Oats are considered particularly healthy. They provide fibre, lower cholesterol levels and are gluten-free. However, the genetic makeup of oats has been difficult to understand until now, mainly because it is particularly large and complex. An international research team led by the IPK Leibniz Institute with the participation of CBGP group ‘Genomic assisted breeding’ has succeeded in creating a pangenome of oats and has also investigated when and where the genes are active in different parts of the plant. In a further study, another research team investigated the origin of oats. Today, the results were published in the journals Nature and Nature Communications.