Welcome to the first issue of the CottonGEN newsletter in 2021!

New Marker, QTL, Trait, and Mutant data

Newly added data includes 11921 SWU SSRs and some RT-PCR marker and primers, 276 QTLs and 11,127 trait data of yield and qualities, and 208 cotton mutants. Search Marker, QTL, and Mutants and view them in MapViewer. Mutants can be searched in QTL/MTL search page by setting type as MTL (Mendelian Trait Loci).

Marker correspondence view is available between genetic maps and genome scaffold/chromosomes with hyperlinks to JBrowse.

NCGC trait descriptor rating scales updated
The list of NCGC Standardized Descriptor Rating Scales and relevant trait scores in CottonGen.  New or updated descriptors rating scales are boll variation, bract size, canopy type, ease of germination, hair variation, leaf laciniate, nectary variation, stand establishment, uniformity, usability.

BIMS is made BrAPI compliant

The Breeding Information Management System (BIMS) is made BrAPI compliant. BrAPI is a web service API specification for communicating plant breeding data. With this new functionality, BIMS users can import data in Field Book app to BIMS just by clicking buttons!

Retrieve Sequences around SNPs and Genes

Sequence retrieval with user-defined length of upstream and downstream available in Marker Search and Gene Search! Users can filter the list of genes and markers or load a file with gene names or marker names before retrieving sequences around them.

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