiosperms...