The conifer Loblolly pine ( Pinus taeda L).
Conifers, the predominant members of the 300 million year old Gymnosperm clade, are distinguished by their leviathan genomes. In the March issue of the Genetics Society of America's journal GENETICS, the reference genome sequence of Loblolly pine and its annotation is reported. At 22-Gb, its genome is the largest sequenced and assembled to date.