Adventures in the enormous: a 1.8 million clone BAC library for the 21.7 Gb genome of loblolly pine.

Loblolly pine (LP; Pinus taeda L.) is the most economically important tree in the U.S. and a cornerstone species in southeastern forests. However, genomics research on LP and other conifers has lagged behind studies on flowering plants due, in part, to the large size of conifer genomes. As a means t...

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Main Authors: Zenaida V Magbanua, Seval Ozkan, Benjamin D Bartlett, Philippe Chouvarine, Christopher A Saski, Aaron Liston, Richard C Cronn, C Dana Nelson, Daniel G Peterson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3025025?pdf=render