The Ficus Genomics Database serves plant scientists by providing online access to Ficus genomic and genetic data, including assembled reference genomes, transcriptomes, and ncRNA information.
We now accept data from any investigator and aim to incorporate a much wider array of species and types of genomic and phenotypic data. Interested in contributing data? Please contact us!
Or send e-mail to : hisunpeng123@hotmail.com hisunpeng@qfnu.edu.cn
This website was originally developed by Qufu Normal University, which has now ended. We are expanding to a larger set of Ficus genomic resources with the support of grants:
People
- Ying Bao - PI
- Hui Yu-PI
- Lei Yang - PI and Web Technology Support and Developer
- Peng Sun-Project conductor and Main Web Developer
- Xiuxia Sun- Web Developer
- Xueying Zhu-Web Developer
- Jinghong Wei-Web Developer
- Weili Chen-Web Developer
- Han Su-Web Developer
- Fanrui Lin-Web Developer
- Fengxia Ou-Web Developer
- Lianfu Chen - Huazhong Agricultural University
- Kehan Sun - Web Technology Support and Developer
Tripal
The Fiucs Genomics Database uses Tripal, an open-source community genomics website toolkit.
The Staton laboratory distributes and develops Tripal modules under an open-source license. Click here to view a showcase of our Tripal modules.
Funding
This work was supported by
The National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant numbers: 32070246;31971568; 32150410364; 31630008)
The Province Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong (grants number: 2020A1515010540).
This work was also supported bythe High Performance Computing Center of Qufu Normal University , headed by Ying Bao.
Project Description
Moraceae is an angiosperm plant family very rich in edible species characterised by milky latex in all parenchymatous tissue, unisexual flowers, anatropous ovules, and aggregated drupes or achenes. Moraceae are divided in five tribes, between them Ficus are monotypic with a pantropical distribution and 750 species (Datwyler & Weiblen, 2004).The pantropical genus Ficus (Moraceae) is the most speciose genus of woody plants, comprising 735 species known worldwide (Berg and Corner 2005). Ficus is characterized by their unique inflorescences, called figs, or syconia. An interdisciplinary team is working together to develop new genomic resources for important species that represent the major taxonomic groups of eastern hardwood trees, from the oldest to more recently evolved, including:
- Ficus carica (carica)
- Ficus erecta(erecta)
- Ficus hispida (hispida)
- Ficus microcarpa (microcarpa)
- Ficus pumila (pumila)
The project is producing sequence databases for expressed genes, genetic markers, genetic linkage maps, and reference populations. This will provide lasting genomic and biological resources for the discovery and conservation of genes in hardwood trees for growth, adaptation and responses to environmental stresses such as drought, heat, insect pests and disease. These resources are being made available to the scientific community and the public through the project website (www.ficusgd.com). All original sequence data is being deposited in NCBI's Sequence Read Archive and the genetic linkage maps and associated marker data will be available at the Dendrome database. Our data policy is available here.
The broader impacts from this project include forest health, tree improvement, forest management, molecular evolution, scientific training, and public education. An increasing incidence of exotic pests and diseases, combined with climate change and forest fragmentation, are threats to the sustainability of forest ecosystems and economies. This project is providing powerful new tools to address such forest health issues and the protection and restoration of forest genetic diversity and productivity. The project is also filling gaps in available genomic resources for important groups of flowering plants. These resources will enrich the scientific community's ability to study the evolution of not only woody plants, but also all angiosperms at a resolution and depth not previously possible. All of the data generated by the project is being deposited in high-visibility public community databases, and all gene clones, libraries, and reference population DNAs will be stored and available to the public at cost. Descriptions of the resources and analyses of the results will also be published as journal articles, at national and international meetings, and through this public website. This project is providing training of undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral students in comparative genomics, evolutionary genomics, population genetics, bioinformatics and forest genetics. Educational programs on plant genomics are being developed for Native American public schools in cooperation with the Cherokee Nation, and substantive research experiences is being provided to minority undergraduate students in collaboration with the Qufu Normal University.
