Dear Colleagues:
The draft genome assemblies of double haploid apple (Malus x domestica cv. “Golden Delicious”), double haploid pear (Pyrus communis cv “Doyenne du Comice”), sweet cherry (Prunus avium cv “Stella”) and almond (Pyrus amygdalus – 2 selections
S3067 and Lauranne) are being made available to the research community prior to publication via our Genome Portal
http://genomicsdata.wsu.edu/public_access/index.php
The data may be downloaded and used by those who agree to the terms of release. The information should not be further re-distributed or publicly released. If you wish for someone in your laboratory to use the data, they must all read and
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We welcome community members to collaborate in the ongoing efforts on genome analysis and contribute to the manuscripts under preparation. You can indicate your areas of interest on the new account sign up page. It is expected that scientists
who access these data, will not trespass on the consortia members’ ongoing efforts to analyze and publish a whole genome analysis of the afore-listed genomes. Further anyone who accesses these data will agree not to publish whole-genome or whole chromosome
scale analyses of the afore-listed genomes, analyses of gene families/genome structures/ repetitive sequences, comparative analyses with other organisms including other published plant genomes, or other analyses such that they encroach and limit our opportunity
to publish the findings of our work.
We would like to gratefully acknowledge the support received from our respective Universities, Institutions, Federal, State and Commodity funding sources that made this work possible. Please see the attached document for details regarding
consortia members and funding support.
On behalf of DH Apple, Comice Pear, Sweet Cherry and Almond Genome project consortia,
Sincerely,
Amit
Amit Dhingra, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Genomics and Biotechnology
Department of Horticulture
Molecular Plant Sciences Graduate Program
PO Box 646414, 155 Johnson Hall
Pullman, WA 99164-6414
Phone: (509) 335-3625; Cell: (509) 432-3683
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