Challenges of Gene and Repeat Annotation of the Wheat Genome Sequence

We used the TriAnnot pipeline to model protein-coding genes and transposable elements in the newly assembled 21 pseudomolecule sequences of Triticum aestivum cv. Chinese Spring, namely the IWGSC Whole Genome Assembly. Tools, methods and strategies established to deliver a high-quality annotation of genes and transposable elements in such a complex genome will be presented. Ways towards future improvements and updates will also be discussed.