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Rice Genomics

		PROJECT SUMMARY

        Scott Jackson (PI, Purdue University)
        Phillip SanMiguel (Co-PI, Purdue University)
	Andy Paterson (Advisor, University of Georgia)
	Ronald L. Phillips (Advisor, University of Minnesota)
	Rod Wing (Advisor, University of Arizona)

     The large, complex genomes of many cereal crops such as corn, oat, wheat and 
sugarcane have been an impediment to genetic mapping and molecular studies. Due to 
its small genome size, rice has emerged as a model for genetic research in the cereals. 
Comparative genetic studies using rice as a model from which genetic and DNA sequence
sequence data can be used to study other cereal crops are emerging as important tools 
for all cereal geneticists.  The functional characterization of the rice genome is a 
crucial first step to understanding the genomic organization and evolution of the more 
complex cereal genomes. 
     The end result of this research will be the development of an invaluable resource 
for rice genomicists to use for functional annotation of the rice genome, for applied 
and evolutionary geneticists to use to for the investigation of allelic diversity, and 
for cereal geneticists to use to translate rice genome sequence into a tool for the 
improvement of corn, wheat, oat and other cereal crops.

Acknowledgment and Disclaimer

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0227414.

Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation."

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