Wilkerson, M.D., Ru, Y., and Brendel, V.P. (2009) Common introns within orthologous genes: software and application to plants Briefings in Bioinformatics, 10(6), 631-644. [abstract] [PDF]
PlantGDB News:Community-annotated maize gene models (see an example at ZmGDB) are now displayed at both MaizeGDB and maizesequence.org, by means of Distributed Annotation Service (DAS) (November 21, 2009).
Brachypodium distachyon browser: BdGDB, a genome browser for the model grass species Brachypodium distachyon, is now available, based on the JGI v1.0 8x genome assembly. The assembly displayed comprises 271.15 Mb arranged in 5 pseudochromosomes. Display includes gene models, splice-aligned EST, cDNA, PUT assembly and Arabidopsis and rice predicted proteins (October 30, 2009).
Yes, there is much more to see and learn. The Tree of Life Project is one fascinating starting point for branching out. Ok, we know a lot (something?) about Arabidopsis. What and who else is out there?
Try to find who of us plays in the Barn Owl Band.
Are you interested in practicing Aikido in the Iowa State University / Ames community?
You may not find an official dojo, but you will find some dedicated students.
Please contact Volker Brendel (E-mail: vbrendel@iastate.edu).
Some of the places where we have studied: