Highlights•We describe three long-read sequencing technologies and their
characteristics.•We describe available algorithms for long-read assembly and their …

Advances in next-generation sequencing (NGS) have allowed significant breakthroughs in
microbial ecology studies. This has led to the rapid expansion of research in the field and …

Lychee is an exotic tropical fruit with a distinct flavor. The genome of cultivar 'Feizixiao'was
assembled into 15 pseudochromosomes, totaling~ 470 Mb. High heterozygosity (2.27%) …

Parasitic nematodes (roundworms) and platyhelminths (flatworms) cause debilitating
chronic infections of humans and animals, decimate crop production and are a major …

Brazil has experienced an unprecedented epidemic of Zika virus (ZIKV), with~ 30,000 cases
reported to date. ZIKV was first detected in Brazil in May 2015, and cases of microcephaly …

Alterations in intestinal microbiota composition are associated with several chronic
conditions, including obesity and inflammatory diseases. The microbiota of older people …

Outbreaks of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) raise questions about the
prevalence and evolution of the MERS coronavirus (CoV) in its animal reservoir. Our …

Domesticated crops experience strong human-mediated selection aimed at developing high-
yielding varieties adapted to local conditions. To detect regions of the wheat genome subject …

Diet-induced obesity is associated to an imbalance in the normal gut microbiota
composition. Resveratrol and quercetin, widely known for their health beneficial properties …

Background In recent years, massively parallel complementary DNA sequencing (RNA
sequencing [RNA-Seq]) has emerged as a fast, cost-effective, and robust technology to …