The Common Bean Genome

Common Bean: Economic Importance and Relevance to Biological Science Research.- Botany of the Phaseolus bean crops.- Domestication and Crop History.- Cytogenetics and Comparative Analysis of Phaseolus species.- Genetic mapping and QTL analysis in common bean.- Requirement of Whole-Genome Sequencing.- Common Bean Genomes: Mining New Knowledge of a Major Societal Crop.- Organelle Genomes in Phaseolus Beans and their Use in Evolutionary Studies.- Phytic acid Biosynthesis and Transport in Phaseolus vulgaris: Exploitation of New Genomic Resources.- What is Present at Common Bean Subtelomeres?: Large Resistance Gene Clusters, Knobs and khipu Satellite DNA.- Comparison of Gene Families: Seed Storage and other Seed Proteins.- A Comparison of Phenylpropanoid Pathway Gene Families in Common Bean. Focus on P450 and C4H Genes.- Phylogenomics: the Evolution of Common Bean as Seen from the Perspective of All of its Genes.- Prospects: The Importance of Common Bean as a Model Crop.