| Reviewer name and names of any other individual's who aided in reviewer | Tianzuo Wang |
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| Is the language of sufficient quality? | Yes |
| Please add additional comments on language quality to clarify if needed | It can be improved better. |
| Are all data available and do they match the descriptions in the paper? | Yes |
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| Are the data and metadata consistent with relevant minimum information or reporting standards? See GigaDB checklists for examples <a href="http://gigadb.org/site/guide" target="_blank">http://gigadb.org/site/guide</a> | Yes |
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| Is the data acquisition clear, complete and methodologically sound? | Yes |
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| Is there sufficient detail in the methods and data-processing steps to allow reproduction? | Yes |
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| Is there sufficient data validation and statistical analyses of data quality? | Yes |
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| Is the validation suitable for this type of data? | Yes |
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| Is there sufficient information for others to reuse this dataset or integrate it with other data? | Yes |
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| Any Additional Overall Comments to the Author | Shirasawa et al. reported a Chromosome-scale draft genome sequence of horsegram, and performed the analysis of comparative genomics. 1.If Pacbio data was used, the quality of genome can be improved much. 2.Only genomes of P. vulgaris, V. angularis and L. japonicus in the legume were used for phylogenetic analysis. Soybean and Medicago, as the model legume plants, should be added at last. 3.The section of Whole genome structure in horsegram should be introduced before Diversity analysis in genetic resources, Genes related to drought tolerance, and Transcript sequencing, gene prediction and annotation. Because genome information is the foundation of other analysis. |
| Recommendation | Major Revision |