Three Echinochloa genomes loaded
We have added three genomes of Echinochloa grasses. These are weeds known by the common names barnyard grass or corn panic grass. In particular, the species are: Echinochloa oryzicola (late barnyard grass), Echinochloa crusgalli (cockspur (or cockspur grass), barnyard millet, Japanese millet, water grass, common barnyard grass) and Echinochloa colona (jungle / wild rice, deccan grass, jharua or awnless barnyard grass).
Aligning the respective chromosomes is easy by using the orthologous genes. The Echinochloa genomes have 6 sets of chromosomes. A dot plot of paralog gene pairs easily illustrates their structure:
See this alignment in Persephone: https://web.persephonesoft.com/?bookmark=950D493EDF429BBD16207C28A7B07A9A