General goals
The Comparative Genomics Platform is responsible for several tasks, including the comparison of the genomes of citrus species and their important pathogens, expanding the database on miRNAs and epigenetic processes.
Understanding the relationship between citrus and its pathogens, prospecting for genes and promoters, and the genomic diversity of the citrus group with SNPs are all relevant aspects of this platform. Its main purpose is to create a comprehensive database of the genomes and transcriptomes of citrus and their main pathogens and disease vectors, useful for developing genetic maps, identifying genetic markers, and producing new genotypes and cultivars. Additionally, this platform conducts studies of specific genomes, such as epigenomes and microRNAs.
Specific objectives
- Expand the citrus genome database through the resequencing of new genotypes to prospect for species-specific genes and molecular markers based on SNPs.
- Set up a citrus SNPs database for subsequent genotyping and genetic mapping work.
- Finalize the sequencing of the genomes of pathogenic fungi and citrus endophytic fungi.
- Complete the genome sequencing of the mite vector of the citrus leprosis virus, Brevipalpus yorthersi (ex phoenicis).
- Expand the transcriptome database on the interaction of citrus with its pathogens.
- Expand the database of transcriptomes of pathogenic, endophytic, and oomycete fungi in citrus.
- Sequence enriched libraries for citrus and poncirus miRNA.
- Sequencing epigenomic libraries in citrus tissues.