Populus trichocarpa

Populus trichocarpa

About Populus trichocarpa

Populus trichocarpa (poplar) is a deciduous broadleaf tree that is native to Western North America. It is an economically important source of timber. Its rapid growth and compact genome size (~500 Mbp, n=18) has lead to its use as a model organism for tree species.

More information and statistics

Comparative genomics

What can I find? Homologues, gene trees, and whole genome alignments across multiple species.

More about comparative analysis

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Gene annotation

What can I find? Protein-coding and non-coding genes, splice variants, cDNA and protein sequences, non-coding RNAs.

More about this genebuild

Download genes, cDNAs, ncRNA, proteins (FASTA)

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Variation

This species currently has no variation database. However you can process your own variants using the Variant Effect Predictor:

Variant Effect Predictor

Gramene/Ensembl Genomes Annotation

Additional annotations generated by the Gramene/Ensembl Genomes projects include:
  • The standard set of Gramene analyses detailed here.