Sorghum bicolor

Sorghum bicolor

About Sorghum bicolor

Sorghum bicolor is a widely grown cereal crop, particularly in Africa, and Sorghum ranks 5th in global cereal production. The genome is approx. 730 Mbp and has a haploid chromosome number of 10. Although highly repetitive, the genome is more tractable for sequencing than its close relative, Maize.

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Genome assembly: Sorbi1

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Comparative genomics

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

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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.

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Variation

What can I find? Short sequence variants and longer structural variants.

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Gramene/Ensembl Genomes Annotation

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