Populus trichocarpa
Overview
The black cottonwood is a tree common to western parts of North America. Although closely related species are common in other parts of the world. This species has a couple features making it an interesting model organism for biology. The genome size is only 4x that of Arabidopsis. Techniques for high-throughput transformation are available, that in combination with the genome sequence become valuable tools to create transgenic plants.
As the cottonwood can grow on marginal lands, where it is commonly used as windbreaks, it can also be used as a crop for second generation bio-fuels.
Further reading:
Tuskan, G.A. et al. The genome of black cottonwood, Populus trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray).
Science
313, 1596-604 (2006).
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Why Sequence The Black Cottonwood Tree?
- Source
- JGI 2.0
- PLAZA identifier
- ptr
- NCBI link
- Populus trichocarpa
- Mitochondrion
- Not available
- Chloroplast
- EF489041
Toolbox
Various
- PLAZA download section
- Explore functional clusters
- Documentation data content
- View organism in the Genomeview or in the AnnoJ genome browser.
- View Populus trichocarpa specific or enriched gene families
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