Arabidopsis thaliana (Thale cress)
About the genome:
- Manihot esculenta
- Ricinus comunis
- Populus trichocarpa
- Medicago truncatula
- Glycine max
- Cucumis sativus
- Arabidopsis thaliana
- Arabidopsis lyrata
- Carica papaya
- Vitis vinifera
- Mimulus guttatus
- Sorghum bicolor
- Zea mays
- Brachypodium distachyon
- Oryza sativa
- Selaginella moellendorffii
- Physcomitrella patens
- Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Overview
Arabidopsis thaliana is a small flowering plant that is widely used as a model organism in plant biology. Arabidopsis is a member of the mustard (Brassicaceae) family, which includes cultivated species such as cabbage and radish. Arabidopsis is not of major agronomic significance, but it offers important advantages for basic research in genetics and molecular biology (from TAIR - The Arabidopsis Information Resource).
Statistics
This release of Phytozome includes TAIR release 9 of the Arabidopsis thaliana genome.
- Genome
- Approximately 135Mb arranged in 5 chromosomes
- Loci
- 27343 loci containing protein-coding transcripts
- Transcripts
- 33410 protein-coding transcripts