New Data and Functionality of GDR, the Genome Database for Rosaceae

In this update we report on new data and functionality of GDR, the Genome Database for Rosaceae (GDR, http://www.rosaceae.org). Rosaceae includes many economically important crops such as apple, peach, cherry, almond, strawberry, pear and rose.  In addition to the whole genome sequences and annotated data of strawberry, peach and apple that have previously been made available through GBrowse and download pages, the predicted genes of the whole genome sequences have been further annotated by homology to genes in other species, InterPro protein domains, GO terms and KEGG pathway terms, providing a glimpse of the pathways and traits in which they are involved. The annotated sequence data can be browsed through the new species page or queried using various categories in the search sites. In addition, all the Rosaceae sequences from NCBI have been anchored to the whole genome sequences of the closest genome where matches were found.  New EST unigene sets have also been developed for major genera of Rosaceae. Pathway data can also be accessed through the new GDR Cyc Pathways databases:  FragariaCyc, AppleCyc and PeachCyc.  Synteny among the three sequenced genomes can be viewed through GBrowse_Syn. New and improved search sites are also available for various types of genetic data.  More functionality and data have also been added to the breeding database, providing breeders with tools to efficiently manage and query their data.