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Orcae

Introduction

Nutrition is at the core of AOCC. The AOCC consortium is working to address hidden hunger, malnutrition and stunting in Africa through nutritious local, but underutilized, food crops. Many of these crops are rich in vitamins, micronutrients, anti-oxidants and medicinal ingredients. AOCC aims to make nutritious crops grown in Africa productive. To this end, the AOCC is sequencing the genomes of more than 100 African ‘neglected’ crops, as well as hundred lines for each species. We aim to make these data available through our online genome annotation system ORCAE.

ORCAE is an online genome annotation resource offering users the necessary tools and information to validate and correct gene annotations. The system is build on the wiki philosophy, all modifications to a certain gene are stored and can be found back in the annotation history of that gene. To be able to modify genes however you will need to have a user account. Anonymous users can browse the public genomes but don't have editing rights.
To get started select one of the genomes from the list below or log in directly to go to the restricted access section.
If you would like to apply for a user account, so that you are able to edit records, send a mail to explaining your request.

How to cite this resource

Sterck, Lieven, Kenny Billiau, Thomas Abeel, Pierre Rouzé, and Yves Van de Peer. 2012. “ORCAE: Online Resource for Community Annotation of Eukaryotes.” Nature Methods 9 (11): 1041–1041. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.2242.
Yssel, Kao, Van de Peer, and Sterck. 2019. “ORCAE-AOCC: A Centralized Portal for the Annotation of African Orphan Crop Genomes.” Genes 10 (12): 950. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes10120950.

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Public Genomes
Restricted Genomes

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