The Maize Genome Sequencing Project is a three-year NSF-funded project to sequence the genespace of Zea mays ssp. mays using the public B73 line to a finished quality. The sequence is based on BAC sequences derived from the maize physical FPC map.

Project Participants

• Richard Wilson, Washington University at St. Louis
• Sandra Clifton, Washington University at St. Louis
• Robert Martienssen, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
• Richard McCombie, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
• Patrick Schnable, Iowa State University
• Srinivas Aluru, Iowa State University
• Lincoln Stein, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
• Doreen Ware, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
• Rod Wing, Arizona Genomics Institute

The Browser and Pipeline Team

• Doreen Ware / Supervisor
• Shiran Pasternak / Project Manager
• Apurva Narechania / Developer
• Linda McMahan / Developer
• Joshua Stein / Biologist
• Ben Faga / Developer

More Project Information

• NSF News Release
• NSF Grant Solicitation
• Project page at Washington University

Related Links

• Gramene
• Ensembl
• MaizeGDB
• Maize @ Wikipedia