Panzea: a database and resource for molecular and functional diversity in the maize genome

Serving as a community resource, Panzea (http:// www.panzea.org) is the bioinformatics arm of the Molecular and Functional Diversity in the Maize Genome project. Maize, a classical model for genetic studies, is an important crop species and also the most diverse crop species known. On average, two randomly chosen maize lines have one singlenucleotide polymorphism every 100 bp; this divergence is roughly equivalent to the differences between humans and chimpanzees. This exceptional genotypic diversity underlies the phenotypic diversity maize needs to be cultivated in a wide range of environments. The Molecular and Functional Diversity in the Maize Genome project aims to understand how selection has shaped molecular diversity in maize and then relate molecular diversity to functional phenotypic variation. The project will screen 4000 loci for the signature of selection and create a wide range of maize and maize

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2006
• Where: NAR
• Authors: Wei Zhao, Payan Canaran, Rebecca Jurkuta, Theresa Fulton, Jeffrey Glaubitz, Edward S. Buckler, John Doebley, Brandon Gaut, Major Goodman, Jim Holland, Stephen Kresovich, Michael D. McMullen, Lincoln Stein, Doreen Ware
• Keywords: Maize, Maize Genome Project, Molecular Diversity, NAR 2006