The SOL Genomics Network: a comparative resource for Solanaceae biology and beyond.
The SOL Genomics Network (SGN; http://sgn.cornell.edu) is a rapidly evolving comparative resource for the plants of the Solanaceae family, which includes important crop and model plants such as potato (Solanum tuberosum), eggplant (Solanum melongena), pepper (Capsicum annuum), and tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). The aim of SGN is to relate these species to one another using a comparative genomics approach and to tie them to the other dicots through the fully sequenced genome of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). SGN currently houses map and marker data for Solanaceae species, a large expressed sequence tag collection with computationally derived unigene sets, an extensive database of phenotypic information for a mutagenized tomato population, and associated tools such as real-time quantitative trait loci. Recently, the International Solanaceae Project (SOL) was formed as an umbrella organization for Solanaceae research in over 30 countries to address important questions in plant biology. The first cornerstone of the SOL project is the sequencing of the entire euchromatic portion of the tomato genome. SGN is collaborating with other bioinformatics centers in building the bioinformatics infrastructure for the tomato sequencing project and implementing the bioinformatics strategy of the larger SOL project. The overarching goal of SGN is to make information available in an intuitive comparative format, thereby facilitating a systems approach to investigations into the basis of adaptation and phenotypic diversity in the Solanaceae family, other species in the Asterid clade such as coffee (Coffea arabica), Rubiaciae, and beyond.
Mueller
Lukas A
LA
Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA. lam87@cornell.edu
Solow
Teri H
TH
Taylor
Nicolas
N
Skwarecki
Beth
B
Buels
Robert
R
Binns
John
J
Lin
Chenwei
C
Wright
Mark H
MH
Ahrens
Robert
R
Wang
Ying
Y
Herbst
Evan V
EV
Keyder
Emil R
ER
Menda
Naama
N
Zamir
Dani
D
Tanksley
Steven D
SD
D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics; D002212:Capsicum / Q000235:genetics; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D018745:Genome, Plant; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum / Q000235:genetics; D019657:Solanaceae / Q000235:genetics*; D032323:Solanum melongena / Q000235:genetics; D011198:Solanum tuberosum / Q000235:genetics
D018744:DNA, Plant