A fundamental approach taken in LIS is facilitate research in the orphan species by taking advantage of more extensive knowledge developed for the reference species. Use of synteny and local similarity, for instance, provides a basis for trait inference.
Reference species Note that LIS makes use of the
UniProt organism mnemonics for identifying species whenever possible. The current legume
reference species (also referred to as
model organisms) are the following: •
Glycine max (soybean), GLYMA •
Lotus japonicus (lotus), LOTJA •
Medicago truncatula (barrel medic), MEDTR •
Phaseolus vulgaris (common bean), PHAVU
Orphan species Orphan species represented at LIS are: •
Arachis duranensis (wild peanut), ARADU •
Arachis ipaensis (wild peanut), ARAIP •
Arachis hypogaea (peanut), ARAHY •
Cajanus cajan (pigeon pea), CAJCA •
Chamaecrista fasciculata (partidge pea), CHAFS •
Cicer arietinum (chickpea), CICAR •
Lens culinaris (lentil), LENCU •
Lupinus albus (white lupin), LUPAL •
Lupinus angustifolius (narrow-leafed lupin), LUPAN •
Medicago sativa (alfalfa), MEDSA •
Pisum sativum (garden pea), PISSA •
Trifolium pratense (red clover), TRIPR •
Trifolium repens (white clover), TRIRE •
Vicia faba (faba bean), VICFA •
Vigna angularis (adzuki bean), VIGAN •
Vigna unguiculata (cowpea), VIGUN == See also ==