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About Sorghum bicolor BTx623
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench subsp. bicolor, is a widely grown cereal crop, particularly in Africa, ranking 5th in global cereal production (FAOSTAT 2008; http://www.fao.org/in-action/inpho/crop-compendium/cereals-grains/). It is a C4 grass also used for sugar production, brewing, feedstock, and as a biofuel crop. Its diploid genome (~730 Mbp) has a haploid chromosome number of 10. The inbred variety ‘BTx623’ is the current reference genome for sorghum. It has short stature and an early maturing genotype used primarily to produce grain sorghum hybrids. It is a line susceptible to sugarcane aphid and sensitive to low nitrogen, and therefore often used in functional comparative studies.
Germplasm
U.S. National Plant Germplasm System (GRIN - Global) identifier for BTx623: PI 564163.
This germplasm is part of the following population panels:
- Sorghum Association Panel (SAP) - 407 accessions (Casa et al, 2008)
- Sorghum Bioenergy Association Panel (BAP) - 386 accessions (Brenton et al, 2016)
Taxonomy ID 4558
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Gene annotation
What can I find? Protein-coding and non-coding genes, splice variants, cDNA and protein sequences, non-coding RNAs.
Comparative genomics
What can I find? Homologues, gene trees, and whole genome alignments across multiple species.
Variation
What can I find? Short sequence variants.
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Gene Expression
Baseline Gene Expression (Atlas)
Baseline gene expression data from seven sorghum BTx623 datasets curated and processed by the EMBL-EBI Expression Atlas Team.
Click here for an example of baseline gene expression for the msd2 gene.
More information
General information about this species can be found in Wikipedia.
