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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.[1]

Taxonomy ID 3694

Data source Joint Genome Institute

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Genome assembly: Pop_tri_v3

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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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Comparative genomics

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

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Genomic alignments [4] [Show»«Hide
Populus trichocarpa : Arabidopsis thalianaLASTZ_NET | stats
Populus trichocarpa : Medicago truncatulaLASTZ_NET | stats
Populus trichocarpa : Oryza sativa Japonica GroupLASTZ_NET | stats
Populus trichocarpa : Vitis viniferaLASTZ_NET | stats
]

Variation

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

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Regulation

What can I find? Microarray annotations.

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