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

The Genome Database for Rosaceae (GDR, http:/ www.rosaceae.org) is the central repository and data-mining resource for genomics, genetics, and breeding data of Rosaceae, an economically important crop family that includes almond, apple, blackberry, cherry, peach, pear, plum, raspberry, rose, and strawberry. GDR contains whole genome sequences and annotation, reference transcriptomes, gene sequences from NCBI, genetic maps, trait loci, germplasm, marker diversity, breeding and publication data. The predicted genes of the whole genome sequence, reference transcriptomes and NCBI genes have been further annotated by homology to genes in other species, InterPro protein domains, GO terms and KEGG pathway terms. In this computer demo, we update the users with the new data including new whole genome, genetic maps, trait loci and genotypic and phenotypic data from breeding projects. We also report our effort toward data standardization on gene names, QTL metadata, and trait ontology.