PlantCAD2: a DNA foundation model for interpreting genomes across flowering plants
Jingjing Zhai, Aaron Gokaslan, Sheng-Kai Hsu, Szu-Ping Chen, Zong-Yan Liu, Edgar Marroquin, Eric Czech, B. R. Cannon, Ana Berthel, M. Cinta Romay, Matt Pennell, Volodymyr Kuleshov, Edward S. Buckler
PlantCAD2 is a DNA foundation model pre-trained on 65 angiosperm genomes, showing improved performance in evolutionary conservation and chromatin accessible region prediction compared to existing models.
Cell Genomics · Aug 7, 2026Peer-reviewedBioinformatics