Open AccessThree Sequenced Legume Genomes and Many Crop Species: Rich Opportunities for Translational Genomics
Author(s) -
Steven B. Can,
Gregory D. May,
Scott A. Jackson
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
plant physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1532-2548
pISSN - 0032-0889
DOI - 10.1104/pp.109.144659
Subject(s) - genomics , biology , genome , legume , crop , computational biology , evolutionary biology , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , agronomy , gene
This year marks the essential completion of the genome sequences of soybean ( Glycine max ), barrel medic ( Medicago truncatula ), and birdsfoot trefoil ( Lotus japonicus ). The impact of these assembled, annotated genomes will be enormous. Birdsfoot trefoil and barrel medic, both forage crops, are
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