Sugarcane

• Family : Poaceae
• Genome : variable polyploidy, ex: Saccharum hybrids ~12X 2n=96, 10Gb

Related projects :

• Identification of allelic copies of loci that control traits of economic importance and analysis of its variation between hom(e)ologous chromosomes in sugarcane (Saccharum spp.)
• Screening the R570 sugarcane BAC library to identify BAC clones that underlie QTL of agronomic importance
• The Sugarcane Genome Sequencing Initiative (SUGESI): Strategies for Sequencing a Highly Complex Genome