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Plant Cytogenetics and Cytogenomics

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 2672))

Abstract

The advancements in research in the field of plant cytogenetics and genomics in recent decades have led to a significant increase in publications. To simplify access to the widely dispersed data, there has been a rise in the number of online databases, repositories, and analytical tools. This chapter presents a comprehensive overview of these resources, which can be beneficial to researchers in these areas. It includes, among others, databases on chromosome numbers, special chromosomes (such as B chromosomes or sex chromosomes), some of which are taxon-specific; genome sizes, cytogenetics; and online applications and tools for genomic analysis and visualization.

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Acknowledgments

This work has been supported by the State Research Agency (PID2020-119163GB-I00). Maria Luisa Gutiérrez holds a Personal Técnico de Apoyo contract (PTA2018-015819-I), Roi Rodríguez-González and Inés Fuentes hold Garantía Juvenil contracts (MIN19/CAT/IBB001 and C19/CAT/IBB001, respectively), Joan Pere Pascual-Díaz holds a predoctoral fellowship (PRE2021-097873) and Sònia Garcia a Ramón y Cajal contract (RYC-2014-16608), all from the Government of Spain.

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  1. María Luisa Gutiérrez, Roi Rodríguez-González and Joan Pere Pascual-Díaz contributed equally to this work.

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    María Luisa Gutiérrez, Roi Rodríguez-González, Joan Pere Pascual-Díaz, Inés Fuentes & Sònia Garcia

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Gutiérrez, M.L., Rodríguez-González, R., Pascual-Díaz, J.P., Fuentes, I., Garcia, S. (2023). Online Resources Useful for Plant Cytogenetics and Cytogenomics Research. In: Heitkam, T., Garcia, S. (eds) Plant Cytogenetics and Cytogenomics. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2672. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-3226-0_33

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