Qing Yuan, Cheng Li, Guangyan Wang, Wenfei Dai, Eerdungaridi, Di Wu, Qingdun Fan, Yongping Yang, Yuanwen Duan, Xudong Sun
A complete, gap-free genome of Medicago lupulina, a tough, high-protein forage legume, and a gene-editing tool for this species, which was used to alter its leaf shape, provide key resources for improving alfalfa and breeding better forage crops for high-altitude environments.