The International Tomato Genome Sequencing Project was begun in 2004
by an international consortium including participants from Korea,
China, the United Kingdom, India, the Netherlands, France, Japan,
Spain, Italy and the United States. The initial approach was to
sequence only the euchromatic sequence using a BAC-by-BAC approach,
and in total more than 1,200 BACs have been sequenced. In 2009, a
complementary whole-genome shotgun approach was initiated, which in
conjunction with other data yielded high quality assemblies. The
International Tomato Annotation Group (ITAG) annotates the genome
builds generated by this combined sequencing approach.
Please note that all data is released under the data access agreement below.
PLEASE READ BEFORE ACCESSING THE PRE-PUBLICATION TOMATO GENOME
SEQUENCE OR ANNOTATIONS: The International Tomato Genome Sequencing
Consortium is pleased to make available a pre-publication draft
assembly of the tomato genome for use by public and private research
communities as a resource to enable plant biology discovery and
improve the human condition through improved agriculture. This
assembly was produced by the Dutch/French assembly team and includes
both 454 data and Sanger sequence data (BAC-ends, fosmid-ends and
Selected BAC Mixture sequences).
We caution you that the current assembly is a "work-in-progress" and
as such is subject to modification prior to publication release
(anticipated for mid-2011), some of which is likely to be
substantial. Therefore we encourage you to carefully and
independently validate any conclusions you may draw from this
sequence. We will update this resource as improvements in the
assembly are made. We welcome any feedback regarding your successes
or that may assist us in improving the quality and accuracy of this
sequence.
This pre-publication tomato genome data is made available with
the understanding that users will respect the rights of those who
contributed to this effort to describe the tomato genome in a
peer-reviewed publication. This description includes whole genome
level analyses on genes, gene families, repetitive sequences etc. We
encourage you to review the NIH-NHGRI guidelines on distribution and
use of pre-publication genome sequence at
http://www.genome.gov/page.cfm?pageID=10506537.
Any use of the tomato genome data prior to its publication should
credit "The International Tomato Genome Sequencing Consortium". If
you are uncertain about how to credit the use of the sequence or its
appropriate use please do not hesitate to contact
Joyce Van Eck.
Official annotation
Official annotation
