Other Common Names: English Oak
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Chromosome Number: 2n=24
Genome Size: 740 Mbp
Links to other sites housing genomic resources:
BAC Library (available from the CNRGV)
Transcriptome Sequences (available from the Quercus Portal)
Densely Populated Genetic Map (available from the Quercus Portal)
Quercus Portal - a european genetic and genomic web resource for Quercus
Draft Reference Genome:
A French consortium led by Christophe Plomion at INRA Bordeaux has sequenced and assembled the Q. robur genome.
Oak Genome Sequencing Website
Publication:
Plomion C, Aury JM, Amselem J, Alaeitabar T, Barbe V, Belser C, Bergès H, Bodénès C, Boudet N, Boury C, Canaguier A, Couloux A, Da Silva C, Duplessis S, Ehrenmann F, Estrada-Mairey B, Fouteau S, Francillonne N, Gaspin C, Guichard C, Klopp C, Labadie K, Lalanne C, Le Clainche I, Leplé JC, Le Provost G, Leroy T, Lesur I, Martin F, Mercier J, Michotey C, Murat F, Salin F, Steinbach D, Faivre-Rampant P, Wincker P, Salse S, Quesneville H, Kremer A (2016) Decoding the oak genome: public release of sequence data, assembly, annotation and publication strategies. Mol Ecol Res. 16: 254-265
