About the Project
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.
This site provides the latest sequence and annotation of the Zea mays ssp. mays genome resulting from the Maize Genome Sequencing Project. The browser is based on the AGI Agarose FPC Map and on BAC clone sequences contained therein.
Sequencing of the B73 cultivar commenced in November 2005 as part of a 3-year multi-institutional collaboration funded jointly by the NSF, USDA, and DOE. The strategy is to individually sequence a set BAC clones across a minimal-tiling path. Gene space will be identified and sequenced to finished quality. As of February 27, 2008, the consortium completed the draft sequence of the maize genome and will improve the sequence through the end of 2008. Read more about the Maize Genome Project or view the current sequencing progress.
The goal of MaizeSequence.org is to provide full and up-to-date access to all sequenced maize data. In addition to the latest sequenced BAC clones, the site presents basic annotations that are computationally derived from the sequence data. Annotations include predicted genes, markers, repeats, and expressed and conserved regions.
Download the MaizeSequence.org Brochure [2.4MB]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
- 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 Proposal
- Online Project Tutorial. From the Dolan DNA Learning Center at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, an exciting and interactive media presentation provides background about the project and its impacts.
- Project page at Washington University
- Source and Materials for Sequencing the Maize B73 Genome, a 2005 paper by Ed Coe and Mary Schaeffer [PDF]