Three Sequenced Legume Genomes and Many Crop Species: Rich Opportunities for Translational Genomics

This year marks the essential completion of the genome sequences of soybean ( Glycine max ), barrel medic ( Medicago truncatula ), and birdsfoot trefoil ( Lotus japonicus ). The impact of these assembled, annotated genomes will be enormous. Birdsfoot trefoil and barrel medic, both forage crops, are