"THE AVAILABILITY OF COMPLETE GENOMES HAS DRAMATICALLY IMPROVED THE CHARACTERIZATION OF BIODIVERSITY AND SELECTION FOOTPRINTS IN CROP AND LIVESTOCK SPECIES, AND HAS POTENTIALLY MANY APPLICATIONS IN PRACTICAL BREEDING AS WELL. NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING (NGS) HAS CERTAINLY DEMOCRATIZED GENOMICS BUT, NOT UNEXPECTEDLY, THE DRAMATIC INCREASE IN COMPLETE GENOME SEQUENCES HAS RESULTED IN A BOTTLENECK ON HOW TO OPTIMALLY ANALYZE THESE VAST DATASETS.