Welcome to Strawberry Genes!

This research is supported by: USDA-NRI Plant Genome Grant #2008-02393 (to Thomas M. Davis, University of New Hampshire): A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Comparative Genomics in Fragaria (Rosaceae) NSF-Plant Genome Grant #0701488 (to Kevin Folta, University of Florida): Identification and Functional Characterization of Novel Expressed Transcripts in the Rosaceae New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station Project NH00433: Genomic Tools for Horticultural Crops.

Lab Goals:

Resource Development

• Genomic and cDNA libraries
• Useful germplasm
• Linkage and physical maps
• Marker and mapping techniques

Identification of useful genes

 

Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Fragaria

• Define diploid ancestry of octoploid, cultivated species

Understanding genome evolution and coevolution

Recent Developments

F. vesca fosmid clones sequenced and deposited in GenBank under accession numbers EU024823-EU-24872 (total read length of 1.75 Mb).

Fosmid clone annotation in progress.

Initial manuscript submissions

The Strawberry Genome Is Coming into View. Thomas M. Davis, M.E. Shields, Qian Zhang, Elizabeth G. Poulsen, Kevin M. Folta, Jeffrey L. Bennetzen, Phillip San Miguel. Proceedings 6th International Strawberry Symposium, Huelva, Spain, March 2008. (In press).

Gene Content and Distribution in the Nuclear Genome of Fragaria vesca. Ana Clara Pontaroli, Rebekah L. Rogers, Qian Zhang, Thomas M. Davis, Kevin M. Folta, Phillip SanMiguel, and Jeffrey L. Bennetzen. (submitted to The Plant Genome – recommended for publication).

Plant and Animal Genome (PAG) XVII Conference 2009
Davis lab PAG 2009 abstracts:
* PAG-XVII (W204) Genomic Sequence Annotation, Deep Allele Sampling, And Whole Genome Sequencing In Fragaria.
* PAG-XVII (P028) Genomic Sequence Annotation And Deep Allele Sampling In Fragaria.
* PAG-XVII (P060) Evaluating The Association Between The F3h Gene And The Red/Yellow Fruit Color Trait In The Diploid Strawberry Model Species, Fragaria vesca.
* PAG-XVII (P420) Using Pentaploids As Tools For Studying Genomic Composition And Allele Transmission Patterns In Octoploid Fragaria.

 

 

This website was designed and constructed by Kevin deHaan.
Updates and contributions by Kevin Ronkko and Kelly Vining.

Davis lab in UNH Magazine

The Great Strawberry Hunt is a Spring 2004 article about the history of the cultivated strawberry and the role of polyploidy in strawberry genome evolution.

Germplasm collection in Hokkaido, Japan

During the summer of 2004, Tom joined Dr. Kim Hummer, Director of the National Clonal Germplasm Repository (NCGR) on a three week expedition to collect representatives of F. iinumae and F. yezoensis, and many other fruit species from Hokkaido, Japan. Here is a picture of Tom, Kim, and Japanese colleagues.

From left to right: H. Iminishi, Tom Davis, Kim Hummer and H. Iketani

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