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A snapshot of the emerging tomato genome sequence

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Title A snapshot of the emerging tomato genome sequence
 
Creator The Tomato Genome Sequencing Consortium
 
Subject Tomato
Tomato Genome Sequence
The Tomato Genome Sequencing Consortium
 
Description The genome of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is being
sequenced by an international consortium of 10 countries (Korea,
China, the United Kingdom, India, the Netherlands, France,
Japan, Spain, Italy, and the United States) as part of the larger
“International Solanaceae Genome Project (SOL): Systems
Approach to Diversity and Adaptation” initiative. The tomato
genome sequencing project uses an ordered bacterial artificial
chromosome (BAC) approach to generate a high-quality tomato
euchromatic genome sequence for use as a reference genome
for the Solanaceae and euasterids. Sequence is deposited at
GenBank and at the SOL Genomics Network (SGN). Currently,
there are around 1000 BACs finished or in progress, representing
more than a third of the projected euchromatic portion of
the genome. An annotation effort is also underway by the
International Tomato Annotation Group. The expected number of
genes in the euchromatin is ~40,000, based on an estimate from
a preliminary annotation of 11% of finished sequence. Here, we
present this first snapshot of the emerging tomato genome and its
annotation, a short comparison with potato (Solanum tuberosum
L.) sequence data, and the tools available for the researchers
to exploit this new resource are also presented. In the future,
whole-genome shotgun techniques will be combined with the
BAC-by-BAC approach to cover the entire tomato genome. The
high-quality reference euchromatic tomato sequence is expected
to be near completion by 2010.
 
Date 2014-02-12T10:27:28Z
2014-02-12T10:27:28Z
2009
March 2009
 
Type Article
 
Identifier The Plant Genome, 2(1): 78-92
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/124
 
Language en
 
Publisher Crop Science Soc. of America