PICEAdatabase

PICEAdatabase aggregates omics and phenotypic datasets for Picea crassifolia, Picea asperata, Picea balfouriana, and Picea abies to support genetic, comparative, functional genomics, and trait analyses.

Key Features:

• Omics Data Compilation: Includes 20 transcriptomes, 4 proteomes, 2 degradomes, and 6 microRNA datasets sampled from various tissues and treatment conditions across Picea species.
• Species Coverage: Contains data specifically for Picea crassifolia, Picea asperata, Picea balfouriana, and Picea abies.
• Chloroplast Genome Sequences: Provides chloroplast genome sequences for Picea crassifolia and Picea asperata.
• Phenotypic Data Collection: Holds field-trial phenotypic measurements of plant growth and wood property traits for Picea crassifolia.
• Integrated Analysis Tools: Incorporates BLAST for sequence alignment, DESeq2 for differential expression analysis of count data, and JBrowse for genome browsing.

Scientific Applications:

• Genetic and Molecular Studies: Enables genetic and molecular investigations of Picea species using assembled omics datasets.
• Phenotypic Trait Mechanisms: Supports analysis of mechanisms underlying growth and wood property traits by integrating field-trial phenotypic data with omics data.
• Comparative Genomics and Evolution: Facilitates comparative genomics and evolutionary analyses using chloroplast genome sequences and multi-species omics datasets.
• Functional Genomics: Supports functional genomics analyses using transcriptomic, proteomic, degradomic, and microRNA datasets.

Methodology:

Analyses use BLAST for sequence alignment, DESeq2 for differential expression analysis based on count data, and JBrowse for genome visualization.