Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of the AlkB Gene Family in Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis)

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

This study is aimed to present the first detailed description of the ALKBH gene family in the whole genome of sweet oranges. The study design is acceptable. The study contains some interesting results that can be considered for publication after suitable revisions.

Suggestions:

L13: Please give a more exact objective format of this sentence.

L79: Please give more information in the title of Table 2. This also applies for Figures 1 and 2.

L90: Conserved ...

L138: Letters are too small for Motifs

L165-167: Please give in full the latin names in the title. Latin names should be in italic

L178: Figure 7: Please give in full the latin names in the title. 

L197: Please give explanation for a, b, c.

Author Response

Dear reviewer, 

I am very grateful to your comments for the manuscript. Accroding with your advice, I improved the conclusion section. Thanks for your valuable commets again.

Reviewer 2 Report

This is an interesting study. Huang et al. conducted this work to identify and characterize the AlkB gene family in sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) that has important economic value worldwide. The manuscript is generally well-written, and results are clearly presented and have a scientific value. Before the publication of this manuscript, I would suggest the authors expand the conclusions section to make it more robust and mention the future directions.

Author Response

Dear reviewer, 
Thank you for your comments concerning our manuscript entitled 
"Genome-wide identification and characterization of the AlkB gene 
family in sweet orange (Citrus sinensis)". These comments are valuable 
and very helpful. We have read through commetns carefully and have 
made corrections in manuscript. We highly appreciate your time and 
consideration.