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Towards integration of population and comparative genomics in forest trees
Author(s) -
Ingvarsson Pär K.,
Hvidsten Torgeir R.,
Street Nathaniel R.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/nph.14153
Subject(s) - genomics , population genomics , biology , population , evolutionary biology , ecology , computational biology , genome , genetics , gene , demography , sociology
Summary The past decade saw the initiation of an ongoing revolution in sequencing technologies that is transforming all fields of biology. This has been driven by the advent and widespread availability of high‐throughput, massively parallel short‐read sequencing ( MPS ) platforms. These technologies have enabled previously unimaginable studies, including draft assemblies of the massive genomes of coniferous species and population‐scale resequencing. Transcriptomics studies have likewise been transformed, with RNA ‐sequencing enabling studies in nonmodel organisms, the discovery of previously unannotated genes (novel transcripts), entirely new classes of RNA s and previously unknown regulatory mechanisms. Here we touch upon current developments in the areas of genome assembly, comparative regulomics and population genetics as they relate to studies of forest tree species.ContentsSummary 338 I. Genome assembly 338 II. Comparative genomics 339 III. Population genomics 340 IV. Future directions 342Acknowledgements 343References 343