P0243 A genome browser for the basal angiosperm, Amborella trichopoda

Jamie Estill , University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Jim Leebens-Mack , University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Saravanaraj Ayyampalayam , University of Georgia
Douglas E. Soltis , University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Pamela S. Soltis , University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Brad Barbazuk , University of Florida, Gainesville , FL
Victor A. Albert , University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Hong Ma , Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Susan Wessler , University of California, Riverside
James Burnett , University of California, Riverside
Srikar Chamala , University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Yuannian Jiao , Penn State University , University Park, PA
Eric Wafula , Penn State University, Claude dePamphilis, PA
Brandon Walts , University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Stephan C. Schuster , Center for Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics, Pennsylvania State University, PA
Joshua P. Der , Penn State University, University Park, PA
Claude dePamphilis , Penn State University, University Park, PA
An Amborella trichopoda genome sequence is being generated as the singular evolutionary reference genome to help elucidate characteristics of the ancestral genome for all flowering plants. Amborella trichopoda is the sole extant member of the sister lineage to all other flowering plants. A first draft annotation of the genes and retrotransposons of the genome has been generated with the DAWGPAWS annotation pipeline. This initial annotation will be presented along with the Amborella genome browser which will serve as the public portal for access to these annotation results. The GBrowse based genome browser includes integrated tools for comparative analyses aimed at reconstructing genome structure and gene content in the most recent common ancestor of all flowering plants. Additionally we have extended GBrowse to allow for visualization of the biologically significant features of individual transposable element insertions. Continued refinements of the genome annotation will be made publicly available via this browser as the genome annotation effort progresses.