Friday, January 25, 2019

An entire botanical garden of genomes

A new article provides genome sequencing data that triples the number of plant species with available genome data. To date, around 350 land plant genomes have been sequenced; this article provides multiple data types for 760 plant specimens (689 species). This includes images, raw sequencing data, assembled chloroplast genomes, and preliminary nuclear genome assemblies -- all freely available. Effectively this work is a digital representation of an entire botanical garden.

from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily http://bit.ly/2CIw70C

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