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Title: A proposed naming convention for genes in Rosaceae species

Author
item JUNG, SOOK - Washington State University
item Bassett, Carole
item BIELENBERG, DOUGLAS - Clemson University
item CHENG, CHUN-HUAI - Washington State University
item Dardick, Christopher - Chris
item MAIN, DORRIE - Washington State University
item MEISEL, LEE - Michigan State University
item Slovin, Janet
item TROGGIO, MICHELA - Iasma Research Center
item SCHAFFER, ROBERT - Plant And Food Research

Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 6/23/2014
Publication Date: 6/24/2014
Citation: Jung, S., Bassett, C.L., Bielenberg, D., Cheng, C., Dardick, C.D., Main, D., Meisel, L., Slovin, J.P., Troggio, M., Schaffer, R.J. 2014. A proposed naming convention for genes in Rosaceae species [abstract]. 7th International Rosaceae Genomics Conference Program and Abstracts. p. 77.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: In the last few years, a considerable effort has yielded the complete genome sequence of four key Rosaceae species: Apple, Strawberry, Peach, and Pear with more to come. With this genomic information, it is now possible to identify gene family members rapidly and through other genomic technologies, such as mRNA-seq, to identify and test gene function. This has greatly accelerated the pace at which research is done. As currently, only a few of the 30,000 - 60,000 predicted genes in the genome have been described in each of these species, the Rosaceae community has a unique opportunity to standardize gene names within and across the Rosaceae species. This paper aims to propose a naming convention to be used to simplify the literature around naming genes in this group of species.