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Title: The Eucalyptus grandis Genome Project: Genome and transcriptome resources for comparative analysis of woody plant biology

Journal Article · · BMC Proceedings
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  1. Univ. of Pretoria (South Africa). Dept. of Genetics, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Inst. (FABI)
  2. EMBRAPA Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (Brazil). Plant Genetics Lab.
  3. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Environmental Sciences Division
  4. HudsonAlpha Genome Sequencing Center, Huntsville, AL (United States)
  5. HudsonAlpha Genome Sequencing Center, Huntsville, AL (United States)
  6. Univ. of Pretoria (South Africa). Dept. of biochemistry. Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Unit
  7. EMBRAPA Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (Brazil). Plant Genetics Lab.
  8. Ghent Univ., Gent (Belgium). VIB. Dept. of Plant Systems
  9. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology. Center for integrative Genomics
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The International Year of Forests - 2011 [http://www. un.org/en/events/iyof2011/] will be a milestone for forest tree genomics. The draft genome sequence of Eucalyptus grandis was released in January 2011 in the USA (Phytozome [http://www.phytozome.net]) and in Belgium (BOGAS, [http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be/webtools/bogas/]). The genome sequencing was funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and performed at the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) in collaboration with members of the Eucalyptus Genome Network (EUCAGEN, [http://www.eucagen.org]) who contributed genetic materials, linkage maps, EST resources and bioinformatics support. The E. grandis genome together with that of Populus trichocarpa[1]and other woody plant genomes recently completed (e.g. Vitis, Cacao, Prunus, Citrus and Malus)will provide excellent opportunities for comparative studies of the unique biology of woody plants. Eucalypts are currently the most widely grown hardwood fibre crop in the world and eucalypt breeding programs will benefit greatly from the new genomic resources. The reference genome sequence of Eucalyptus, a foundation tree genus in Australia comprising more than 70% of the native forest estate, will also offer important benefits for ecological and evolutionary biology studies. We report the sequencing, assembly and annotation of the E. grandis genome.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER). Biological Systems Science Division
OSTI ID:
1629478
Journal Information:
BMC Proceedings, Vol. 5, Issue S7; ISSN 1753-6561
Publisher:
BioMed CentralCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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High-throughput gene and SNP discovery in Eucalyptus grandis, an uncharacterized genome journal June 2008
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Active Fungal Communities in Asymptomatic Eucalyptus grandis Stems Differ between a Susceptible and Resistant Clone journal September 2019
Genome-Wide Analysis of the AP2/ERF Family in Eucalyptus grandis: An Intriguing Over-Representation of Stress-Responsive DREB1/CBF Genes journal April 2015
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Genomics of Cold Hardiness in Woody Plants journal March 2014

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