De novo genome sequencing and comparative genomics of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera)

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 521-527

  Al Dous, Eman K ^a   George, Binu ^a   Al Mahmoud, Maryam E ^a   Al Jaber, Moneera Y ^a   Wang, Hao ^b   Salameh, Yasmeen M ^a   Al Azwani, Eman K ^a   Chaluvadi, Srinivasa ^b   Pontaroli, Ana C ^b,g   Debarry, Jeremy ^b   Arondel, Vincent ^c   Ohlrogge, John ^d   Saie, Imad J ^e   Suliman Elmeer, Khaled M ^e   Bennetzen, Jeffrey L ^b   Kruegger, Robert R ^f   Malek, Joel A ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^b University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^c University Victor Segalen   (France)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Ministry of Environment   (Qatar)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL YIELDS; ARID ENVIRONMENTS; COMPARATIVE GENOMICS; COPY NUMBER; DATE PALM; GENE MODEL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME SEQUENCING; MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA; POLYMORPHIC SITES; WOODY CROP;

CULTIVATION; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ASPEN; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MAIZE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PALM TREE; PAPAYA; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOLANUM; SORGHUM; TREE;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; ALLELES; ARECACEAE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; GENOME, PLANT; MIDDLE EAST; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CULTIVATION; FORESTRY; GENES; NORTH AFRICA; PLANTS;

ARECALES; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 79958165589     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.1860     Document Type: Article

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