Updates on Pea Genomics

Pea (Pisum sativum L.) has long been a plant model in genetics. It is also a widely grown pulse crop producing protein-rich seeds in a sustainable manner. Thanks to large national and international programs, and driven by innovations in informatics and biotechnology, useful genomic resources are now available in pea. An atlas of the expression of its genes in many tissues, high density mapping, and the ongoing sequencing of its genome have provided useful tools for dissecting traits of interest. We will present how the pea draft sequence opens the way to study pea diversity. A particular focus will be done on the transposable elements diversity, as they represent ca 85% of the pea genome.