This book provides insights into the latest achievements in genomics research on Brassica rapa. It describes the findings on this Brassica species, the first of the U's triangle that has been sequenced and a close relative to the model plant Arabidopsis, which provide a basis for investigations of major Brassica crop species. Further, the book focuses on the development of tools to facilitate the transfer of our rich knowledge on Arabidopsis to a cultivated Brassica crop.

Key topics covered include genomic resources, assembly tools, annotation of the genome, transposable elements, comparative genomics, evolution of Brassica genomes, and advances in the application of genomics in the breeding of Brassica rapa crops.

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2 Background History of the National and International B. rapa Genome Sequencing Initiatives
3 Genomic Resources and Physical Mapping of the B. rapa Genome
4 De Novo Genome Assembly of Next-Generation Sequencing Data
5 Crop Genome Annotation: A Case Study for the Brassica rapa Genome
6 Miniature Transposable Elements (mTEs): Impacts and Uses in the Brassica genome
7 Genomic Survey of the Hidden Components of the B. rapa Genome
8 The Common Ancestral Genome of the Brassica Species
9 Genome Evolution after Whole-Genome Triplication: The Subgenome Dominance in Brassica rapa
10 Genome Triplication Drove the Diversification of Brassica Plants
11 Comparative Analysis of Gene Conversion between Duplicated Regions in Brassica rapa and B. oleracea Genomes
12 Molecular Mapping and Cloning of Genes and QTLs in B. rapa
13 Impact on Brassica breeding
14 The Database for Brassica Genome Studies-BRAD
15 Future Prospects.