RWTH Aachen University, IBMG Institute for Botany and Molecular Genetics, Aachen, Germany.
CeBiTec, Department of Biology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.
Curr Opin Biotechnol. 2014 Apr;26:31-7. doi: 10.1016/j.copbio.2013.08.019. Epub 2013 Sep 21.
It is over 10 years since the genome sequence of the first crop was published. Since then, the number of crop genomes sequenced each year has increased steadily. The amazing pace at which genome sequences are becoming available is largely due to the improvement in sequencing technologies both in terms of cost and speed. Modern sequencing technologies allow the sequencing of multiple cultivars of smaller crop genomes at a reasonable cost. Though many of the published genomes are considered incomplete, they nevertheless have proved a valuable tool to understand important crop traits such as fruit ripening, grain traits and flowering time adaptation.
自第一个作物基因组序列公布以来，已经过去了 10 多年。自那时以来，每年测序的作物基因组数量稳步增加。基因组序列可供使用的惊人速度在很大程度上要归功于测序技术在成本和速度方面的改进。现代测序技术允许以合理的成本对较小作物基因组的多个品种进行测序。尽管许多已发布的基因组被认为是不完整的，但它们仍然是理解重要作物特性（如果实成熟、谷物特性和开花时间适应）的宝贵工具。
