Transcriptome sequencing in an ecologically important tree species: assembly, annotation, and marker discovery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Massively parallel sequencing of cDNA is now an efficient route for generating enormous sequence collections that represent expressed genes. This approach provides a valuable starting point for characterizing functional genetic variation in non-model organisms, especially where whole genome sequencing efforts are currently cost and time prohibitive. The large and complex genomes of pines (Pinus spp.) have hindered the development of genomic resources, despite the ecological and economical importance of the group. While most genomic studies have focused on a single species (P. taeda), genomic level resources for other pines are insufficiently developed to facilitate ecological genomic research. Lodgepole pine (P. contorta) is an ecologically important foundation species o

SUBMITTER: Parchman TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2851599 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature