Verhoeven Koen J F, Pyhäjärvi Tanja
Department Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 1, 00790 Helsinki, Finland.
G3 (Bethesda). 2025 Mar 18;15(3). doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkae309.
With ongoing advances in sequencing and bioinformatics, the availability of reference genomes is spreading rapidly across the tree of life. Through genomics-enabled research, we are increasingly able to study the biology that we are interested in for the species that we care about. This expands the scope of our field. While research in traditional model organisms will continue to enable cumulative knowledge and breakthroughs in human biology and agriculture, genetic and genomic insights from a broader diversity of species can unlock useful and unique information on how organisms can deal with specific ecological and environmental challenges.
随着测序和生物信息学的不断进步，参考基因组的可用性正在迅速遍及整个生命树。通过基于基因组学的研究，我们越来越能够针对我们所关注的物种研究我们感兴趣的生物学特性。这扩展了我们领域的范围。虽然对传统模式生物的研究将继续推动人类生物学和农业领域的知识积累与突破，但来自更广泛物种多样性的遗传和基因组见解能够揭示有关生物体如何应对特定生态和环境挑战的有用且独特的信息。
