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Using RNA-Seq for gene identification, polymorphism detection and transcript profiling in two alfalfa genotypes with divergent cell wall composition in stems.
BMC genomics - 19 Apr 2011
Yang S Samuel, Tu Zheng Jin, Cheung Foo, Xu Wayne Wenzhong, Lamb JoAnn F S, Jung Hans-Joachim G, Vance Carroll P, Gronwald John W
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Alfalfa, [Medicago sativa (L.) sativa], a widely-grown perennial forage has potential for development as a cellulosic ethanol feedstock. However, the genomics of alfalfa, a non-model species, is still in its infancy. The recent advent of RNA-Seq, a massively parallel sequencing method for transcriptome analysis, provides an opportunity to expand the identification of alfalfa genes and polymorphisms,...
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