Amazing stuff!
"... developed PubPlant: a bioinformatics tool that promises to be the new "Google Maps" of plant DNA. This open-access, monthly-updated database centralizes and organizes the growing mountain of plant genomic information, allowing scientists, breeders, and biotechnologists to navigate—literally—through genomes with greater ease and precision. They can now leverage the “GPS” that takes them to the specific region of plant DNA where work must be done to breed a particular agronomic or nutritional trait. ...
Genomic Boom: Exponential Growth in Plant Genome Sequencing
Since the complete plant genome of Arabidopsis thaliana—a model species in plant biology, equivalent to the lab mouse in biomedical research—was published in 2000, the field of plant genomics has expanded at an unprecedented pace.
In the following 20 years, researchers sequenced 500 plant species. Then, in just two years between 2020 and 2022, they sequenced another 500—what once took two decades achieved in a fraction of the time.
In the following 20 years, researchers sequenced 500 plant species. Then, in just two years between 2020 and 2022, they sequenced another 500—what once took two decades achieved in a fraction of the time.
In 2024, the pace quickened further: over 500 new genomes were published in a single year, 370 of which belonged to species that had never been sequenced before. This acceleration has been possible thanks to advances in third-generation sequencing technologies, greater international collaboration, and the reduction of what were once enormous costs. ..."
"Advances in next-generation sequencing technologies over the last decade have substantially reduced the cost and effort required to sequence plant genomes. Whereas early efforts focused primarily on economically important crops and model species, attention has now turned to a broader range of plants, including those with larger and more complex genomes.
In 2024, the genomes of 500 plant species were published, including 370 sequenced for the first time.
Tracking and providing access to published plant genomes (now covering more than 1800 species) is an invaluable service for plant researchers.
PubPlant is an online resource that serves this purpose by cataloging published plant genome sequences and offering multiple visualizations ...
It includes a chronology of genome publications, and cladograms to display the phylogenetic relationships among the sequenced plants.
An overview diagram for seed plants highlights taxonomic orders and families with sequenced species and reveals those that have been overlooked thus far. As a use case for PubPlant, we evaluated the status of sequenced food crops.
We found that the five plant families featuring the most food crops were those containing the most sequenced plant species."
In 2024, the genomes of 500 plant species were published, including 370 sequenced for the first time.
Tracking and providing access to published plant genomes (now covering more than 1800 species) is an invaluable service for plant researchers.
PubPlant is an online resource that serves this purpose by cataloging published plant genome sequences and offering multiple visualizations ...
It includes a chronology of genome publications, and cladograms to display the phylogenetic relationships among the sequenced plants.
An overview diagram for seed plants highlights taxonomic orders and families with sequenced species and reveals those that have been overlooked thus far. As a use case for PubPlant, we evaluated the status of sequenced food crops.
We found that the five plant families featuring the most food crops were those containing the most sequenced plant species."
- light green bars show the number of plant species having their genome published at least once
- green bars refer to genomes which have been published at least twice and dark green bars to genomes published three or more times
Figure 3. Cladogram view of plant species with sequenced genomes in PubPlant, showing the order Sapindales as an example. The cladogram view goes beyond the taxonomic rank of family, also showing subfamilies and species with sequenced genomes.
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