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

For 10,000 years pigs and humans have shared a close and complex relationship. From
domestication to modern breeding practices, humans have shaped the genomes of domestic …

To understand the biology and evolution of ruminants, the cattle genome was sequenced to
about sevenfold coverage. The cattle genome contains a minimum of 22,000 genes, with a …

Domestic yaks (Bos grunniens) provide meat and other necessities for Tibetans living at high
altitude on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and in adjacent regions. Comparison between yak …

Increasing our understanding of Earth’s biodiversity and responsibly stewarding its resources
are among the most crucial scientific and social challenges of the new millennium. These …

Therapeutic cloning, whereby somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is used to generate
patient-specific embryonic stem cells (ESCs) from blastocysts cloned by nuclear transfer (ntESCs)…

The genome organizations of eight phylogenetically distinct species from five mammalian
orders were compared in order to address fundamental questions relating to mammalian …

The novel coronavirus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the
cause of COVID-19. The main receptor of SARS-CoV-2, angiotensin I converting enzyme 2 …

November 2020 marked 2 y since the launch of the Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), which
aims to sequence all known eukaryotic species in a 10-y timeframe. Since then, significant …

We previously localized a quantitative trait locus (QTL) on chromosome 6 affecting milk fat and
protein concentration to a 4-cM confidence interval, centered on the microsatellite BM143. …