Fig. 1.

The genomics bottleneck. Advances in legume genomics have been facilitated by next-generation sequencing technologies. Next-generation sequencing platforms have the power to provide unprecedented insight into biological, genetic, agronomic and academic questions posed by researchers. However, each experiment utilizing next-generation sequencing technology is bound by limitations including data storage, computational power and access to bioinformatic analysis and assistance. With these platforms, the distillation of biologically relevant information (and subsequent interpretation) is the rate-limiting step.