OryzaSNP Project. Oryza sativa

Among crop plants, rice is uniquely positioned to achieve this goal due to the release of a high-quality, whole-genome sequence; advances in the use of high-density arrays to compare complex genomes; and the availability of large collections of genetic materials rich in trait variation. The Consortium Project has generated a large fraction of the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) present in cultivated rice through whole-genome comparisons of 20 rice genomes , including cultivars, germplasm lines, and landraces. The SNP data are entirely public (www.oryzasnp.org) and can be used to identify a collection of SNPs for undertaking whole-genome scans. The research community has expressed strong interest to participate in this consortium effort to a) contribute detailed phenotyping of the SNP-genotyped lines to establish a foundation for association genetics, and b) apply the SNP dataset to build high-resolution genotyping and expression analysis platforms.