Lathyrus sativus Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Lathyrus sativus

Lathyrus sativus, also known as grass pea, cicerchia, blue sweet pea, chickling pea, chickling vetch, Indian pea, white pea (Lathyrus sativus) and white vetch, is a legume commonly grown for human consumption and livestock feed in Asia and East Africa. It is a particularly important crop in areas that are prone to drought and famine, and is thought of as an 'insurance crop' as it produces reliable yields when all other crops fail. The seeds contain a neurotoxin that causes lathyrism, a neurodegenerative disease, if eaten as a primary protein source for a prolonged period.

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Assembly

The assembly presented here has been imported from INSDC and is linked to the assembly accession [GCA_963859935.3].

The total length of the assembly is 5967284493 bp contained within 7646 scaffolds. The scaffold N50 value is 700447244, the scaffold L50 value is 4. The GC% content of the assembly is 38.0%.

Annotation

The annotation presented is derived from genes imported from the community GFF3 with the assembly accession GCA_963859935.3.

Genomic annotation was deposited along with initial assembly submission by "John Innes Centre".

Protein features, BLAST hits and cross-references have been computed by Ensembl Plants.