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Geography matters for Arabidopsis

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A free database describes genome sequences, gene expression and molecular modifications to DNA for more than 1,000 Arabidopsis thaliana plants, providing valuable information on the complex history and current variation of this species.

The number of genomic resourcesis increasing rapidly, but large collections of high-quality, whole-genome sequences are available for only a few species, including humans1 and fruit flies2. Such collections can help researchers to address both basic and applied genetic questions. Writing in Cell, the 1001 Genomes Consortium3 and Kawakatsu et al.4 describe an advanced genomic resource for the thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana), molecular biology's most prominent plant model.

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Figure 1: A catalogue of variation for Arabidopsis thaliana.

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  1. Outi Savolainen is in the Department of Genetics and Physiology, and in Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland.,

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  2. Martin Lascoux is in the Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden.,

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