Ancient duplication events and a high rate of retention of extant pairs of duplicate genes
have contributed to an abundance of duplicate genes in plant genomes. These duplicates …

Venoms have evolved on numerous occasions throughout the animal kingdom. These
'biochemical weapon systems' typically function to facilitate, or protect the producing animal …

High-quality and complete reference genome assemblies are fundamental for the
application of genomics to biology, disease, and biodiversity conservation. However, such …

The Ensembl gene annotation system has been used to annotate over 70 different
vertebrate species across a wide range of genome projects. Furthermore, it generates the …

The tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)—the only living member of the reptilian order
Rhynchocephalia (Sphenodontia), once widespread across Gondwana,—is an iconic …

Since its 2001 debut, the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) Genome Browser
(http://genome. ucsc. edu/) team has provided continuous support to the international …

Egg-laying mammals (monotremes) are the only extant mammalian outgroup to therians
(marsupial and eutherian animals) and provide key insights into mammalian evolution 1, 2 …

Birds are the most species-rich class of tetrapod vertebrates and have wide relevance
across many research fields. We explored bird macroevolution using full genomes from 48 …

Background Integrated, efficient, and global prioritization approaches are necessary to
manage the ongoing loss of species and their associated function." Evolutionary …

Transposable elements (TEs) are genetic elements with the ability to mobilize and replicate
themselves in a genome. Mammalian genomes are dominated by TEs, which can reach …