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Why Can't Short-Read Sequencing Resolve Polyploid Genomes?
Short-read sequencing cannot distinguish between the duplicated chromosomes that define polyploid genomes. Here is what that failure costs — and why long-read low-pass sequencing resolves it.
How to Transition from SNP Arrays to Sequencing in Your Breeding Program
SNP arrays have served plant breeding well. But fixed marker sets can't detect structural variants, rare alleles, or complex polyploid regions. Here's what the transition to long-read sequencing actually looks like and why you don't need to rebuild your program to start.
What Short-Read Sequencing is Costing Your Breeding Program, and What the Data Shows
At matched sequencing depth, short-read low-pass sequencing covered 17% of the peanut genome. Long-read low-pass sequencing covered 55%. A head-to-head study of 127 breeding lines shows what plant breeders are missing with current methods — and what changes when you switch.
You Don't Have a Data Problem. You Have a Resolution Problem.
Over the past decade, plant breeding has undergone a data revolution. Sequencing costs have dropped, datasets have grown, and genomic tools are now embedded in modern breeding programs.
And yet—many of the most important traits remain frustratingly difficult to resolve.
Why?