Towards integration of population and comparative genomics in forest trees

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 enab...

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Published in:The New phytologist 2016-10, Vol.212 (2), p.338-344
Main Authors: Ingvarsson, Pär K., Hvidsten, Torgeir R., Street, Nathaniel R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biology
comparative genomics
comparative regulomics
expression network
expressolog
Forests
Gene sequencing
Genetics
Genetics, Population
genome assembly
Genome, Plant
Genomes
Genomics
Plant species
Population genetics
Population studies
Regulatory mechanisms (biology)
Sequencing
Tansley insights
Transcriptomics
Trees - genetics
Work platforms
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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 RNAs 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.
ISSN:0028-646X
1469-8137
1469-8137
DOI:10.1111/nph.14153