The Genomes of All Angiosperms: A Call for a Coordinated Global Census
Author(s) -
David W. Galbraith,
Jeffrey L. Bennetzen,
Elizabeth A. Kellogg,
J. Chris Pires,
Pamela S. Soltis
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2090-0139
pISSN - 2090-0120
DOI - 10.1155/2011/646198
Subject(s) - census , context (archaeology) , biology , data science , scale (ratio) , term (time) , evolutionary biology , computer science , cartography , geography , demography , population , paleontology , physics , quantum mechanics , sociology
Recent advances in biological instrumentation and associated experimental technologies now permit an unprecedented efficiency and scale for the acquisition of genomic data, at ever-decreasing costs. Further advances, with accompanying decreases in cost, are expected in the very near term. It now becomes appropriate to discuss the best uses of these technologies in the context of the angiosperms. This white paper proposes a complete genomic census of the approximately 500,000 species of flowering plants, outlines the goals of this census and their value, and provides a road map towards achieving these goals in a timely manner
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